Ecology’s Krista Capps led a session on water stewardship for the Sustainable Development Excellence program developed by Boehringer Ingelheim in conjunction with UGA partners including the Odum School.
Ecology’s Pej Rohani is one of four UGA faculty members named Fellows of the Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program.
Associate professor Krista Capps is one of four UGA faculty members named Office of Research Faculty Fellows, a mentorship program designed to prepare faculty for future leadership roles.
This year’s Ecological Society of America’s Annual Conference will feature a number of speakers from the Odum School of Ecology, as well as speakers affiliated with other UGA schools and colleges.
Megan Vahsen will join the Odum School of Ecology as an assistant professor in January 2025.
Ecology professor Scott Carver is probably best known for his work explaining why wombat poo is square (which won him a 2019 Ig Nobel Prize). Since arriving in January, he’s been working to apply his expertise in new areas while leveraging UGA’s significant resources in disease ecology.
Sonia Altizer, the Martha Odum Distinguished Professor of Ecology, was named a 2024 Fellow by the Ecological Society of America.
Odum faculty Jim and Karen Porter retired in 2016, but their impact on students continues through an endowment fund that supports research by ecology undergraduates.
Jeb Byers is named Distinguished Research Professor, a distinction awarded to senior faculty members who are internationally recognized for their innovative body of work and its transformational impact on their field.
Gene Rhodes, UGA Athletic Association Professor in Applied Ecology, was one of three UGA faculty named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.