The Strategies in Ecology Education, Development, and Sustainability, better known as SEEDS, program was established in 1996. This award-winning education program aims to “diversify and advance the ecology profession through opportunities that stimulate and nurture the interest of underrepresented students to participate, and to lead in ecology.” Through SEEDS, ESA has seen an increase in the participation of underrepresented undergraduate…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position Assistant ProfessorDepartment Department of Ecology ProvidenceOrganization University, Taiwan When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I got interested in ecology at a very early age. I grew up in a big farm house with my brothers,…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position Research and Development Staff ScientistOrganization Oak Ridge National Lab When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?My 8th grade teacher, Mrs. McArthur, was very good at answering any questions I had in Biology and Ecology so…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary WasteDepartment Institute Natural Resources and Environmental Design DeptOrganization North Carolina A&T State University When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I have been interested in ecological systems since my childhood. Dr….
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position ProfessorDepartment Facultad de Pesquerias y oceanografíaOrganization Universidad Austral de ChileWhen did you become interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I remember trying to get into marine biology when I finished high school but such an undergraduate program was not…
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 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…