Dr. Mark Deutschlander Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Vice President, Braddock Bay Bird Observatory
	Office: Eaton Hall 203 Phone: (315) 781-3921 Email: deutschlande@hws.edu

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Zoology (minor in Neuroscience), Indiana University, 1998

Area Certificate in Animal Behavior, Indiana University, 1998

B.S., summa cum laude in Biology, SUNY Geneseo, 1992

See my Curriculum Vitae for details on my professional experience.

Scientific Interests:

Sensory Ecology and Neuroethology

Ecophysiology of Migration

Animal orientation and navigation

Magnetoreception

Ultraviolet and polarized light reception

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Animals that I've worked with:

Birds

• Bobolinks
• Australian Silvereyes
• Nighthawks
• I also work with many other migratory songbirds as part of a migration monitoring effort at Braddock Bay near Rochester, NY

Amphibians

• Eastern red-spotted newts
• Axolotls
• Tiger salamanders
• Fire salamanders

Fish

• Rainbow trout
• Steelhead
• Sockeye salmon

Rodents

• Siberian Hamsters

Courses:

At Hobart and William Smith:

• BIOL 151: Organisms and Populations
• BIOL 233: General Physiology
• BIOL 340: Neurobiology

At Previous Universities:

• Neurobiology
• Biology of Birds/Bird Bander Training Course
• General Physiology
• Human Biology
• Vertebrate Zoology
• Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
• Sensory Biology

Research Skills:

Laboratory and field behavioral techniques for the study of animal orientation and navigation.

Extracellular neurophysiological recording from the retina, optic nerve, and optic centers in the brain (i.e., electroretinograms, compound action potentials, and evoked potentials).

Microspectrophotometry of photoreceptors

Histological techniques: perfusion, brain removal, tissue fixation, mounting, cryocut sectioning, histological and immunohistological staining, camera lucida drawings and computer imaging.

Avian laboratory maintenance, field capture (mist netting) and banding (subpermit from the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory in Patuxent, MD).

Amphibian and fish field capture (seining) and laboratory maintenance.

Hobbies and Other Interests:

Music. I love all styles of music: rock, jazz, classical, folk, and world-beat just to name a few. Just follow the sound of music in Eaton Hall and you're likely to find my lab or office.

Bird-watching...you probably could have guessed this one.

Hiking, camping, biking, skiing, fishing, and anything else that will take me outdoors.

Tai Chi Chuan

Playing Guitar

Reading for fun: Eastern philosophy, naturalist essays, exploration books, and poetry. Read something besides science and expand your mind!

 

See some of my favorite links on:

Braddock Bay Bird Observatory

Operation Smile

WBGO Jazz on the Internet

Herpetology. That's amphibians and reptiles!

More to come.