Anne Pusey

Anne Pusey is a behavioral ecologist interested in the evolution of social behavior. As Director of the Jane Goodall Institute’s Center for Primate Studies (University of Minnesota, 1995-2009), and the JGI Research Center (Duke, 2020-2019), she conducted research and managed the archive of the study of chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania, initiated by Jane Goodall in 1960. She also studied the Serengeti lions (1978-1991). She has authored or co-authored over 150 publications. A recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship, she is a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the US National Academy of Sciences.