He has also received several awards, including the Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Naturalists (2006), the Young Investigator Award from the Andrew Mellon Foundation (2007), and the NSF Career Grant Award (2011). PhD. Silliman has published 21 book chapters and more than 180 peer-reviewed journal articles, and co-edited four books: Human Impact on Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective (with T. Grosholtz and MD Bertness), Marine Community Ecology (with M. Bertness, J. Bruno and J. Stachowicz), Effective Conservation: Data Not Dogma (with P. Karieva and M. Marvier) and Marine Disease Ecology (with D. Behringer and K Lafferty). His teaching and research focus on community ecology, conservation and restoration, global change, animal and plant interactions, and the evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperative behavior. Stachowicz), Effective Conservation: Data Not Dogma (with P. Karieva and M. Marvier) and Marine Disease Ecology (with D. Behringer and K Lafferty). His teaching and research focus on community ecology, conservation and restoration, global change, animal and plant interactions, and the evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperative behavior. Stachowicz), Effective Conservation: Data Not Dogma (with P. Karieva and M. Marvier) and Marine Disease Ecology (with D. Behringer and K Lafferty). His teaching and research focus on community ecology, conservation and restoration, global change, animal and plant interactions, and the evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperative behavior.