The School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science welcomes distinguished ecologists each fall to the Distinguished Ecologist Series (DELS). The Series is co-sponsored by the Ecosystem Science Center and the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station.
All lectures in the series will be at 12:30 p.m. on Thursdays in room G002, Hesterberg Hall in the U. J. Noblet Building, unless otherwise indicated.
Graduate students enrolled in FW5000 receive credit for attending the series. They have the opportunity to meet guest ecologists in pre- and post-lecture meetings to review their research and discuss its impact on the field of ecology. For more information, please contact Assistant Professor Molly Cavallieri or Adjunct Professor and Research Ecologist Erik Lilleskov.
The following schedule for Fall 2012 is as follows:
September 5-9 (Wed-Sun) Steve Running(Faculty host: Mike Falkowski)
http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/~swr/
September 26-28 (Wed-Fri) Mary Power, (Faculty hosts: Casey Huckins & Amy Marcarelli)
http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/power/
October 3-7 (Wed-Sun) Dan Binkley, (Faculty hosts: Molly Cavaleri, Rod Chimner & Sigrid Resh)
October 17-21 (Wed-Sun) Rich Norby, (Faculty hosts: Molly Cavaleri & Eric Lilleskov)
http://www.ornl.gov/~rjn/
Please see past years' information at: 
Past visiting ecologists