Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyResearch Scientist
Aug. 2015Germany, LeipzigI am an evolutionary ecologist interested in animal cultural traditions. My research focuses on understanding how animal societies, and the individuals that comprise them, evolve and adapt their behaviors to changing ecological and environmental conditions. My taxonomic focus includes non-human primates and birds. The questions I address have focused on mating, social, and dispersal systems, as well as on innovation, social learning, resource inheritance, and cultural traditions. I use a combination of theoretical modelling and empirical, field-based research to better understand the social dynamics in nature.