Marie-Josée Fortin elected fellow of the Ecological Society of America

April 17, 2023 by A&S News

Marie-Josée Fortin, FRSC, a University Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology in the Faculty of Arts & Science has been honoured as a 2023 fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) for her outstanding contributions to the advancement of ecological knowledge. This year, the ESA governing board confirmed seven new fellows and ten new early career fellows.

“This year’s fellows and early career fellows have made tremendous scientific and societal impacts through their work and are highly regarded in their subdisciplines,” said ESA president Sharon Collinge. “Their accomplishments reflect the breadth and depth of our field, and its relevance to pressing societal concerns. I am glad that ESA is home to such a dedicated group.”

Fortin is recognized internationally as a leader in spatial ecology — the discipline that focuses on the study and modeling of the direct and indirect roles of space on ecological processes, biodiversity and ecosystem services.

She has devoted her career to the development of novel spatial statistics, analytic methods and spatially explicit simulation models to predict species dispersal in fragmented landscapes for the conservation global biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well as for human health.

ESA will formally acknowledge and celebrate its new fellows for their exceptional achievements during a ceremony at their 2023 annual meeting, which will be held in Portland, Oregon in August.

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