FACULTY HONOR: Tarnita named ESA Early Career Fellow

By Staff on Feb. 6, 2017, 10 a.m.

Corina Tarnita, a Princeton University assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and a Princeton Environmental Institute associated faculty member, was among seven researchers nationwide to be named an Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Fellows are ESA members who have or have potential to make outstanding contributions to the advancement or application of ecological knowledge to a variety of fields served by ESA, including academics, government, nonprofit organizations and the private sector. Fellows are elected for five years. Tarnita and the other fellows will be honored during an awards ceremony in August.

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