Background
Ketterson, Ellen D. was born on August 9, 1945 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John B. and Lois (Meadows) Ketterson.
Ketterson, Ellen D. was born on August 9, 1945 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John B. and Lois (Meadows) Ketterson.
Bachelor in Botany, Indiana University, 1966. Master of Arts in Botany, Indiana University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, Indiana University, 1974.
National Institutes of Health fellow, Washington State University, 1975-1977; assistant professor biological science, Bowling Green State University, 1975-1977; from assistant professor to associate professor biology, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1977-1984; professor biology, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1984; co-director Center for Integrative Study Animal Behavior, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1990. Visiting scientist Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1991, Rockefeller U., 1985, University of Virginia, 1984.
Fellow American Ornithologists Union (vice president 1995-1996, council 1988-1991, Elliot Coues award 1996), Animal Behavior Society (Exemplar award 2004), Royal Society London (science editor Proced since 2005). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Ornithological Committee, Ecological Society of America, American Society Naturalists, Association Field Ornithologists, Cooper Ornithological Society, Society Conservation Biology, Society Study of Evolution, Society Integrative and Comparative Biology, Society Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Wilson Ornithological Society (Margaret M. Nice award 1998), Sigma Xi.
Married Val Nolan, Junior, October 17, 1980.