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)
Websites
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
- A life course perspective on gut microbiome aging and health in a non-human primate model awarded by University of Notre Dame
- A life course perspective on gut microbiome aging and health in a non-human primate model awarded by University of Notre Dame
- Genetic and Genomics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health
- Research Network on Animal Models to Understand Social Dimensions of Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health
Recent Publications
- Elife 12, ( ): e83152
- Science Advances 9, no. 20 ( ): eade7172
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- Nature Ecology and Evolution 6, no. 12 ( ): 1799 - 1801