Iain Couzin
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University of Bath
Iain Couzin | |
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| Alma mater | University of St Andrews University of Bath |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | University of Leeds University of Oxford Princeton University University of Konstanz |
Iain Couzin is a British scientist and currently one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Department of Collective Behaviour and the chair of Biodiversity and Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz (Germany).[1] He is known for his work on collective behaviour in animals that aims to understand the fundamental patterns responsible for evolution of such behaviour in taxa as diverse as insects, fish and primates.[1]
Couzin obtained his B.Sc. in biology from the University of St Andrews, followed by a Ph.D. in Biological sciences, from the University of Bath in 1999 under the supervision of Professor Nigel R. Franks. He was then a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leeds from 2000 to 2002 and a Royal Society Research Fellow at Oxford University from 2003 to 2007. Couzin then moved on to faculty positions at Princeton University and then the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, and subsequently the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz.[1][2]
