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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Dustin Rubenstein received his BA from Dartmouth College in 1999 and his PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University in 2006.

Research Interests: His research focuses on animal behavior, social evolution, and environmental change, particularly in cooperative breeding systems and avian ecology.

Appointments: Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University; Director of the Center for Integrative Animal Behavior; Affiliate Member of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.

Awards: NSF CAREER Award, Young Investigator Award from the Animal Behavior Society.

Publications: Authored Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates (Cambridge University Press, 2016) and numerous articles in Ecology Letters.

Additional Contributions: Faculty mentor in the Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia.