Joseph H. Connell

Who is Joseph H. Connell?

Joseph Hurd Connell FAA is an American ecologist. According to the Ecological Society of America, "Connell’s observations, insights, syntheses, and example have motivated education and research in population and community ecology for over six decades". Among his important works are the Connell–Slatyer model of ecological succession and the Janzen-Connell hypothesis. He is a corresponding member of the Australian Academy of Science, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Guggenheim fellow, and has received the Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America. He is a professor emeritus at the University of California Santa Barbara.

Connell was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 2002 as a Corresponding Fellow.