Dustin Rubenstein

NSCORE is hiring its inaugural cohort of Postdoctoral Fellow Research Scientists. apply.interfolio.com/195688

Job opportunity at Columbia U., in "any combination of field, experimental, computational, or theoretical approaches to study fundamental questions in evolutionary biology".

And if you are an evolutionary biologist, come join us at Columbia: apply.interfolio.com/193016

Join us this Monday (in-person or virtually) as we launch NSCORE with a symposium on AI and Organismal Biology: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...

Please join us for the official launch of NSCORE on Monday September 14 with an in person and online symposium -- AI and Organismal Biology -- from 9AM to 4PM EST. Register and view the agenda here: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...

A short book review that I wrote for @currentbiology.bsky.social on @joanstrassmann.bsky.social’s new book, The Social Lives of Birds. The book is well worth a read if you like birds, behavioral ecology, and/or social evolution. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Finally sighted one of Mpala's black panthers (leopards).

My favorite view @mpalalive.bsky.social River Camp, where I sneak away from the students to grade their papers, write, and enjoy the bird sounds over the babbling of the river.

Great opportunity for prospective PhD students: Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

NSF to ONLY fund research in five areas: artificial intelligence, quantum information science, biotechnology, nuclear energy, and translational science. Can this be happening? www.science.org/content/arti...

@gerrycarter.bsky.social and I wrote a Research Briefing on our lastest @Nature paper looking at reciprocity in superb starlings. You can access the summary of our work here (and the paper itself is OA): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

That sure is one way to get out from under the glare of what is going on at Columbia these days: "Prof Dustin Rubenstein, a co-author of the study from the University of Colombia…”. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Our latest superb starling work in @nature.com. We observe long-term reciprocal helping relationships, and suggest reciprocity is an underappreciated mechanism promoting the stability of cooperatively breeding societies. Led by Alexis Earl and @gerrycarter.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the superb starling project!

www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...

“At a time of uncertainty in the science community, [the #VAST Task Force] report offers a vision for the importance of #science and technology in the nation’s future and suggests implementable strategies.” — Simons Foundation President David Spergel. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/02/25/l...

Last day in Kenya for the 2025 Columbia field course.

Fitness drivers of division of labor in vertebrates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.10.627807v1

I’d like to be the second user to reach 1M followers. I only need about 999,900 more followers. Let’s go!

Since the science community seems to be flocking to Bluesky from X, you can find me here.