Kees Moeliker

Kees Moeliker (1960) is a Dutch biologist, writer and speaker. He served as chief curator and director of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam and is European Bureau Chief of Improbable Research.

In 2003, he was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Biology for his eyewitness report of the first scientifically recorded case of homosexual necrophilia in mallard ducks. The award brought him worldwide attention and sparked a lasting appreciation of curiosity and humour as powerful tools for scientists and anyone seeking to explain complex ideas.

Since then, he has pioneered unconventional ways of engaging international audiences, encouraging people to think differently about remarkable animal behaviour and habitat destruction.

He collects his own discarded organs and body parts, as well as classic German binoculars.