Speaker
Dr. Nikhil Chaudhary
Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
Biography
Dr. Nikhil Chaudhary is an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. He completed his PhD at University College London as part of the Hunter-Gatherer Resilience Project which examined the genetic, behavioural and cultural adaptations of African and Asian hunter-gatherers. His research thus far has focussed on the evolution of human social behaviour and our hyper-cooperative tendencies. He is currently interested in how evolutionary thinking can help us understand the risk factors for, and prevalence of, different mental disorders; and is an executive committee member of the Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest Group at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.