Joost M. Tinbergen (born 1950 in Groningen

is a Dutch ecologist. Tinbergen is the son of the ornithologist

Luuk Tinbergen Luuk Tinbergen (7 September 1915, in The Hague – 1 September 1955, in Groningen) was a Dutch ornithologist and ecologist. Tinbergen was the youngest of three eminent brothers — both Jan and Nikolaas won Nobel Prizes, for economics an ...

, and nephew of Nobel Prize–winning brothers

Jan Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Num ...

and

Niko Tinbergen Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen (; ; 15 April 1907 – 21 December 1988) was a Dutch biologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning the or ...

. His older brother is the film-maker

Tijs Tinbergen Tijs Tinbergen (; born c. 3 July 1947 in ) is a Dutch filmmaker. Tinbergen graduated with honors from the Netherlands Film Academy in 1975. He primarily produces documentaries, usually in collaboration with the producer Jan Musch. In 2009, he w ...

. Tinbergen gained his PhD from the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen in ...

in 1980. His thesis was 'Foraging decisions in Starlings'. He has been professor since 1994.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20070316151727/http://www.rug.nl/biologie/onderzoek/onderzoekgroepen/dierOecologie/animalEcolmembers/tinbergenIntro 1950 births Living people University of Groningen alumni Academic staff of the University of Groningen Scientists from Groningen (city) {{biologist-stub