The Ecological Society of America (ESA) announces the 2026 cohort of ESA Excellence in Ecology (EEE) Scholars. This prestigious scholarship program celebrates and supports outstanding early- to ...

People have long said that “bread is life.” Now, researchers at Tufts University are using the bubbling mixtures of flour and water known as sourdough starters to explore what shapes life at the ...

I have a BS degree in Forestry from the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), a MS in Forestry from the University of Florida (UF; USA), and a MS in statistics and PhD in Ecology from Duke University (USA ...

Kat Superfisky is an urban ecologist, artist, and educator who devotes their days, nights and dreams to transforming urban areas into more habitable places for people, plants and other animals. After ...

Pamela Templer is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Boston University (BU). She received a B.A. with a double major in Biology and Environmental Studies at the ...

Serita Frey is a microbial ecologist with over 30 years of experience studying microbes in the environment. She received her Ph.D. in Ecology from Colorado State University and is currently a ...

Mario Muscarella is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology and Wildlife and at the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where his research group investigates ...

Lara Pomi-Urbat is currently a Senior Project Manager with over 18 years of experience in the environmental industry. She completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Stony Brook ...

ESA members will elect their next cohort of leaders when the annual Governing Board and Board of Professional Certification election opens in September. The Nominations Committee has put forward this ...

I would describe myself as a behavioral ecologist, specializing in small mammal community ecology. My ecological training is broad, stemming from both education and work in the field. Between my ...

Candidate for: Member of the Board of Professional Certification (incumbent) Justin Compton is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and was ...

Joseph Bruseo is a professor at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where he is the 2023 recipient of the Elaine Marieb Chair for Teaching Excellence Award and has previous experience ...