The Australian Ecology Research Award (AERA) is an

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presented by the

Ecological Society of Australia The 'Ecological Society of Australia'' (ESA) is a group of ecologists in Australia, with over 1100 members from all Australian states and territories. The ESA has a 60-year history supporting ecologists, promoting ecology and ecological research. ...

for a specific body of recent

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work by a mid-career researcher. Initiated in 2008, the AERA was inspired, in part, by the

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of the

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. The AERA is not restricted to any particular sector, and aims to recognize outstanding ecological research; nominations of researchers from academia, and the public and private sector agencies are invited annually. The successful nominee is presented the AERA at the Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia.

Recipients

List of recipients is sourced from the Ecological Society of Australia website. 2022: John Morgan
2021: Euan Ritchie
2020: Diana Fisher
2019: Menna Jones
2018:

Angela Moles Angela Tina Moles is a New Zealand ecologist, evolutionary biologist and science communicator who worked in Australia since 1998. She is professor of botany and ecology and leads the Big Ecology Lab at the University of New South Wales. Educa ...

2017: Richard Fuller
2016:

Jane Elith Professor Jane Elith is an ecologist in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne. She graduated from the School of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Melbourne in 1977. She specialises in ecological models that focus on spat ...

2015: Saul Cunningham
2014: Melodie McGeoch
2013: David Keith
2012: Chris Johnson
2011: Lesley Hughes
2010: Corey Bradshaw
2009:

David Lindenmayer Distinguished Professor David Lindenmayer, , is an Australian scientist and academic. His research focuses on the adoption of nature conservation practices in agricultural production areas, developing ways to improve integration of native forest ...

2008: Bob Pressey

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.ecolsoc.org.au/awards/aera/ Australian science and technology awards Ecology awards