Past Distinguished Ecologists
2019 – 20
Richard Knight – Resident
William K. Smith – Honor Alumna
Visiting Ecologists postponed due to COVID-19
2018 – 19
Eugene Kelly – Resident
Debra Finn – Honor Alumna
Jayne Belnap – Visiting
James Grace – Visiting
Jessica Gurevitch – Visiting
2017 – 18
Kathleen Galvin – Resident
Melissa McHale – Honor Alumna
John Wiens – Visiting
Bea Van Horne – Visiting
Johan Six – Visiting
Steve Running – Visiting
Alan Covich – Visiting
2016 – 17
LeRoy Poff – Resident
Brandon Bestelmeyer – Honor Alumnus
Ruth Shaw – Visiting
Ivette Perfecto – Visiting
Brian McGill – Visiting Rising Star
2015 – 16
Bill Parton – Resident
Jesse Nippert – Honor Alumnus
Mark Boyce – Visiting
Osvaldo Sala – Visiting
Deron Burkepile – Visiting Rising Star
2014 – 15
Jill Baron – Resident
John Sanderson – Honor Alumnus
Rick Karban – Visiting
Peter Vitousek – Visiting
Julian Olden – Visiting Rising Star
2013 – 14
Kurt Fausch – Resident
Serita Frey – Honor Alumna
Jim Estes – Visiting
Scott Collins – Visiting
Winsor Lowe – Visiting Rising Star
2012 – 13
Tom Stohlgren – Resident
Suzie Boyden – Honor Alumna
Rosemary Grant – Visiting
Peter Grant – Visiting
Ray Callaway – Visiting
Taylor Ricketts – Visiting
2011 – 12
Tom Hobbs – Resident
Cherie Westbrook – Honor Alumna
Jim Clark – Visiting
John Pastor – Visiting
Emily Bernhardt – Visiting Rising Star
2010 – 11
Diana Wall – Resident
Peter Adler – Honor Alumnus
Neil Adger – Visiting
Richard Bardgett – Visiting
Stephanie Carlson – Visiting Rising Star
2009 – 10
Bill Romme – Resident
Rebecca McCulley – Honor Alumna
Gretchen Daily – Visiting
Ray Hilborn – Visiting
Brad Cardinale – Visiting Rising Star
2008 – 09
Barry Noon – Resident
Jason Kaye – Honor Alumnus
Eric Lambin – Visiting
Terrie Williams – Visiting
John Sabo – Visiting Rising Star
2007 – 08
Jim Detling – Resident
Ute Olssony – Alumna
H. Kern Reeve – Visiting
Doug Schemske – Visiting
Sonia Altizer – Visiting Rising Star
2006 – 07
Dan Binkley – Resident
Mary Ann Vinton – Alumna
Marie Josee Fortin – Visiting
Robert Jackson – Visiting
Sybil Seitzinger – Visiting
2005 – 06
Thomas Givnish – Visiting
Deborah Clark – Visiting
Vaclav Smil – Visiting
Margaret Palmer – Visiting
2004 – 05
Sarah Hobbie – Visiting
Graham Farquhar – Visiting
Bruce Hayden – Visiting
John Wiens – Visiting
2003 – 04
C.S. Holling – Visiting
Robert Jeffries – Visiting
Nancy Grimm – Visiting
Peter Hudson – Visiting
Gary Hartshorn – Visiting
2002 – 03
Susan Stonich – Visiting
Andrew Illius – Visiting
Christian Koerner – Visiting
2001 – 02
James H. Brown – Visiting
Carla M. D’Antonio – Visiting
Peter Högberg – Visiting
Thomas Whitham – Visiting
2000 – 01
Michael A. Huston – Visiting
Michael A. Little – Visiting
Ramon Vallejo – Visiting
Dennis Baldocchi – Visiting
Peter B. Moyle – Visiting
1999 – 2000
Robert H. Gardner – Visiting
Susan E. Trumbore – Visiting
Mary E. Power – Visiting
Paul G. Jarvis – Visiting
1998 – 99
Stephen R. Carpenter – Visiting
Alan A. Andersen – Visiting
John Harte – Visiting
Susan Harrison – Visiting
James D. Nichols – Visiting
1997 – 98
Lenore Fahrig – Visiting
Dolph Schluter – Visiting
Norman Owen-Smith – Visiting
Thomas Veblen – Visiting
1996 – 97
R.J. Naiman – Visiting
Richard J. Hobbs – Visiting
Pamela A. Matson – Visiting
Bruce Winterhalder – Visiting
Christopher Field – Visiting
1995 – 96
Ariel E. Lugo – Visiting
F. Stuart Chapin III– Visiting
Judith H. Myers – Visiting
John H. Lawton – Visiting