Researcher

Jennifer

Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill is an EON Research Fellow at the Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. She has a background in palaeobiology (Ph.D., University of Cambridge; M.Sc., University of Bristol), biology, and psychology (B.Sc. Hons. Zoology, University of Bristol).


Background

• Palaeobiology
• Evolution
• Mathematical Biology
• Psychology

Research
Jennifer works on a range of projects searching for patterns and organizing principles in biological evolution. She is especially interested in the evolutionary transitions that enabled the evolution of multicellularity and the origin of moving, thinking animals.

Projects
Origin of Neurons

Contact
Email

Home Institution
Earth-Life Science Institute
Cambridge University