George Happ
University of Alaska Fairbanks & University of Vermont
Photo by Christy Yuncker Happ
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- Christy Yuncker Photo Journal - AlaskaSandhillCrane.com
- Alaska Sandhill Crane Blog
- Is crane dance innate or learned?
- Sandhill crane books
- Do cranes usde pheromones?
- Twin colts in 2010
- Local ecology and novelty
- Crane brains 3 - Mental maps of local ecology
- Crane Brains 2 - wiring plan
- Crane Brains 1- Evolutionary origins
- Death, visitations, and dance of "solidarity"
- Alaska Crane Kindergarten
- Return to nestsite and hatch of twin coltss
- Crane parents compensate for colt's injury
- Origins of the blog
- How birds think
Biographical information
Research
Publications
Lectures on Cranes & Brains
Contact information
How Birds Think
Time & temperature in
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Professional Appointments
- Summer 1957 - I was a GS4 student assistant at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the upper peninsula of Michigan. My project was an investigation of factors that limited wild rice growth in Seney impoundments.
- Summer 1958 - I was a research intern sponsored by the Student Conservation Association at the Jackon Hole Biological Research Station in Moran, Wyoming. I assisted Charles C. Laing (University of Wyoming) in his evaluation of visitor impact on the Lake Soltude basin in Grand Teton National Park.
I spent two college summers as a research assistant.
My graduate fellowships are summarized on the education page of this website.
My faculty appointments are summarized below.
- Catholic University of America: Assistant Professor of Biology, 1965-1967
- New York University: Assistant/Associate Professor of Biology (tenured), 1967-1972
- Colorado State University:
- Associate Professor of Zoology and Entomology, College of Natural Sciences, 1972-1976.
- Professor of Zoology and Entomology (tentured), College of Natural Sciences, 1976-1978.
- Joint appointment in Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Chairman, Faculty of Cellular and Molecular Biology, 1976-78 Courses taught - General Zoology, Cell Biology, Comparative Animal Physiology, Graduate Cell Biology
- University of Vermont:
- Professor & Chair of Zoology (tenured), 1978 - 1996
- State Project Director, Vermont EPSCoR, 1990-1995
- Director, Howard Hughes Program for Life Science Excellence (HELiX), 1989-1995
- Vice Provost for Research, 1990-1991
- Special Presidential Assistant for Federal Affairs, 1991-1994
- Professor Emeritus, 1996- Courses taught - Cell Biology, Animal Physiology, Anatomy and Physiology
- University of Arizona: Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, 1985 (sabbatical leave)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks:
- Visiting Professor of Animal Physiology, 1994-95 (sabbatical leave)
- Principal Research Associate, Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife, 1995-97
- Research Professor Institute of Arctic Biology, 1997-2010
- State Project Director, Alaska EPSCoR, 1999-2007
- Special Assistant to the President for Research Progrem Development; 2000-2008
- Principal Investigator/ Project Director, Alaska BRIN/INBRE, 2001-2009
- Research Professor Emeritus, Institute of Arctic Biology, 2010- Courses taught - Cell Biology
- Courses taught - Comparative Physiology, Insect Physiology, Senior Seminar
- Courses taught - General Biology, Animal Physiology, Invertebrate Physiology
