Robert Brooks

Professor Robert Brooks is a Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, affiliated with the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and leading the SEX LAB. His research spans evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary psychology.

• Key affiliations: UNSW, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre
• Research focus: Evolutionary consequences of sex, sexual selection, human aging, gender dynamics, and technological impacts on mating

Research Interests include:

• Mate choice and sexual conflict
• Evolution of attractiveness costs
• Sex differences in aging and longevity
• Intersection of evolution and economics
• Human life history evolution
• Evolutionary perspectives on social issues (obesity, feminism, technology)

Recent Publications demonstrate interdisciplinary work: behavioral ecology in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, evolutionary psychology in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, and socioecological analysis in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Themes include mating systems, human behavioral patterns, and reproductive trade-offs.

Awards:

• 2012 Queensland Literary Award for Science Writing
• 2013 Eureka Prize for Communicating Science

Contact: rob.brooks@unsw.edu.au