Adrian V. Jaeggi

Adrian V. Jaeggi is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, commencing January 2019. Previously, he was affiliated with Emory University from January 2016, where he established the Behavioral Ecology Lab. His research focuses on the evolution of human behavior, employing a comparative framework across primates and human populations.

Research interests span primate behavioral ecology, mechanisms of cooperation, phylogenetic comparative methods, and the interplay between ecology, sociality, and health. He investigates these topics through fieldwork on orangutans (Indonesia), baboons (South Africa), Tsimane’ foragers (Bolivia), and captive chimpanzees/bonobos. His theoretical approach integrates cultural evolutionary history with current ecological conditions to explain behavioral variation.

No specific grants or student advisees are listed in the text. The Behavioral Ecology Lab transitions to Zurich, emphasizing collaborative, team-based studies on human social behavior evolution.