Dr. James Coleman, Executive Director of the Desert Research Institute's Biological Sciences Center, has been elected president of the Physiological Ecology Section of the 7,600-member Ecological Society of America (ESA). The section is one of the largest sub-sections of the ESA and has an international membership. Its primary purpose is to promote research, teaching, and communication in the physiological ecology of both animals and plants.
Coleman holds a prestigious five-year "Young Investigator Award" from the National Science Foundation and has authored more than 75 scientific publications. He came to DRI in 1997 and oversees a 30-person staff in the Biological Sciences Center, one of DRI's five environmental research centers with operations in Reno and Las Vegas.