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Susan C. Alberts

Robert F. Durden Distinguished Professor of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
130 Science Drive, Rm 137, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


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.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Robert F. Durden Distinguished Professor of Biology · 2015 - Present Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Biology · 2009 - Present Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Dean of Natural Sciences · 2023 - Present Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology · 2009 - Present Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Division of Marine Science and Conservation · 2020 - Present Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences · 2009 - Present Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center · 2010 - Present Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Center for Population Health & Aging · 2011 - Present Center for Population Health & Aging, Duke Population Research Institute
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2017 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives
Bass Fellow · 2012 - Present Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Education, Training & Certifications


The University of Chicago · 1992 Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles · 1987 M.A.
Reed College · 1983 B.A.