Dr. Tess Grainger named Early Career Fellow with the Ecological Society of America
Dr. Tess Grainger, assistant professor in Integrative Biology, has been named an Early Career Fellow with the Ecological Society of America (ESA).
The early career fellowship program recognizes ESA members who have advanced ecological knowledge and applications within eight years of completing their doctoral training and who show promise of continuing to make outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields. Early career fellows are elected for five years.
Grainger is an ecologist whose research investigates the effects of global change on coexistence, eco-evolutionary dynamics and spatially structured communities. To do this, her group uses experiments with insects and plants that test fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology. Grainger’s research also aims to forge stronger connections between theoreticians and empiricists, and she has published several papers on this theme.
Since arriving at the University of Guelph in 2023, Grainger's group has conducted research on the effect of temperature on the rate of range expansion, how thermal adaptation alters competitive ability, and the role that species interactions play in mediating evolutionary rescue, among other topics.
Throughout her career, Grainger has also worked to remove barriers associated with mental health and parenting in academia.
In recognition of her research and service contributions, Grainger has previously been recognized with a Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution Early Career Award and an American Society of Naturalist's Early Career Investigator Award. Grainger received her PhD from the University of Toronto, followed by postdoctoral studies at Princeton University and the University of British Columbia.
The new Ecological Society of America fellows will be formally recognized in an awards ceremony at the ESA’s annual meeting in Salt Lake City in July.
Read the full press release on the Ecological Society of America website.