Laura Simone Lewis

Education:

B.S., Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University; M.A., Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University; Ph.D., Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Dissertation:

The cognitive foundations of social relationships in great apes

Thesis Advisor:

Martin Surbeck, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, and Erin Hecht, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Research Topic:

The evolution of emotion perception in great apes

Mentor:

Alison Gopnik, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, and Jan Engelmann, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position:

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

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