Bert Hölldobler
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Academic Profile
Academic Background: Ph.D. in Biology, University of Würzburg, Germany, 1969.
Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, sociobiology, and the evolution of social systems in ants. Focuses on chemical communication and collective behavior.
Appointments: Regents' Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University. Previously held positions at Harvard University and University of Würzburg.
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for The Ants (1991), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
Publications: Co-author of The Ants (Harvard University Press, 1990), The Superorganism (W.W. Norton, 2009), and numerous articles in Nature and Science.
Additional Contributions: Founded the Social Insect Research Group at ASU and serves on editorial boards for behavioral ecology journals.