ESA Theoretical Ecology

Excited to announce that @LucyVanKleunen from the University of Colorado Boulder wins the 2023 Volterra Award! Check out her brilliant talk here: esa2023.eventscribe.net/fsPopup.asp?Pr… 🍃 Congrats, Lucy! 🎉 #ESA2023 #VolterraAward2023

Thrilled to announce that Jonathan Morris from the University of Michigan wins the 2023 Lotka Award! Dive into the exceptional poster here: esa2023.eventscribe.net/fsPopup.asp?Po… ☕️ Congrats, Jonathan! 👏 #ESA2023 #LotkaAward2023

This also concludes the two-year terms of Serguei Saavedra (Chair) and @hengxing_zou (Secretary, and the person behind this account for the past two years). Thank you for your work, and congrats to all new officers! (3/3)

And for the first time, we have two Student Liaisons from US and Canada! Harman Jaggi and @cole_brookson will work together to expand the impact of the Theory Section in more institutions. (2/3)

With #ESA2023 coming to an end, I'm excited to share our newly elected officers! Past Vice Chair Phillip Staniczenko steps up as Chair, and @fevaldovinos will join us as the new Vice Chair! @JieAliceDeng will be the new secretary ... (1/3)

The finalists were decided by officers of the Theory Section, and the best paper was voted by an external committee. Thanks to all participants--we enjoyed reading all the submissions! And big thanks to our sponsor @SFIPress for providing the prize! (3/3)

Honorable mention goes to @GibbsTheo, Simon Levin, and Jonathan Levine: Coexistence in diverse communities with higher-order interactions, published in @PNASNews: pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107… (2/3)

Announcing this year's break-the-mold paper award! The best paper goes to @JasperCroll and @andrederoos61: The regulating effect of growth plasticity on the dynamics of structured populations, published in Theoretical Ecology (link.springer.com/article/10.100…) (1/3)

My paper about the ecology of growth curve plasticity is now officially mentioned as the outstanding paper in theoretical ecology (2023) on the webpage of @ESA_Theory. You can read what they had to say about the paper here: esa.org/theory/awards/…

This week @ESA_Theory awarded one of the papers from my PhD the "breaking the mold" award for outstanding paper in theoretical ecology. I am very happy with the book prize from @SFIPress. You can find the paper of me and my co-author @andrederoos61 here: doi.org/10.1007/s12080…

thanks for engaging in our modeling workshop in collaboration with @ESA_Theory!! we had about 150 attendees learn about how to take concepts and questions and translate them into models - a great step for those interested in doing #environmentaljustice research!! #ESA2033

Don't miss our mixer/business meeting tonight at 6:30! We will also announce this year's Break-the-Mold Award. Join us at the Skyview Terrace!

Looking for volunteers! This year we are collaborating with @esa_ejsection again on the Think Like a Modeler workshop (WK19, Aug 8). Please contact Holly Moeller (holly.moeller@lifesci.ucsb.edu) if you'd like to be a mentor... (1/2)

...or fill in this list for take-home resources docs.google.com/document/d/18U… for the participants! More info about this workshop can be found at esa2023.eventscribe.net/fsPopup.asp?Mo…. Please spread the word! (2/2)

Only a few days until our nomination deadline!

One month from #ESA2023 ! Add your theory presentations to the spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d….

Calling for nominations! We are looking for candidates for the Vice Chair and Student Liaison for the Theory Section to serve from 2023-2025. The Vice Chair becomes the Chair in 2024. Email Serguei Saavedra (sersaa@mit.edu) for more info ... (1/2)

More nominations! The Lotka and Volterra awards for student poster and talk are now open for nominations! All undergrad/grad students presenting works on theoretical ecology as first/sole author are eligible. Nominate here by *July 14*: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… (1/2)