Visiting Distinguished Ecologists
The Distinguished Ecologist Series, now in its 30th year, brings internationally-known scientists to CSU for 2–3 days to present their cutting-edge research and to interact with students and faculty in a number of formal and informal settings.
Video of the seminars of our more recent speakers is available here, or by clicking the video links below.
Click here for a detailed current seminar schedule.
Click here for a printable list of Visiting and Resident Distinguished Ecologists and Honor Alumni 1979–2009.
2010 to present
2010
- Gretchen Daly
- Ray Hilborn
- Brad Cardinale*
2000 to 2009
2009
2008
2007
- Marie Josee Fortin
- Robert Jackson
- Sybil Seitzinger
2006
- Thomas Givnish
- Deborah Clark
- Robert Ricklefs
- Vaclav Smil
- Margaret Palmer
2005
- Sarah Hobbie
- Graham Farquhar
- Bruce Hayden
- John Wiens
2004
- C. S. Holling
- Robert Jeffries
- Nancy Grimm
- Peter Hudson
- Gary Hartshorn
2003
- Susan Stonich
- Andrew Illius
- Christian Koerner
2002
- James H. Brown
- Carla M. D'Antonio
- Peter Högberg
- Thomas Whitham
2001
- Michael A. Huston
- Michael A. Little
- Ramon Vallejo
- Dennis Baldocchi
- Peter B. Moyle
2000
- Robert H. Gardner
- Susan E. Trumbore
- Mary E. Power
- Paul G. Jarvis
1990 to 1999
1999
- Stephen R. Carpenter
- Alan A. Andersen
- John Harte
- Susan Harrison
- James D. Nichols
1998
- Lenore Fahrig
- Dolph Schluter
- Norman Owen-Smith
- Thomas Veblen
1997
- R. J. Naiman
- Richard J. Hobbs
- Pamela A. Matson
- Bruce Winterhalder
- Christopher Field
1996
- Ariel E. Lugo
- F. Stuart Chapin III
- Judith H. Myers
- John H. Lawton
1995
- J. Strassmann
- I. Hanski
- J.R. Ehleringer
- W.H. Schlesinger
- J. Antonovics
1994
- M.G. Turner
- J. Travis
- G.E. Likens
- K. Danell
- T.J. Case
1993
- M.B. Davis
- M.M. Caldwell
- A. Cockburn
- J.M. Melillo
- J.R. Karr
1992
- J.P. Grime
- M. Berenbaum
- B.L. Turner II
- J.F. Kitchell
1991
- D. Tilman
- J. Tiedje
- J.S. Endler
- M. Westoby
1990
- W. Stini
- F. Huntingford
- J.H. Connell
- D. Schindler
- N. Eldredge
1979 to 1989
1989
- S.A. Temple
- P. Kareiva
- S. Reichert
- H.A. Mooney
- W.P. Porter
1988
- N. Chr. Stenseth
- J. Lubchenco
- A.R.E. Sinclair
- R. Pulliam
- P. Vitousek
1987
- R. Thornhill
- W.A. Reiners
- E.F. Moran
- B.C. Patten
- S.A. Levin
1986
- D.S. Wilson
- H.H. Shugart
- T. Clutton-Brock
- J. Sarukhan
- G.A. Bartholomew
1985
- F.A. Bazzaz
- D.S. Simberloff
- P.J. Mehringer Jr.
- W.D. Hamilton
- M.F. Willson
1984
- B. Thomas
- J. Roughgarden
- T.R.E. Southwood
- Y. Dommergue
- G.H. Orians
1983
- Paul Colinvaux
- Thomas W. Schoener
- Robert Ricklefs
- Laurence C. Bliss
- Jerry S. Olson
1982
- Ramon Marglef
- Montgomery Slatkin
- Douglas Futuyama
- Arturo Gomez-Pompa
- Jerry F. Franklin
1981
- Martin L. Cody
- Otto Solbrig
- H.T. Odum
- Monte Lloyd
- Frederick E. Smith
1980
no speakers this year
1979
- E.P. Odum
- S.J. McNaughton
- William E. Cooper
- James H. Brown
- W. D. Billings
* Names marked with an asterisk were considered "rising stars" at the time they were invited. These are ecologists who are relatively early in their career, but who have already made a significant contribution to the field of ecology.