Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology

The Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology (Premi Ramon Margalef d'Ecologia) is a prize awarded annually by the Generalitat de Catalunya to recognize an exceptional scientific career or discovery in the field of ecology or other environmental sciences. The award was created to honor the life and work of Ramon Margalef. The award has been presented every year since 2004 and comes with an honorarium of 80000 EUR and a sculpture representing a microalga, called Picarola margalefii. It is open to ecologists from anywhere in the world.

Awardees

 * 2005 — Paul K. Dayton 🇺🇸
 * 2006 — John Lawton 🇬🇧
 * 2007 — Harold A. Mooney 🇺🇸
 * 2008 — Daniel Pauly 🇫🇷
 * 2009 — Paul R. Ehrlich 🇺🇸
 * 2010 — Simon A. Levin 🇺🇸
 * 2011 — Juan Carlos Castilla 🇨🇱
 * 2012 — Daniel Simberloff 🇺🇸
 * 2013 — Sallie W. Chisholm 🇺🇸
 * 2014 — David Tilman 🇺🇸
 * 2015 — Robert E. Ricklefs 🇺🇸
 * 2016 — Josep Peñuelas
 * 2017 — Sandra Díaz 🇦🇷
 * 2018 — Stephen R. Carpenter 🇺🇸
 * 2019 — Carlos M. Duarte 🇪🇸
 * 2020 — Sandra Lavorel 🇫🇷
 * 2021 — Jordi Bascompte
 * 2022 - Gretchen C. Daily
 * 2023 - Marten Scheffer