Eric Post

Professor, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis

My love of nature and interest in ecology stem from my childhood in rural Wisconsin, where I graduated from Rosholt High School. I briefly attended college at UW Stevens Point, then transferred to the University of Minnesota, where I studied Biology, French, and Ojibwe. With a fascination for life in cold places, I moved on from Minneapolis to a Ph.D. at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a post-doc at the University of Oslo. Please see our Research page for an overview of the lab’s work on climate change and population-, community-, and ecosystem ecology.

Academic Family Tree

UC Davis academic memberships:

• Graduate Group in Ecology
• Center for Population Biology
• Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics
• Graduate Program of Environmental Policy and Management

Career development timeline:

• B.S., Biology, 1989
• Ph.D., Wildlife Biology, 1995
• Norwegian Science Council post-doctoral fellow, University of Oslo, 1996-98
• NSF post-doctoral fellow, University of Oslo, 1998-2000
• Assistant Professor, Penn State University, 2000-05
• Associate Professor, Penn State University, 2005-10
• Visiting Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2007-08
• Professor, Penn State University, 2010-16
• Professor, UC Davis, 2016-present

Academic Honors:

• Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Astor Visiting Lecturer, University of Oxford
• Fellow, UC Davis Institute of the Environment
• Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Life and Health Sciences, Penn State University
• Kolshorn Lecture, University of Minnesota
• Edward D. Bellis Award for outstanding contributions and dedication to graduate education and training in Ecology, Penn State University
• Honorary Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark

Grants and Awards

• UC Davis Academic Senate Large Research Grant (PI), 2023-24; $24,858
• NSF OPP 2327566 (PI), 2023-24; $25,000
• NASA 80NSSC19K1359 (co-PI with Christian John, PI), 2019-22; $135,000
• NSF OPP 1950221 (PI), 2019-20; $44,477
• UC Davis Global Affairs Grant for Regional Faculty (PI), 2019-20; $5000
• UC Davis Global Affairs seed grant (PI), 2019-21; $9575
• NSF OPP 1836774 (PI), 2018-19; $12,877
• California Department of Fish & Wildlife (PI), 2018-22; $240,919
• NSF OPP 1748052 (PI), 2017-19; $314,567
• UC Davis Institute of the Environment seed grant (PI), 2017-18; $20,000
• UC Davis Strategic Initiative grant (PI), 2017; $10,000
• NSF OPP 1525636 (PI), 2015-17; $251,749
• NSF OPP 1107381 (PI), 2011-17; $1,399,117
• NASA (co-PI with Mark Hebblewhite, PI), 2011-14; $777,481
• U.S. Department of the Interior (PI), 2010-15; $160,000
• NSF 0909456 (co-PI with Beth Shapiro, PI), 2009-12; $267,758
• NSF OPP 0902125 (PI), 2007-10; $195,051
• NSF OPP 0817967 (PI), 2008-09; $10,000
• NSF OPP 0732168 (PI), 2007-08; $85,893
• NSF REU Supplement to 0724711 (PI), 2007; $7107
• NSF 0724711 (PI), 2004-07; $127,400
• National Geographic Society (PI), 2003-05; $18,600
• NSF 0219025 (co-PI with Eric Barron, PI), 2002-05; $299,994
• NSF REU supplement to 0217259 (PI), 2001-04; $6,000
• NSF 0217259 (PI), 2001-04; $35,000
• NSF Post-doctoral Fellowship (PI), 1998-2000; $80,000