Stephen C. Maxson | |
Citizenship: | American |
Fields: | Behavior genetics Psychology |
Workplaces: | University of Connecticut |
Alma Mater: | University of Chicago (S.B., 1960; Ph.D., 1966)[1] |
Thesis Title: | The effect of genotype on brain mechanisms involved in audiogenic seizure susceptibility |
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Thesis Year: | 1966 |
Doctoral Advisor: | Benson E. Ginsburg |
Awards: | 1998 Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association |
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Stephen Clark Maxson is an American behavior geneticist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Connecticut.[2] He first joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut in 1969 as an assistant professor.[3] He is known for his research on the link between aggression and the Y chromosome in mice, for which he received the Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association in 1998.[4]