From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1980 (Cornell University)Position Head of the Department of EntomologyDepartment Department of EntomologyOrganization University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignDr. Berenbaum is the winner of the Ecological Society of America’s 2004 Robert H. MacArthur Award, which is given biannually to an established ecologist in mid-career for meritorious…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1963 (University of Illinois)Position Mallinckrodt Professor of BiologyDepartment Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary BiologyOrganization Harvard University Describe your route to a career in (or using) ecology. What challenges did you need to overcome? What was your training, and what positions have you held?I was…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1981 (West Virginia University)Position Executive DirectorDepartment Invasive Species InitiativeOrganization The Nature Conservancy Describe your route to a career in (or using) ecology. What challenges did you need to overcome? What was your training, and what positions have you held?As an undergraduate student at Wilkes…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1991 (Colorado State University)Department Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory USGSOrganization Colorado State University Describe your route to a career in (or using)…
Simon A. Levin Born: Baltimore, MD 4/22/1941 Education: The Johns Hopkins University (B.A. 1961); University of Maryland (Ph.D. 1964) Dissertation title: Uniqueness and nonlinearity. Adviser: M. Martin Comments: Mathematics provided the foundation; ecology provided the outlet. Postdoctoral adviser G.B. Dantzig. Early ecological collaborators: R. H. Whittaker, R. B. Root, R. M. May, R. T. Paine, D. Pimentel, H. A. Mooney,…
Joseph Grinnell Born: near Fort Sill, OK 2/27/1877; died 5/29/1939 Education: Throop Polytechnic Institute (now Cal Tech) (B.S. 1897); Stanford (M.A. 1901; Ph.D 1913) Dissertation title: An account of the mammals and birds of the lower Colorado Valley with especial reference to the distributional problems presented (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 10:197-406) Advisor: Charles H. Gilbert (?) Teaching history: UC Berkeley…
Sir C. Maurice Yonge Born: Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK 12/9/1899; died 3/17/1986 Education: Edinburgh (B.Sc. 1922; Ph.D. 1924; D.Sc 1927) Advisor: ? Primary specialty: Marine zoology Teaching history: Bristol Univ. (11933-44); Glasgow (1944-70) Ph.D. students: Joseph H. Connell External links: Wikipedia | Glasgow Univ. bio
George M. Woodwell Born: Cambridge, MA 10/23/28 Education: Dartmouth (A.B. 1950), Duke (A.M. 1956, Ph.D. 1958) Dissertation title: Factors limiting the growth of pond pine seedlings in organic soils of the Carolinas. (Ecol. Mon. 28:219-236) Advisor: Henry J. Oosting (C) Teaching history: Maine 1957-61 Others influenced: William A. Reiners, Charlie Hall ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1967; President 1977-78;…