Matthew Zipple
PhD Candidate
Duke University
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I am a behavioral ecologist and evolutionary biologist working in Susan Alberts' lab at Duke University. I use theory, long-term data analysis, and experimental work to learn about the ways in which animals interact with each other and their environment.
My thesis employs a long-term longitudinal dataset of savanna baboons to examine various ways in which adult individuals influence the fitness of immature kin and non-kin individuals that live in their social group.
Beyond my thesis, I am broadly interested in animal behavior and evolutionary biology and I employ both theoretical and empirical methods to ask questions about social behavior, animal communication, and the evolution of life histories.
My thesis employs a long-term longitudinal dataset of savanna baboons to examine various ways in which adult individuals influence the fitness of immature kin and non-kin individuals that live in their social group.
Beyond my thesis, I am broadly interested in animal behavior and evolutionary biology and I employ both theoretical and empirical methods to ask questions about social behavior, animal communication, and the evolution of life histories.
