Name: Gabriel Sataloff ’05
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Major: Biology-Environmental Studies (combined)
Activities: Football, Omicron Delta Kappa, Admissions Management Assistant, Volunteer Wrestling Coach at Canton High School, Intramural Sports

“Being able to pursue independent research has been an amazing experience for me,” says University Fellow Gabe Sataloff. Sataloff received a Rose Fellowship from St. Lawrence to do field research in marine biology. He conducted his field work in San Salvador, Bahamas, where he worked in close association with Professor Brad Baldwin of biology to design his experiment and execute the plans to complete it.

“Not only was it an amazing experience to do the actual research, but we found results that could be published, and we hope to do so later this year,” Sataloff says. “The support from everyone at St. Lawrence, from coaches, friends and my other professors, was unbelievable. People around campus were genuinely interested in the work I had done and wanted to know more about it. My football coach had me explain the research to him, and he got excited when I told him about my findings. This type of learning environment is pretty rare, and I am lucky to have found it at St. Lawrence.”

Sataloff hopes to attend graduate school next year, focusing on marine environmental science and management. He intends to continue his research and eventually, he says, “I would like to teach as well.”