Isabel Behncke: Difference between revisions

'''Isabel Behncke Izquierdo''' is a field ethologist who studies animal behaviour to understand other animals, as well as to understand humans and our place in nature.<ref> name=ted-profile>{{cite web | url=https://www.ted.com/profiles/725540 | title=Isabel Behncke Izquierdo: About Isabel| publisher=TED| access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref> Originally from Chile, she is a primatologist,<ref> name="rt">{{cite web|title=Museum of Curiosity - series 7 - episode 6|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/c7s2bv/the-museum-of-curiosity--series-7---episode-6|publisher=Radio Times|access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref> a pioneer adventurer-scientist and the first South American in following great apes in the wild.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvn.cl/programas/10chilenos/capitulos/isabel-behncke-una-aventurera-que-estudia-el-comportamiento-humano-2375978|title=Isabel Behncke: Una aventurera que estudia el comportamiento humano - 10 Chilenos - Capítulos - Televisión Nacional de Chile|website=www.tvn.cl}}</ref>

She is a board member of the PERC research institute <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://perc.org/people/isabel-behncke/|title = Board member}}</ref>, which is dedicated to promoting environmental conservation, Gruter Institute research fellow,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://gruterinstitute.org/research-fellows/#Izquierdo|title = Research fellows}}</ref> researcher at the Social Complexity Research Center, Faculty of Government, [[University for Development|Universidad del Desarrollo]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://dccs.udd.cl/persona/isabel-behncke-2/|title =researcherResearcher at the Social Complexity Research Center, Faculty of Government, University for Development}}</ref>, and Member of the conservation area team at Estancia Cerro Guido in Chilean Patagonia<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.estanciacerroguido.com/conservaci%C3%B3n |title =Member of the conservation area team}}</ref>.

Behncke has a BSc in Zoology and an MSc in Wildlife Conservation from [[University College London]], an MPhil in Human Evolution from [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and a DPhil in Evolutionary Anthropology from [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].<ref> name=ted-profile />
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<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://gruterinstitute.org/research-fellows/#Izquierdo|title =Research fellows}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://complejidadsocial.udd.cl/2019/news/isabel-behncke-and-her-visit-to-the-congo-it-helped-me-a-lot-to-have-tolerance-for-uncertainty/|title = CV Universidad del Desarrollo}}</ref>