About Me

Dr. Sara Kaiser, PI

I am a Research Ecologist and the Director of the Hubbard Brook Field Ornithology Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and maintain my status as a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. 

My research program provides training and research opportunities for undergraduates and postdoctoral researchers as part of my ongoing research on migratory black-throated blue warblers, based during the summer months at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and grasshopper sparrows in the Caribbean Islands.

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My training includes a Ph.D. from Cornell University in behavioral ecology, an interdisciplinary M.S. from Michigan State University in ecology, evolutionary biology and behavior, and a B.S. from Iowa State University in zoology. I conducted postdoctoral research at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, and Smithsonian Center for Conservation Genomics where I expanded my expertise in modern molecular approaches for understanding animal behavior and ecology. 

​​Prior to my doctoral training, I taught field courses as a Faculty Instructor of Conservation Biology in New Zealand and worked as an Avian Ecologist on the California Channel Islands in island bird conservation.