# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irene-pepperberg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:14:21.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irene-pepperberg"
name: "Irene Pepperberg"
slug: "irene-pepperberg"
description: "Irene Maxine Pepperberg is an American scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition, particularly in relation to parrots. She has been a professor, researcher and lecturer at multiple universities, and she is currently an Adjunct Research Professor at Boston University. Pepperberg also serves on the Advisory Council of METI International. She is well known for her comparative studies into the cognitive fundamentals of language and communication, and she was one of the first to work on language learning in animals other than primate species, by extension to a bird species. Pepperberg is also active in wildlife conservation, especially in relation to parrots."
tagline: "Scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1949-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.95162666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2482148"
sources:
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    title: "Irene Pepperberg"
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    title: "Ірен Пепперберг"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1769151"
    title: "Dr. Irene Pepperberg"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump