Here are additional details about the requirements for each certification level. Ecologist in Training This category is for graduating students who have met the education requirements for ESA ...

In the spirit of continuing education, some activities are capped per event or year with the aim of distributing effort and professional development across multiple activities and multiple years.

NEON Program Field Science employees who wish to earn certification by ESA may follow these pathways to apply: Complete the NEON Program Pre-application Form before applying. Applications may be ...

There is an increasing nationwide demand for certification credentials in the environmental arena. Besides natural resource management, ecological expertise is needed on a host of other current ...

Dr Shawan Chowdhury is an ecologist specialising in insects and biodiversity on our changing planet. Among his published papers is a 2021 review of butterfly migration worldwide, a study he led in ...

Featured presentations at the 110th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Baltimore, Maryland July 24, 2025 For immediate release Contact: Mayda Nathan, (202) 833-8773 ext. 211, mayda ...

‘Putting a face’ on science funding, Lear reflects on congressional visits experience Kristen Lear is one of six 2016 ESA Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) winners. A Ph.D. student at the ...

A greater diversity of herbaceous and woody plants in olive groves can promote bird abundance and diversity without negatively affecting production. This is demonstrated by a new study led by the ...

ESA Annual Report ESA’s 2014 Annual Report is now available. Here’s a sampling of some of the highlights from the past year: Ecosphere received its first impact factor. SEEDS Chapters’ campus network ...

Dr. Fernando Maestre received his BsC and PhD in biology from the University of Alicante (Spain) in 1998 and 2002, respectively. He then did a postdoc at Duke University and moved in 2005 to Rey Juan ...

Veronica Tangiri is the Water Quality Programs Coordinator at Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District in Prince William County in Virginia. She also leads the Virginia Adopt-A-Stream ...

Dr. Mark Vellend is a professor at the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec and a 2020 ESA Fellow. Since the start of his career, Dr. Vellend has been interested in long-term changes in the composition ...