Biography
Dr. Gene Sattler has worked as a seasonal naturalist and as a zookeeper at the Toledo and Cincinnati Zoos. His doctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution used molecular markers to examine the genetics, behavior, morphology, and ecology of hybridizing Black-capped and Carolina chickadees. In the fall he coordinates students in a project banding migrating Northern Saw-whet Owls in order to study their migration dynamics, and also studies the local fall hawk migration.
Courses Taught
- BIOL 225 General Biology II
- BIOL 400 Biology Seminar
- BIOL 408 Animal Behavior
- BIOL 418 Vertebrate Natural History
- BIOL 419 Ornithology
- CRST 290 History of Life
Professional Memberships
- American Ornithological Society
- Animal Behavior Society
- Eastern Bird-Banding Association
- Hawk Migration Association of NA
- Lynchburg Bird Club
- Virginia Herpetological Society
- Virginia Society of Ornithology
- Wilson Ornithological Society
Publications