Nicholas Strausfeld
Nicholas James Strausfeld (* 1942 ) is a neurobiologist.
Life
Strausfeld studied at University College London , where he received his B. Sc in 1965 and his Ph.D. in 1968. received. He then did research as a postdoc at the Goethe University in Frankfurt with a grant from the Humboldt Foundation .
In 1970 he received a position at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen. In 1975 he moved to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory as a group leader . Strausfeld completed his habilitation in Frankfurt in 1986 and accepted a full professorship for neurobiology at the University of Arizona . There he heads the Center for Entomology .
Strausfeld is a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen and has been an elected member of the Royal Society of London since 2002 .
Prizes and awards
- 1994 Guggenheim grant
- 1995 MacArthur Foundation “Genie Prize”
- 2001 Humboldt Research Prize
- 2009 guest professorship at the Volkswagen Foundation
Monographs
- Atlas of an Insect Brain . Springer Verlag, 1976.
- Arthropod Brains: Evolution, Functional Elegance, and Historical Significance . Harvard University, Belknap Press, 2012.
Web links
- Literature by and about Nicholas Strausfeld in the catalog of the German National Library
- Profile at the University of Arizona
- Publications by Nicholas J. Strausfeld on BioMed Central
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Strausfeld, Nicholas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strausfeld, Nicholas J .; Strausfeld, Nicholas James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Neurobiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |