Microbial ecologist Peter Groffman (PhD ’84), a graduate of the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, has been elected the 2025 president of the Ecological Society of America, the nation’s largest organization of professional ecologists.
Two faculty in the Odum School of Ecology have been recognized with named professorships based on their long-standing commitments to excellence in research, education and service at UGA. Craig Osenberg
The Odum School of Ecology celebrated fall 2023 graduation with a convocation ceremony and reception for graduates and their friends and families on Dec. 14.
The UGA Teaching Academy inducted 16 new members on Nov. 9, including Odum School of Ecology’s Krista Capps.
In a NASA grant project focused on levee setbacks, UGA scientists are filling a critical gap in biodiversity benefit assessment for USACE.
University of Georgia College of Public Health professor and Odum courtesy faculty Erin Lipp has been appointed to the Georgia Power Professorship in Environmental Health Science.
Dean Mark Hunter has been named the Eugene Odum Chair in Ecology, and Sonia Altizer has been named the Martha Odum Distinguished Professor in Ecology at the University of Georgia’s Odum School of Ecology.
Catherine Pringle’s path to freshwater ecosystem ecology was a sure one. “From childhood, I’ve been fascinated by nature, spending hours poking around in streams and creeks as a kid,” she
Sechindra Vallury, assistant professor and director of policy for the River Basin Center, was awarded a pre-seed grant from UGA’s Office of Research and Office of the Provost. Vallury’s team, one of 12 that received the award, includes Ecology lecturer John Paul Schmidt and faculty from five other schools and colleges.
James E. “Jeb” Byers, a member of the University of Georgia faculty since 2008, has been named a UGA Athletic Association Professor in Ecology.