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…
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…
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…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Associate Professor, Biology Department, Hampton University, Hampton, VA1980 PhD, Utah State University, Logan. Biology/Ecology.1972 M.S., Iowa State University, Ames. Zoology (Animal Behavior).1969 B.S., Iowa State University, Ames. Major: Zoology. Minors: Botany, Genetics. Ecologist Profile When I first went to college, I wanted to become either an…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004. Update: “Dr. Acholonu has been a part of the Department of Biological Sciences since 1991 teaching various classes, serving as director of the Ecology Education Program, Ecology Club advisor, and conducting research.” —Alcorn State Biology Professor Honored Dr. Acholonu holds a Ph.D. degree. He is…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2005. As of 2013, Dr. Twombly was director of the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) program. When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?Like many professional ecologists, I spent lots of time outdoors…
Knowledge has power only when it is shared. From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2005. As with many ecologists, Dr. Kimmerer’s training began in the forests of her childhood home. With European and Anishinaabe ancestry, Dr. Kimmerer is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She helped found ESA’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge…
How do you describe your job when you meet people at a party? I work with penguins. Conservation biologist and penguin researcher Dr. Dee Boersma holds the Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Science and Professor of Biology at the University of Washington. She directs the Center for Penguins as Ocean Sentinels and is Co-Chair of the International Union for the…