Poston is professor and chair of the Biology Department of Environment and Sustainability. Before coming to Catawba, Poston was a postdoctoral fellow and adjunct instructor at the University of Kentucky. His current work in bird conservation includes the North Carolina Bird Atlas (where he serves on the steering committee and the science committee), the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission’s Nongame Wildlife Advisory Committee (where he serves on the executive committee and the Bird Council). He has active research projects on the endangered Wayne’s black-throated green warbler, and on the impacts of environmental mercury on wildlife, among other projects. He is an avid photographer and enjoys traveling to see new places and new birds.

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