U Biologist Named 2011 Emerging Explorer
Mia Pinnock on July 4, 2011 in Education LifeThe distinction recognizes Dr. Şekercioğlu among the uniquely gifted and inspring adventurers, scientists and storytellers making a significant contributions to world knowledge through exploration while still early in their careers as announced in the magazines news release May 17, 2011. The award also provides $10,000 for continuing his research work and further exploration.
Dr. Şekercioğlu is assistant professor of biology at the U, as well as director of the Turkish environmental organization KuzeyDoga. He studies the causes and consequences of vanishing bird populations around the globe, and he spearheads conservation projects with local communities to protect threatened birds and bird habitats. 
The profile in National Geographic begins: By the end of this century, 25 percent of all bird species may be extinct. Thats 2,500 unique species, Çağan Şekercioğlu warns. Many pressures that will ultimately affect other animals, even people, are happening to birds first. They are, quite literally, the canaries in the coal mine.
Şekercioğlu not only documents the trend, but also works to reverse it by integrating his work as a highly cited scientist, director of an award-winning grassroots conservation organization and accomplished wildlife photographer.
Read the rest of the profile on the website of National Geographic to learn more about him and his work. The awards will be presented in Washington DC in June and detailed in the June 2011 issue of the magazine.
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