I'm a biological anthropologist, primatologist and behavioral ecologist. My primary research interests lie at the interface of behavioral ecology and evolutionary anthropology and include the evolution of primate/human sociality. My particular interests revolve around the evolutionary causes and consequences of meta-group social organization (tolerant and cooperative relationships between groups) and multilevel societies (the organization of core social units into a larger collective encompassing multiple nested social levels). A second line of research focuses on how certain primates are able to cope with the demands of living in marginal montane environments. 

I am currently involved in ongoing field research projects on snub-nosed monkeys in China as well as chimpanzees in Rwanda.