David Raubenheimer
Professor of Nutritional Ecology

Institute of Natural Sciences
Massey University
Private Bag 102 904
North Shore Mail Centre
Auckland, New Zealand
+64 (9) 414-0800 ext. 41194
d.raubenheimer@massey.ac.nz

Background

B.Sc. (Hons), University of Cape Town (1984). B.Sc. Honours (1985),
University of Cape Town (1985). M.Sc. Zoology, University of Cape Town
(1987). D.Phil., Oxford University (1991). Post-doctoral fellow,
University of Cape Town, (1991-1992). Oxford University (1992-2004).
University of Auckland (2004-2008). Massey University (2008-present).

Teaching

199101 Biology of Animals (Course Coordinator)
196207 Biological Evolution
199206 Fauna of New Zealand
199312 Behavioural Ecology
196325 Marine Biology

Research Interests

• Nutritional ecology
• Models of nutrition
• Human nutrition
• Evolution of ageing

More information is available about my research and postgraduate
student opportunities on my lab website.

Selected Publications

Clements, K. D., D. Raubenheimer, and J. H. Choat. 2009. Nutritional
ecology of marine herbivorous fishes: Ten years on. Functional Ecology
23:79-92.

Felton, A. M., A. Felton, D. Raubenheimer, S. J. Simpson, W. J. Foley,
J. T. Wood, I. R. Wallis, and D. B. Lindenmayer. 2009. Protein content
of diets dictates the daily energy intake of a free-ranging primate.
Behavioral Ecology 20:685-690.

Felton, A. M., A. Felton, J. T. Wood, W. J. Foley, D. Raubenheimer, I.
R. Wallis, and D. B. Lindenmayer. 2009. Nutritional ecology of Ateles
chamek in lowland bolivia: How macronutrient balancing influences food
choices. International Journal of Primatology 30:675-696.

Lee, K. P., S. J. Simpson, F. J. Clissold, R. Brooks, J. W. O.
Ballard, P. W. Taylor, N. Soran, and D. Raubenheimer. 2008. Lifespan
and reproduction in Drosophila: New insights from nutritional
geometry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America 105:2498-2503.

Maklakov, A. A., M. D. Hall, S. J. Simpson, J. Dessmann, F. J.
Clissold, F. Zajitschek, S. P. Lailvaux, D. Raubenheimer, R.
Bonduriansky, and R. C. Brooks. 2009. Sex differences in
nutrient-dependent reproductive ageing. Aging Cell 8:324-330.

Mayntz, D., V. H. Nielsen, A. Sorensen, S. Toft, D. Raubenheimer, C.
Hejlesen, and S. J. Simpson. 2009. Balancing of protein and lipid by a
mammalian carnivore, the mink (Mustela vison). Animal Behaviour
77:349-355.

Raubenheimer, D., and S. J. Simpson. 2009. Nutritional pharmecology:
Doses, nutrients, toxins, and medicines. Integrative and Comparative
Biology 49:329-337.

Raubenheimer, D., S. J. Simpson, and D. Mayntz. 2009. Nutrition,
ecology and nutritional ecology: toward an integrated framework.
Functional Ecology 23:4-16.

Simpson, S. J., D. Raubenheimer, M. A. Charleston, F. Clissold, and T.
A.-N. V. N. H. W. Group. 2009. Modelling nutritional interactions:
from individuals to communities. Trends in Ecology & Evolution
25:53-60.

Sotka, E. E., J. Forbey, M. H. Horn, A. G. B. Poore, D. Raubenheimer,
and K. E. Whalen. 2009. The emerging role of pharmacology in
understanding consumer-prey interactions in marine and freshwater
systems. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49:291-313.