Both were associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and Genie Böhlke contributed research to the institution until her death in 2001.
[2] In 1951, Böhlke took a position with the Stanford Research Institute, providing financial support for the household while her husband Jim finished his graduate work.
In her obituary, published in the journal Copeia by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, David G. Smith writes, "Her job titles changed over the years from Cataloguer to Technician-Chemist to Research Biologist to Museum Specialist to Research Associate, reflecting the increasing depth and impact of her work.
Of her proclivity for eel research, colleague John E. McCosker noted following her death, "Genie was organized and assiduous, and developed a keen eye for species differences—a difficult task within families of fishes bereft of scales and often without coloration or other useful characters.
[2] Her final publication, an article on Gymnothorax eurygnathos, a new species of eel in the Gulf of California, was published posthumously in Volume 49, No.