Telephone: (907) 209-6531
Fax: (907) 796-6406
Email: brendan.kelly@uas.alaska.edu
Faculty: Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences - Biology Campus: JuneauOffice Location: Tappe House
Education: B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1975 M.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1979 Ph.D., Purdue University, 1996
Research: My research focuses on the behavioral ecology of marine mammals, especially ice-associated pinnipeds. I am interested in the adaptations of marine mammals to marine foraging, especially in seasonally ice-covered seas. My research is facilitated by research associates, graduate (Juneau Center School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, JCSFOS) and undergraduate students, and Labrador retrievers. Currently, we are focused on five major projects: a long-term study of the behavior of ringed seals in their sub-ice habitat; population biology of Pacific walruses; systematics of the world's walrus populations; population biology of harbor seals in Alaska; and the diving and foraging behavior of sea otters in southeastern Alaska. *On assignment in 2007 - 2008 as: Program Director, Arctic Biology Office of Polar Programs National Science Foundation Telephone: (907) 209-6531PublicationsCurriculum vitaeBrendan Kelly's Earth and Sky radio segment.
*On assignment in 2007 - 2008 as: Program Director, Arctic Biology Office of Polar Programs National Science Foundation Telephone: (907) 209-6531
PublicationsCurriculum vitaeBrendan Kelly's Earth and Sky radio segment.
Courses Taught: B300 Vertebrate ZoologyB375 Current Topics in BiologyB384 Marine MammalogyB395 Behavioral EcologyB396 Behavioral Ecology Field CourseB441 Animal BehaviorB482 EvolutionMSL 619 Biology of Marine Mammals (at UAF)