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Portrait image of Dr. Mimi Lam who is in climbing gear including a red protective helmet.

Mimi Lam, Human Dimensions of Fisheries

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2010.Current: Research Associate, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, othersPh.D. Dalhousie UniversityB.Sc. Honours University of British ColumbiaDr. Lam served as an ESA Council Member-at-Large from 2011 to 2013, and as Chair of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge section 2008-2011. Ecologist Profile Describe what you do and…

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Dr. Judith Vergun

Judith Vergun, Tradition and Ecology

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Currently, Director for Conference and Presentation Programs in the Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics and Related Professions, Washington DC.Professor (retired), College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University and School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa….

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Carol Kaesuk Yoon, Science Journalist

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004. I realized, this is what I should have been doing all my life! If I hadn’t gone to grad school, I might not have found a way to discover science writing. It would have been impossible for me to start a Ph.D. project if I…

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Dr. Diana Wall

Diana Wall, Soil Ecologist

Ecologist Profile Education 1971 PhD, Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington.N.D. B.S., Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington.Dr. Wall was president of ESA in 1999-2000. Among many honors, she is a Fellow of ESA and a member of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. She has a page on Wikipedia. Dr. Wall is the recipient of ESA’s 2017 Eminent Ecologist Award….

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Bettie Willard, Alpine Ecologist

Beatrice E. Willard December 19, 1925 – January 7, 2003 “I think my greatest contribution has been to build bridges to non-ecologists, interpreting ecology and its utility to them.” Building bridges, as Bettie Willard wrote to Jean Langenheim in 1986, was a major focus of her career. As a teenager, she began educating people about the natural landscapes near her…

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Portrait of Dr. Maria Uriarte in a red sweater, black blouse in front of a tree in a forest.

Maria Uriarte, Tropical Forest Ecology

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2005. Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York Education Ph.D. Cornell University M.S. Yale School of Forestry Dr. Uriarte’s research focuses on tropical forest dynamics and landscape ecology. Ecologist Profile When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential…

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Portrait image of Dr. Ankumah Ramble wearing a blue shirt on a white wall.

Ramble Ankumah

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004. Current: Professor, Department Head, Agricultural Sciences, Tuskegee University Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Tuskegee University Ph.D., Soil Biochemistry M.S., Agricultural Chemistry B.S., Agricultural Chemistry Ecologist Profile I started becoming interested in ecology in the last year of my B.S. degree, however it…

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Portrait of Paul Alaback in a forest wearing sunglasses and a blue button down shirt.

Paul Alaback

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004-05.Current: Professor Emeritus of Forest Ecology, University of Montana.1980 Ph.D. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Forest Science (forest ecology)1976 B.S. Botany, B.S. Forest Science. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Ecologist Profile I became interested in ecology in high school. I volunteered with local Audubon society chapters…

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