Georg F. Striedter is an American scientist and professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...

. He is the author of more than 30 papers in

evolutionary neuroscience Evolutionary neuroscience is the scientific study of the evolution of nervous systems. Evolutionary neuroscientists investigate the evolution and natural history of nervous system structure, functions and emergent properties. The field draws on c ...

and the author of the book ''Principles of Brain Evolution''. He is also the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of ''

Brain, Behavior and Evolution ''Brain, Behavior and Evolution'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering evolutionary neurobiology. It was established in 1968 with Walter Riss as the founding editor-in-chief; he remained the editor until 1986. Subsequent editors included ...

''. Striedter obtained his PhD in

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

from the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...

, under the supervision of

Glenn Northcutt Richard Glenn Northcutt (born 1941) is an American neuroscientist known for his work in comparative vertebrate neurobiology and evolutionary neuroscience. He serves on the editorial boards of the ''Journal of Comparative Neurology'', ''Journal of ...

in 1990. He then pursued postdoctoral research at

Caltech The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

with Mark Konishi. His research focuses on the organization and evolution of neuronal circuits in teleost fishes, the evolution of neuronal circuits for

bird song Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding, songs (relatively complex vocalizations) are distinguished by func ...

learning in

parrots Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genus (biology), genera comprising the order (biology), order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropics, tropical and subtropics, subtropical regions. The order ...

and

songbirds A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 500 ...

and how evolution modifies the processes of brain development to generate a broad diversity of adult

brain A brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. It is located in the head, usually close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision. It is the most complex organ in a v ...

Awards

Striedter received the C. J. Herrick Award in 1998 for his contributions to comparative neuroanatomy. His book, ''Principles of Brain Evolution'' has been positively received by his academic colleagues (see the commentaries to his Precis of ''The Principles of Brain Evolution'' in ''Behavioral and Brain Sciences''). He has also received a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

in 2009 to work on a new book, "provisionally titled ''Functional neurobiology: the human nervous system explored in light of the problems it helps us solve''."Georg F. Striedter's Guggenheim Fellow page
/ref>

Major publications

* * Striedter, G.F. (2003) Brain evolution. In: ''The Human Nervous System'', 2nd edition. edited by G. Paxinos and J.K. Mai. San Diego, Academic Press. * Striedter, G.F. (2003) Epigenesis and evolution of brains: From Embryonic Divisions to Functional Systems in Müller, G and Newman, S. '' Origination of Organismal Form: Beyond the Gene in Developmental and Evolutionary Biology''. * * *

Book

* Striedter, G.F. (2005). ''Principles of Brain Evolution'' Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. .

References

External links

U.C. Irvine Faculty bio

Laboratory website at UCI
American neuroscientists Living people American academic journal editors University of California, Irvine faculty Year of birth missing (living people) American textbook writers {{US-scientist-stub

Awards

Major publications

Book

See also

References

External links