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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

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Distinguished Primatologist Presentation · November 2021 National Scientific Meeting American Society of Primatologists, Oklahoma City, OK
Population Association of America - Symposium presentation · May 2021 National Scientific Meeting
Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series · April 2021 Invited Talk CNRS, Montpellier, France (virtual visit)
Max Planck Institute of Ornithology · February 2021 Invited Talk MPI, Seewiesen, Germany (virtual visit),
Sociality and Health in Primates · November 2020 Invited Talk University of Göttingen and Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany (virtual visit)
Distinguished Primatologist Presentation · November 2021 National Scientific Meeting American Society of Primatologists, Oklahoma City, OK
Population Association of America - Symposium presentation · May 2021 National Scientific Meeting
Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series · April 2021 Invited Talk CNRS, Montpellier, France (virtual visit)
Max Planck Institute of Ornithology · February 2021 Invited Talk MPI, Seewiesen, Germany (virtual visit),
Sociality and Health in Primates · November 2020 Invited Talk University of Göttingen and Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany (virtual visit)
Biology Department, University of Kentucky - Selected by the Biology Graduate Student Association. · September 2020 Invited Talk (virtual visit)
"Evolution Matters" series of public lectures - Harvard Museums of Science and Public Culture · November 2019 Invited Talk Cambridge, MA
Department of Anthropology, Washington University · September 2019 Invited Talk St. Louis, MO
Presentation to the National Advisory on Aging (NACA) · May 2019 Other Washington, DC
Evolution and Human Adaptation Program · November 2018 Invited Talk University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
School of Human Evolution and Social Change · September 2018 Invited Talk Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
"Eminent Ecologist" Residency - Kellogg Biological Station · June 2018 Other Michigan State University,
Department of Biology · January 2018 Invited Talk Wake Forest University, Wake Forest, NC
Frontiers in Baboon Research · October 2017 International Meeting or Conference German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
Plenary Speaker - 11th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology, and Genetics of Wildlife · October 2017 Keynote/Named Lecture Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany
Program in Ecology · September 2017 Invited Talk Duke University,
Psychology Colloquium · November 2016 Invited Talk University of Pennsylvania,
Keynote Speaker, Research Retreat - Department of Pediatrics · April 2016 Keynote/Named Lecture Duke University School of Medicine,
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology · April 2016 Invited Talk Harvard University,
Distinguished Lectureship - Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill · September 2015 Keynote/Named Lecture
Plenary Speaker - Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting · June 2015 Keynote/Named Lecture Anchorage, AK
Plenary Speaker, German Primate Society Conference · February 2015 Keynote/Named Lecture Leipzig, Germany
Annual Conference on Aging · February 2015 Invited Talk Max Planck Institutes, Leipzig, Germany
The Peter and Rosemary Grant Lecture in Evolutionary Biology - Institute of Environmental Biology and Evolutionary Studies · February 2015 Keynote/Named Lecture University of Zurich, Switzerland
Conference on “Life in the Aggregate: Mechanisms and Features of Social Dynamics” - HHMI-Janelia Farms Research Campus · October 2014 Invited Talk
School of Anthropology and Conservation · June 2014 Invited Talk University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Morrison Institute Winter Colloquium in Population and Resource Studies · February 2014 Invited Talk Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior · February 2014 Invited Talk University of California, Los Angeles,
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology · February 2014 Invited Talk Columbia University, New York, NY
Neurogenetics & Behavior of Nonhuman Primates · September 2013 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Cold Spring Harbor Labs,
Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago · May 2013 Lecture
Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya · March 2013 Lecture Nairobi, Kenya
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research · June 2012 Lecture Rostock, Germany
Demography of Aging Center · May 2012 Lecture Princeton University
Distinguished Lecturer in Biology · March 2012 Lecture Georgetown University
Duke University Marine Lab · October 1, 2011 Lecture
NCEAS EcoLunch · September 1, 2011 Lecture National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Research Workshop on Biodemography · May 1, 2011 Lecture Duke University
Plenary Speaker, The Ecological Society for Eastern Africa, Annual Meeting · May 1, 2010 Lecture Nairobi, Kenya
Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI) · April 1, 2010 Lecture Duke University
Behavioral Ecology Group · February 1, 2010 Lecture SUNY Stony Brook
Developmental Science Colloquium · January 1, 2010 Lecture Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Department of Biology · April 1, 2009 Lecture University of Virginia
Institute for Primate Research · March 1, 2009 Lecture Nairobi, Kenya
Symposium speaker · February 1, 2009 Lecture AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
INCORE (Integrating Cooperation Research Across Europe) Workshop on Genetics and Biogeography of Coalition Formation in Baboons and Macaques · December 2, 2008 Lecture Barcelona, Spain
Simposi de Primatologia de Camp · December 2, 2008 Lecture University of Barcelona
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology · May 1, 2008 Lecture Princeton University
Workshop on Dominance, Leveling and Egalitarianism in Animals · March 1, 2008 Lecture Santa Fe Institute

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Speaker - North Carolina High School Science Teachers Workshop · March 2013 Other Service to the Community ; Presentation on the evolution of reproductive aging, for a North Carolina High School Science Teachers Workshop on Evolution and Medicine, sponsored by the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research
Press interviews, Feb 2011 · December 2, 2011 Other Service to the Community ; Press interviews for radio (NPS's Science Friday) and podcast (Science magazine) in relation to a paper in Science, Bronikowski et al. 2011, on which I was senior author.
Teaching module presentation, Dryad Data Workshop · November 2011 - November 2011 Other Service to the Community ; Participated in a workshop to develop teaching modules for high school and college classes, based on datasets stored in the Dryad Data Repository.
Contributed to preparation of press release for paper (Strier et al. 2010) - Methods in Ecology and Evolution · November 2010 Other Service to the Community
Consultant to BBC for "The Origins of Us", a documentary series about human evolution, presented by Dr. Alice Roberts · November 2010 Other Service to the Community
Speaker - North Carolina High School Science Teachers Workshop · March 2013 Other Service to the Community ; Presentation on the evolution of reproductive aging, for a North Carolina High School Science Teachers Workshop on Evolution and Medicine, sponsored by the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research
Press interviews, Feb 2011 · December 2, 2011 Other Service to the Community ; Press interviews for radio (NPS's Science Friday) and podcast (Science magazine) in relation to a paper in Science, Bronikowski et al. 2011, on which I was senior author.
Teaching module presentation, Dryad Data Workshop · November 2011 - November 2011 Other Service to the Community ; Participated in a workshop to develop teaching modules for high school and college classes, based on datasets stored in the Dryad Data Repository.
Contributed to preparation of press release for paper (Strier et al. 2010) - Methods in Ecology and Evolution · November 2010 Other Service to the Community
Consultant to BBC for "The Origins of Us", a documentary series about human evolution, presented by Dr. Alice Roberts · November 2010 Other Service to the Community
Contributed to preparation of press release for paper (Morris et al. 2010) - American Naturalist · January 2010 Other Service to the Community
Unknown - Interviewed by science blogger Carin Bondar for a section on her blog, carinbondar.com · 2010 Other Service to the Community
Gave tours and informal talks to 3 different visiting groups - Amboseli Baboon Research Project, Amboseli Kenya · 2010 Other Service to the Community

Service to the Profession


Associate editor for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · December 1, 2010 Editorial Activities
Editorial Board Member : Behavioral Ecology · July 2009 Editorial Activities