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SUMMARY:Animal Migration - Professor Iain Couzin\, Max Planck Institute fo
 r Ornithology
DTSTART:20180309T173000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:The extraordinary synchrony of motion exhibited as a flock of 
 birds arcs overhead\, or a school of fish turns\, as a ripple of light\, i
 s captivating. Like some animate fluid the individual organisms appear to 
 move as one\, their minds seemingly connected by an invisible network. Pro
 fessor Couzin’s lecture will provide a visual guide to collective animal
  behaviour\, particularly focusing on migration\, using the latest imaging
  technologies to reveal how and why animals exhibit collective motion\, th
 e huge impact swarms have on human life\, and the remarkable collective se
 nsing and decision-making capabilities that have arisen in animal groups.\
 n\nBiography\nIain Couzin is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Orni
 thology\, Department of Collective Behaviour\, and the Chair of Biodiversi
 ty and Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz\, Germany. Previ
 ously he was a Full Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionar
 y Biology at Princeton University\, and prior to that a Royal Society Univ
 ersity Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology\, University of Oxford
 \, and a Junior Research Fellow in the Sciences at Balliol College\, Oxfor
 d. His work aims to reveal the fundamental principles that underlie evolve
 d collective behavior\, and consequently his research includes the study o
 f a wide range of biological systems\, from insect swarms to fish schools 
 and primate groups. In recognition of his research he has been recipient o
 f the Searle Scholar Award in 2008\, top 5 most cited papers of the decade
  in animal behavior research 1999-2010\, the Mohammed Dahleh Award in 2009
 \, Popular Science’s "Brilliant 10” Award in 2010\, National Geographi
 c Emerging Explorer Award in 2012 and the Scientific Medal of the Zoologic
 al Society of London in 2013.
LOCATION:LMH\, Lady Mitchell Hall
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