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About Me

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I'm a Ph.D. candidate in the population biology graduate group at UC Davis working with Dr. Peter Wainwright. I am a behavioral ecologist and functional morphologist. I specialize in the use of video and photography to collect data on fish behaviors with minimal disturbance.

Currently, I'm working on characterizing the diversity of swimming behaviors in reef fish and identifying anatomical predictors of reef fish behaviors. I completed my master's research at California State University, Long Beach, studying behavioral local adaptation in fish to predation. During my undergraduate program at California State University, Northridge, I studied courtship success and foraging trade-offs in fish. Information about these projects and updates on my current work can be found in this page's "Research" tab. You can contact me at Drsatterfield@ucdavis,edu

My Talk on Swimming Behavior in Coral Reef Fish

This presentation on the relationships between body shape and routine swimming behavior in coral reef fishes was my talk for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biologists Meeting 2023 

Recent Projects

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