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Marten Scheffer

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree                                 Ph.D. Position                               Head & Professor Department                         Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management group Organization                       Wangeningen University Dr. Scheffer, along with his colleagues, is the recipient of ESA’s 2004 Sustainability Science Award, which is given annually to the authors of the peer-reviewed paper published in…

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M. A. Sanjayan

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…

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Osvaldo Sala

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…

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Richard Root (2004)

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…

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Dr. Jean Richardson

Jean L. Richardson

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…

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William A. Reiners

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…

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Jim Reichman

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…

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Ronald Pulliam

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…

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