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812-855-6837
ketterso [at] indiana [dot] edu

Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile

Ellen D. Ketterson

Professor of Biology, Biology Department
College of Arts and Sciences

Co-Director—Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Professor of Biology

Co-Director—Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Office of Research and University Graduate School
IU Bloomington

Interests:

Animal and bird behavior, hormonal effects on birds' behavior, migration, testosterone

Education:

  • A.B. at Indiana University, 1966
  • M.A. at Indiana University, 1968
  • Ph.D. at Indiana University, 1974

Background:

  • Studying how hormones, particularly testosterone, affect the behavior of male birds.
  • Also researches how birds migrate accurately over long distances.