CURRENT POSITIONS
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences July 2022 – present
Director, Social & Cognitive Origins group July 2022 – present
Faculty Affiliate, SNF Agora Institute July 2022 – present
Secondary Faculty, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution July 2024 – present
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, USA
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences July 2022 – present
Faculty Affiliate, SNF Agora Institute July 2022 – present
Secondary Faculty, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution July 2024 – present
Assistant Research Professor July 2020 – June 2022
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
DURHAM UNIVERSITY, Durham, UK
Honorary Fellow May 2022 – present
Postdoctoral Research Associate January 2020 – April 2022
Department of Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Zanna Clay
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, St Andrews, UK January 2018 – Dec 2019
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
School of Psychology and Neuroscience
Advisors: Drs. Josep Call and Malinda Carpenter
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY June 2016 – Dec 2017
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology
Leipzig, Germany
Advisors: Drs. Michael Tomasello and Josep Call
EDUCATION
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC May 2016
Ph.D. in Evolutionary Anthropology
Dissertation: "Social decision-making in bonobos and chimpanzees"
Advisors: Drs. Brian Hare and Anne Pusey
KYOTO UNIVERSITY Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan 2012-2013
Visiting PhD student
Advisor: Dr. Ikuma Adachi
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, CT May 2011
B.A. (summa cum laude) in Biological Sciences
ACADEMIC HONORS
2025 Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Early Career Investigator Award
2024 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of animal learning and behavior, comparative
2024 Comparative Cognition Society Early Career Award
2023 Azrieli Global Scholar in Brain, Mind and Consciousness, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
2023 Scialog Fellow in Molecular Basis of Cognition, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
2022 Rising Star, Association for Psychological Science
2021 New Investigator Award, European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association
2019 Alumni Environmental Achievement Award, Connecticut College Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment
2018 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, European Commission
2016 Krupenye et al (2016) selected by Science as one of the top ten breakthroughs of 2016
2016 Outstanding Student ePoster Award, Chimpanzees in Context, Chicago, USA
2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
2014 USAID & National Academy of Sciences Research and Innovation Fellow
2010 Phi Beta Kappa
2010 Winthrop Scholar, Connecticut College (the college’s highest academic honor, top 3% of 2011 graduating class)
2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, U.S. Congress
2010 Sybil A. Hausman Prize for Excellence in Biology, Connecticut College Biology
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences July 2022 – present
Director, Social & Cognitive Origins group July 2022 – present
Faculty Affiliate, SNF Agora Institute July 2022 – present
Secondary Faculty, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution July 2024 – present
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, USA
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences July 2022 – present
Faculty Affiliate, SNF Agora Institute July 2022 – present
Secondary Faculty, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution July 2024 – present
Assistant Research Professor July 2020 – June 2022
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
DURHAM UNIVERSITY, Durham, UK
Honorary Fellow May 2022 – present
Postdoctoral Research Associate January 2020 – April 2022
Department of Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Zanna Clay
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, St Andrews, UK January 2018 – Dec 2019
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
School of Psychology and Neuroscience
Advisors: Drs. Josep Call and Malinda Carpenter
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY June 2016 – Dec 2017
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology
Leipzig, Germany
Advisors: Drs. Michael Tomasello and Josep Call
EDUCATION
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC May 2016
Ph.D. in Evolutionary Anthropology
Dissertation: "Social decision-making in bonobos and chimpanzees"
Advisors: Drs. Brian Hare and Anne Pusey
KYOTO UNIVERSITY Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan 2012-2013
Visiting PhD student
Advisor: Dr. Ikuma Adachi
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, CT May 2011
B.A. (summa cum laude) in Biological Sciences
ACADEMIC HONORS
2025 Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Early Career Investigator Award
2024 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of animal learning and behavior, comparative
2024 Comparative Cognition Society Early Career Award
2023 Azrieli Global Scholar in Brain, Mind and Consciousness, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
2023 Scialog Fellow in Molecular Basis of Cognition, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
2022 Rising Star, Association for Psychological Science
2021 New Investigator Award, European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association
2019 Alumni Environmental Achievement Award, Connecticut College Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment
2018 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, European Commission
2016 Krupenye et al (2016) selected by Science as one of the top ten breakthroughs of 2016
2016 Outstanding Student ePoster Award, Chimpanzees in Context, Chicago, USA
2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
2014 USAID & National Academy of Sciences Research and Innovation Fellow
2010 Phi Beta Kappa
2010 Winthrop Scholar, Connecticut College (the college’s highest academic honor, top 3% of 2011 graduating class)
2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, U.S. Congress
2010 Sybil A. Hausman Prize for Excellence in Biology, Connecticut College Biology
