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Earl Werner
- Professor
Director, E.S. George Reserve - Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1972
Contact information
- University of Michigan
2078 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
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When two of Professor Earl Werner's former students heard of his impending retirement (December 2013), they joined forces to plan EarlFest: a symposium to pay tribute to their mentor.
Colleagues and friends gathered to celebrate the many successes of Professor Deborah Goldberg as chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology for the past 12 years.
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.
