Dario Maestripieri

About the Author

Dario Maestripieri is Professor of Comparative Human Development, Evolutionary Biology, Neurobiology, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. He received 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 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, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the New Scientist, American Scientist, Nature, and Science. He is the author of Macachiavellian Intelligence and editor of Primate Psychology. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.