Nicholas Strausfeld

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Nicholas James Strausfeld FRS (born 1942) is regents professor at the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Arizona, Tucson [1] and director, Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona. [2]

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He received a B.Sc. and Ph.D. at University College, London. [3]

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References

  1. "Home | Department of Neuroscience".
  2. "Nicholas Strausfeld, Ph.D. | Neurosci". Archived from the original on 2016-11-08.
  3. "Nicholas Strausfeld Elected Fellow of the Royal Society". 20 May 2002. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)