Research in the Alberts Lab investigates the evolution of social behavior, particularly in mammals, with a specific focus on the social behavior, demography, life history, and behavioral endocrinology of wild primates. Our main study system is the baboon population in Amboseli, Kenya, one of the longest-running studies of wild primates in the world, ongoing since 1971.
School Division
Marine Science & ConservationEducation
- Ph.D., The University of Chicago (1992)
- M.A., University of California, Los Angeles (1987)
- B.A., Reed College (1983)
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Recent Grants
- Developing insertable cardiac monitors to assess social and environmental effects on the autonomic stress response in a nonhuman primate model of aging awarded by University of Notre Dame
- Developing insertable cardiac monitors to assess social and environmental effects on the autonomic stress response in a nonhuman primate model of aging awarded by University of Notre Dame
- Developing insertable cardiac monitors to assess social and environmental effects on the autonomic stress response in a nonhuman primate model of aging awarded by University of Notre Dame
- Gene regulation and social relationships across the life course in a nonhuman primate model awarded by National Institutes of Health
- A life course perspective on gut microbiome aging and health in a non-human primate model awarded by University of Notre Dame
Recent Publications
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- Proceedings. Biological sciences 292, no. 2039 ( ): 20241790