Professor Andreas Nieder is the Professor of Animal Physiology and Director of the Institute of Neurobiology at the University of Tübingen.
With more than 15 years of dedicated work studying crows, Nieder the preeminent authority in the field of corvid cognition, and is a world-renowned expert in animal cognition more widely. A member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina – one of the highest honours for a researcher in Germany – his groundbreaking research has redefined our understanding of animal intelligence. He has published nearly 50 peer-reviewed studies on crows in some of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, including a Science cover feature.
Nieder is also widely recognized in the media for his groundbreaking research in crow cognition. He has appeared on the likes of NPR and BBC Radio 4 to discuss the incredible world of crows, and his research has been highlighted in leading science outlets including New Scientist and Quanta. In 2019, his academic book A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct was published by MIT Press. His first trade book, Bird Brain, is forthcoming from Transworld in the UK and Avery in the United States.
He lives in Tübingen, Germany, with his wife and their three children.