The Oosting Lecture is an annual presentation by distinguished scholars with an international reputation in the field of Ecology.
The endowed lecture honors the preeminent plant ecologist, Henry J. Oosting, and is presented by the University Program in Ecology, the Nicholas School of the Environment, and the Department of Biology.
Previous Oosting Lectures have been delivered by:
2019: Nancy B. Grimm
2018: Rick Ostfeld
2017: Jill Banfield
2016: Ruth Defries
2015: John Terborgh
2013: Norm Christensen
2012: Margaret Palmer
2011: Chris Field
2009: Thomas E. Lovejoy
2008: William H. Schlesinger
2007: Pamela Matson
2006: Monica Turner
2005: Stuart Fisher
2004: F Stuart Chapin
2003: Stephen R. Carpenter
2002: Paul R. Ehrlich
2001: Peter M. Vitousek
2000: James R. Ehleringer
1999: G. David Tilman
1998: Boyd R. Strain
1997: Jerry M. Melillo
1996: F. Ian Woodward
1995: Walter C. Oechel
1994: Thompson Webb III
1993: Fakhri Bazzaz
1992: Jane Lubchenco
1991: Martyn Caldwell
1990: Berrien Moore III
1989: Anthony D. Bradshaw
1988: Edward S. Deevey
1987: Simon A. Levin
1986: Park S. Nobel
1985: Gene Likens
1984: Eville Gorham
1983: John L. Harper
1982: Jerry F. Franklin
1981: William A. Reiners
1980: Phillip L. Johnson
1979: Larry L. Tieszen
1978: Hal A. Mooney
1977: William A. Niering
1976: Robert P. McIntosh
1975: Larry C. Bliss
1974: F. Herbert Bormann
1973: George M. Woodwell
1972: Frank B. Golley
1971: Murray F. Buell