![]() ![]() ![]() In the 1950s, the family resided in Brooklyn in an apartment above a store, and beginning at a very young age, Irene would own and train a series of budgies. Her mother's parents were from Romania, and her father's from Lithuania. ![]() ![]() Her parents were both first-generation American Jews. Her father, Robert Platzblatt, was a biochemist and middle school teacher. Pepperberg is also active in wildlife conservation, especially in relation to parrots.Įarly life, family and education īorn in 1949 as Irene Platzblatt in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, she was an only child. She is well known for her comparative studies into the cognitive fundamentals of language and communication, and she was one of the first to work on language learning in animals other than human species (exemplified by the Washoe project), by extension to a bird species. Pepperberg also serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence). She has been a professor, researcher and/or lecturer at multiple universities, and she is currently a research associate and lecturer at Harvard University. Irene Maxine Pepperberg (born April 1, 1949) is an American scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition, particularly in relation to parrots. Scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition ![]()
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