Dario Maestripieri

Dario Maestripieri is a Professor of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago, where he teaches and conducts research on biological aspects of social behavior in human and nonhuman primates. Dr. Maestripieri has a Ph.D. in Psychobiology from the University of Rome La Sapienza. He was a Visiting Scholar in the Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour at the University of Cambridge in 1990-1991 and a Research Associate at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University from 1992 to 1999. Dr. Maestripieri was awarded the B. Grassi Prize as the Best Young Zoologist from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Italy in 1989, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 2000, and a Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health in 2001. He has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA). Dr. Maestripieri has published over 230 scientific articles and several books. Dr. Maestripieri has appeared in many national and international TV and radio shows and his research has been featured in a number of newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Pravda, LeMonde, Der Spiegel, the Guardian, La Repubblica, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, The New Scientist, American Scientist, Nature, and Science.