• Since 2019: Assistant Professor, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich
• 2016-2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Emory University
• 2011-2015: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara
• 2010: Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, University of Zurich

I am a biological anthropologist interested in the evolution and ecology of human behavior and its biological bases. I have conducted research on several primate species as well as on a small-scale society, the Tsimane’ of Bolivia. In addition to empirical field work, I use comparative phylogenetic methods to test the generality of socio-ecological factors explaining variation within and between species.

• Primate and human behavioral ecology
• Evolution of cooperation
• Socio-endocrinology
• Life-history theory
• Comparative phylogenetic methods
• Bayesian statistics

• Google scholar profile
• Human Ecology Group