From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position DirectorDepartment Conservation ScienceOrganization The Nature Conservancy of California When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I think all children are born with an innate curiosity about nature – about things that move, or are colorful, in…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.DPosition Professor of BiologyDepartment Department of BiologyOrganization University of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWhen did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I got interested in ecology while I was an undergraduate at University of Buenos Aires (UBA). I enjoyed…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Professor of Ecology Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Organization Cornell University Dr. Root is the winner of ESA’s 2004 Eugene P. Odum Award. The award subcommittee was uniform in their praise for an ecologist whose primary contribution to the field of…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position Assistant ProfessorDepartment Department of Biological SciencesOrganization Brock University George Mercer Award for 2003 When did you become interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?Unlike many ecologists I know, I do not think I can claim any interest in ecology…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Director and Professor Department Botany Dept. and Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center Organization University of Wyoming When did you become interested in ecology? I learned about ecology as an undergraduate at Knox College through the influence of Paul Shepard. Paul combined outstanding…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Director Organization National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Dr. Reichman is the recipient of the Ecological Society of America’s 2004 Distinguished Service Citation for his many contributions to ESA and the field of ecology. He has served on a variety of…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. ESA Distinguished Service Citation for 2002 When I was 14 years old I got a summer job as the Nature instructor at Camp Linwood Haynes, the local Boy Scout camp near Augusta Ga. I took the job seriously and learned everything I could…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Marine Biologist Department Institute of Ecology Organization University of Georgia Eugene P. Odum Award 2005 Who wants to stay indoors all day? In my case, I can certainly trace my interest in science and ecology back to a hand-me-down butterfly net and…