Dr. Esteban Fernandez-Juricic voted President-elect of the Animal Behavior Society

February 28, 2018

Dr. Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, professor of Biological Sciences and member of the Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience (PIIN) has been voted President-elect of the Animal Behavior Society. This international professional organization is dedicated to promoting and advancing the scientific study of animal behavior. The Animal Behavior Society, founded in 1964, publishes (in collaboration with the Association for the Study of Animal Behavior in Europe) the prestigious journal Animal Behaviour, sponsors annual research conferences, promotes educational and outreach activities, provides research grants for graduate students, runs a Certification program in Applied Animal Behavior, etc. (http://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/). The Animal Behavior Society President-elects are trained over a two-year period, assume the presidency of the society in the third year, and spend the fourth-year mentoring future society presidents.