Meelis Pärtel#
| Membership Number: | 7268 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ESTONIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.etis.ee/CV/Meelis_P%C3%A4rtel/eng/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5874-0138 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 Head of the Department of Botany, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu
- 2002 Professor of Botany, University of Tartu, Estonia
- 1999 Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Biology, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 1998 Research fellow, University of Tartu, Estonia
- 1994 Senior research assistant, University of Tartu, Estonia
Fields of Scholarship
- Conservation biology
- Plant ecology
- Macroecology
- Community ecology
- Biodiversity research
- Landscape ecology
- Biogeography
- Ecoinformatics
- Vegetation science
Honours and Awards
- 2024, 2009, 1998 Estonian State Science annual awards in geo- and biosciences, the highest national recognition for Estonian scientists
- 2023 Order of the White Star from the Republic of Estonia to recognise public service as a scholar in biodiversity
- 2023 Estonian Honorary Nature Conservation Badge
- 2018 Highly Cited Researcher according to Clarivate Analytics
- 1999 NATO Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 1996 Academia Europaea science award to young scientists of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
