Masakazu Konishi

Masakazu Konishi
Born(1933-02-17)17 February 1933
Died23 July 2020(2020-07-23) (aged 87)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materHokkaido University (B.S.)
University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
AwardsInternational Prize for Biology (1990)
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, Ethology
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
ThesisThe role of audition in the development and maintenance of avian vocal behavior (1963)
Doctoral advisorPeter Marler
Doctoral studentsLarry Katz

Masakazu "Mark" Konishi (小西 正一, Konishi Masakazu; 17 February 1933 – 23 July 2020) was a Japanese neurobiologist, known for his research on the neuroscience underlying the behavior of owls and songbirds.