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Earl Werner
- Professor
Director, E.S. George Reserve - Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1972
Contact information
- University of Michigan
2059 / 2059A / 2055 Kraus Natural Science Building
830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048 - Phone: (734) 764-6269
- Lab: (734) 764-8353
- Fax: (734) 763-0544
- Email: eewerner@umich.edu
Fields of study
Community ecology, ecology of amphibians
Academic background
I received degrees from Columbia and Michigan State Universities with the doctorate in 1972. I have held visiting academic appointments at the Australian National University and the University of North Carolina. I received the Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America, and served as vice-president of the Society and as an Editor of Ecology and Ecological Monographs. I also have served on National Research Council boards and as a member of the scientific advisory board of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.
Graduate students
Jessica Middlemis-Brown, John Marino, Hyunmin Han
UM affiliation
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Edwin S. George Reserve
Research feature
Related news
U-M researchers have demonstrated for the first time that stress hormones are responsible for altering the body shape of developing animals, so they are better equipped to survive predator attacks.
Professor Earl Werner, director of the E.S. George Reserve, has been named an Ecological Society of America Fellow, a lifetime appointment.
Nearly a quarter million ecological specimens collected from 38 ponds at the E.S. George Reserve between 1996 and 2012 have been donated to the U-M Museum of Zoology collections.
