Aaron M. Ellison is an American ecologist, photographer, sculptor, and writer.
Until 2018, he also was an adjunct research professor at the University of Massachusetts in the Departments of Biology and Environmental Conservation.
He attended Yale University, where he studied East Asian studies/Asian philosophy and obtained his B.A in 1982.
Ellison's postdoctoral positions were with the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, Department of Biology, Tulane University, 1988–1989, and Cornell University, Section of Ecology and Systematics and Ecosystems Research Center, 1986–1988.
[2] After retiring from Harvard in 2021, Aaron co-founded, with Manisha Patel, the company Sound Solutions for Sustainable Science, which develops and provides a range of consulting services, workshops, and programs.