In Their Own Words: Daniel Simberloff
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Simberloff Amongst Most Cited
Professor Daniel Simberloff is one of two UT faculty members who have earned the distinction of being among the most cited researchers in the world, according to Clarivate Analytics, formerly Thompson Reuters.
It’s the second such recognition in a row for Simberloff.
Those measurements came in relation to specific findings and papers rather than a cross-examination of all work tied to a researcher, placing Simberloff in the top 1 percent of all research scientists across the world.
50th Anniversary of Island Biogeography Studies
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the seminal Simberloff and Wilson island biogeography studies, the Bulletin for the Ecological Society of America published a special extended edition of their “Paper Trail” series in October. In this series, young researchers tell stories of how a particular paper influenced them, and the original authors of the papers in turn describe their experiences with the paper.
For this special edition, a collection of researchers, ranging from graduate students to full professors, describe how the Simberloff and Wilson 1969 papers influenced their careers. From our department, Jeremiah Henning, Jordan Bush (graduate students), Christy Leppanen (lecturer and post doc), and Kimberly Sheldon (assistant professor) all contributed to this section. Dan Simberloff and Edward O. Wilson then wrote a reflection on the original paper, complete with photographs and stories from the mangrove experiments.
A Pioneering Adventure Becomes an Ecological Classic: Editor’s Note
(overview, by Young, Stephen L.)
A Pioneering Adventure Becomes an Ecological Classic: The Arising and Established Researchers
(Authors: Henning, Jeremiah A.; Leppanen, Christy; Bush, Jordan; Sheldon, Kimberly S; Gotelli, Nick; Gravel, Dominique; Strauss, Sharon)
A Pioneering Adventure Becomes an Ecological Classic: The Pioneers
(Authors: Simberloff, Daniel; Wilson, Edward)
Sigma Xi Award for Rivarola
Maria Daniela Rivarola (Simberloff Lab) won the Sigma Xi Student Superior Presentation in November 2016, at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting & Student Research Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Congratulations!
Science Writing Award for Bush
Graduate student Jordan Bush (Simberloff Lab) will receive the J. Paul Blakely Award of Excellence in the category of Science Writing, Graduate Division at an awards ceremony on May 4, 2017. This award from the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC-ETC) recognizes students with an interest in technical/professional communication or science writing, from any accredited institution of higher education in East Tennessee. Congratulations, Jordan!
Bush Authors Scientific American Blog Post
Graduate student Jordan Bush (Simberloff lab) wrote a guest blog post for “Not Bad Science” on the Scientific American blog network. It features some of Gordon Burghardt’s studies on play behavior and some of Todd Pierson’s photography.
Read the post, titled “Looking Past the Scales: The Truth about Reptilian Behavior,” here.
Simberloff Receives John Pritzlaff Award
Daniel Simberloff, the Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Science, received the Honorable John C. Pritzlaff Conservation Award at the 2016 California Islands Symposium. The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden presents the award annually to a “global trailblazer in conservation.” For details about Simberloff’s dedication to conservation, read the full press release at Island Conservation. Congratulations, Dan!
Simberloff in Wired and Slate
Prof. Dan Simberloff appeared in articles in both Wired and Slate in August.
Wired featured Simberloff in a story about human control over species population size. Tennessee Today also posted a synopsis of Simberloff’s contributions to the article.
Slate featured Simberloff in a debate about whether biocontrol is a better alternative to pesticides. Tennessee Today summarized Simberloff’s contributions to the article.
Scientific American Blog Highlights UT Research
The popular Scientific American Blog has posted an article about bat research done by grad student Jessica Welch (McCracken and Simberloff labs) and NIMBioS postdoc Jeremy Beaulieu.
Tennessee Today also did an article covering the blog post.
New Paper for Welch
Jessica Welch (Simberloff and McCracken Labs) has a new paper out in Biological Conservation. The paper is based on the field work she conducted in the Northern Mariana Islands, testing the indirect effect of invasive species on an endangered bat. Congratulations, Jessica!