Anurag Agrawal (born 1972) is an American professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and entomology who has written over a 150 peer-reviewed articles, which earned him an h-index of 92.[1] He is the author of a popular science book, Monarchs and Milkweeds from Princeton University Press,[2] and is currently the James Alfred Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies at Cornell University.[3]
Anurag Agrawal | |
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 Agrawal in March 2017 | |
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Davis |
| Known for | Studies of plant-animal interactions, especially milkweeds and monarch butterflies |
| Spouse | Jennifer S. Thaler |
| Awards | Ecological Society of America, Robert H. MacArthur Award, 2016 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto, Cornell University |
| Thesis | Evolutionary ecology of phenotypic plasticity in plant resistance to insect herbivores (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Karban |
Life
editAgrawal was born in 1972 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He obtained both BA in biology and an MA in conservation biology from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia after working with Daniel Janzen. In 1999, he earned a Ph.D. in population biology from the University of California, Davis. He then became a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam. A year later, he became an assistant professor at the University of Toronto in the former department of botany. Since 2004, he has been a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Entomology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.[4] He publishes with a fictitious middle initial (A.),[1] and is sometimes confused with Canadian evolutionary biologist Aneil Agrawal.[5][6]
Research
editHis work is focused on the ecology and evolution of plant-insect interactions, including aspects of herbivory, community ecology, phenotypic plasticity, chemical ecology, coevolution, and phylogenetics. His current research includes work on New York state's biodiversity, the ecology of invasive plants, the biology of monarch butterflies, and the evolution of plant defense strategies. In addition to many scientific papers, his recent book Monarchs and Milkweeds has received acclaim from a wide audience, including the National Outdoor Book Award.[7][2]
Awards
edit- 1999 Young Investigator Award, American Society of Naturalists[8]
- 2004 Early Career Award, National Science Foundation[9]
- 2006 George Mercer Award, Ecological Society of America[10]
- 2009 David Starr Jordan Prize[11]
- 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[12]
- 2013 Founders Memorial Award, Entomological Society of America[13][14]
- 2016 Robert H. MacArthur Award, Ecological Society of America[15][16]
- 2017 National Outdoor Book Award[7]
- 2017 Fellow of the Ecological Society of America[17]
- 2018 Silverstein-Simeone Lecture Award, International Society for Chemical Ecology[18]
- 2019 Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award[19]
- 2021 Member of the National Academy of Sciences[20]
References
edit- ^ a b "Anurag A. Agrawal". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ a b Agrawal, Anurag A. (2017). Monarchs and milkweed : a migrating butterfly, a poisonous plant, and their remarkable story of coevolution. Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 978-0-691-16635-3. OCLC 958799669.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Anurag Agrawal, James A. Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies". Insects on Plants, Chemical Ecology, and Coevolution. 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Anurag Agrawal". David Starr Jordan. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ "Phylogeny of A. Agrawals – Agrawal Lab". Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Agrawal, Aneil". Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ a b "2017 Winners of the National Outdoor Book Awards". www.noba-web.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Awards". www.amnat.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0447550 - CAREER: Milkweed-Herbivore Interactions: Advancing Community Ecology and Student Community Outreach". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "George Mercer Award – Historical Records Committee | Ecological Society of America". Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Agrawal is first Cornell professor to receive prestigious David Starr Jordan Prize". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Founders' Memorial Award Recipients". www.entsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Anurag Agrawal to Give ESA Founders' Memorial Lecture". ANR Blogs. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "All Awards Table". ESA. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Anurag Agrawal receives 2016 Robert H. MacArthur Award". Ecotone. May 24, 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "ESA Fellows – The Ecological Society of America". Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "International Society of Chemical Ecology". www.chemecol.org. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ^ "2019 American Society of Naturalists Awards". The American Naturalist. 195 (1): ii–iii. 2020-01-01. doi:10.1086/706257. ISSN 0003-0147. PMID 31868540. S2CID 203406456.
- ^ "National Academy of Sciences Elects New Members — Including a Record Number of Women — and International Members". nasonline.org. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.