Thomas Eisner#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1628 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Thomas Eisner passed away March 25, 2011.
Positions Held
- Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University
- Director of the Cornell Institute for Research in Chemical Ecology (CIRCE)
Fields of Scholarship
- Evolution
- Chemical Ecology
- Behavior
- Conservation
Honours and Awards
- Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1967)
- 1969 National Academy of Sciences, member
- 1969 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow
- 1973 Professor of Merit Award, Cornell University
- 1982 Honorary Ph.D. Univ. Wurzburg, Germany
- 1983 Honorary Ph.D. Univ. Zurich, Switzerland
- 1989 Honorary Ph.D. Univ. Goteborg, Sweden
- 1992 Honorary Ph.D. Drexel Univ., USA
- 1988 Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal, Federal Republic of Germany
- 1989 Centennial Medal, Harvard University
- 1990 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- 1994 National Medal of Science
- 1995 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
- 1996 Distinguished Service Award, American Institute of Biological Sciences
- 1997 Foreign Member, Royal Society of London
- 1997 Green Globe Award, Rainforest Alliance
- 2004 Winner, Best Science Book, 2004 Independent Publisher Book Award. For Love of Insects, (Harvard Univ.Press)
- 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize, Rockefeller University
- 2006 Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie
- 2008 John J. Carty Award
