Prizes for Best Student Presentations in Theoretical Ecology
The Theoretical Ecology Section awards the Alfred J. Lotka and Vito Volterra prizes for the best presentations given by students during the Annual Meeting of the ESA. The award is open to graduate student members of the ESA who, as sole or first author, present a talk or poster at the ESA annual meeting on original research in theoretical ecology. All suitable approaches that yield theoretical insight to ecological phenomena will be considered.
Prizes will be awarded on the basis of merit, originality, and clarity of presentation.
Sinauer Associates has generously provided the 2001 Award: $100 each for the best poster and best talk, redeemable as books published by Sinauer Associates. To be considered for the Theoretical Ecology Section Award, students must notify the Section by June 30. Prospective candidates should contact an officer of the Theory Section.
Lotka-Volterra Student Award Recipients
2007
Lotka Award for Best Poster: Sharon Martinson, a PhD student at Dartmouth.
Her poster was titled: A multiple equilibria model for Dendroctonus frontalis which includes predation and competition with co-author: Matthew P. Ayres.Volterra Award for Best Talk: Colin Kremer, an undergraduate at State University of New York at Geneseo. His talk was titled: Chaotic dynamics lost in small-world network meta-populations with co-authors: Chris C Leary, Gary W Towsley, Gregg Hartvigsen
2006
Sean Michaletz of the University of Calgary for best oral presentation
"A heat transfer model of crown scorch in forest fires"
2005
2004
Katharina V. Koelle, University of Michigan
Alison Shaw, Brown Univ./Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2003
Curtis A. Smith of Duke University (curtis.smith@duke.edu) for Best Poster
"Evolution of dispersal distance in a predator-prey system Living on the edge of criticality"Chad Brassil of the University of Toronto (brassil@zoo.utoronto.ca) for Best Oral Presentation
"The Similar Effect of Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Cycles on Mean Population Densities"
2002
Caz Taylor, Lotka Award for Best Poster
"Consequences of an Allee effect on the invasion of Spartina alterniflora in Willapa Bay, WA"John Haskell, Volterra Award for Best Oral Presentation
"Home range scaling in fractal environments"
2000
Juan Manuel Morales, Volterra Award for Best Oral Presentation
Last updated: June 8, 2004
Gregg Hartvigsen