From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1997Position Associate ProfessorDepartment Department of BiologyOrganization Bard CollegeI became interested in ecology by accident. For my first few years in graduate school, I was studying evolutionary biology. In my third year, while looking for a new dissertation project, I stumbled across an ecological question…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 2006Position Graduate Student at UCSCOrganization University of California, Santa CruzMurray F. Buell Award for 2004 When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t interested in biology. I grew up…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1985 (Arizona State University)Position ProfessorDepartment School of Life SciencesOrganization Arizona State University When did you get interested in ecology?Although I have always enjoyed the outdoors, I was not a budding ecologist growing up. I went to college with no earthly idea of what I…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1985 (University of Washington)Position Executive Director & ProfessorDepartment Big Sky Institute for Science and Natural HistoryOrganization Montana State University When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? As an undergraduate, I had a terrible…
Helen Foot Buell, 1902-1995Ed. Note: In anticipation of a new essay on Murray (and Helen) Buell, scheduled to appear in the Bulletin‘s July 2016 issue, we wanted to share a brief profile of Helen Foot (sometimes spelled Foote) Buell, Murray’s long-time partner in life and field work—the other Dr. Buell.Dr. Jean Langenheim met Dr. Buell during Jean’s graduate studies at…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. 1996 (University of Montana) Position Postdoctoral Fellow Department Division of Biological Sciences Organization University of Montana When did you become interested in ecology? I grew up on a beautiful farm in Missouri, which had a creek, hardwood forest, lake, river and…
From an “Focus on Ecologists” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2009-2011. Full Name Cecilia Nuñez Degree Ph.D. 2005 (University of Montana) Job Position Assistant Postdoctoral position Organization University of Montana Department Dr. Brewer’s Lab Professional Affiliation Academic Describe what you do and briefly describe the activities that your job encompasses I just finished a Ph.D. in Organismal Biology…
From an “Focus on Ecologists” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2009-2011. Rachel Thiet Full Name Rachel Thiet Degree Ph.D. 2002 (Ohio State University) Job Position Professor and Director Organization Antioch University New England Department Environmental Studies Professional Affiliation Academic Describe what you do and briefly describe the activities that your job encompasses I am an Environmental Studies professor…