Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT POSITIONS
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology (Biological Wing), Harvard University. July 2008 to present.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Research Scientist (C3 Group Leader), Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, 2005-June 2008.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, 2004-June 2008.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, 2001-2004. Mentors: Michael Sanderson and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, 1999-2001. Mentors: Janis Antonovics and John Gittleman
Ph.D., Duke University, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, 1993-1999, Advisor: Carel van Schaik
Postbaccalaureate Student, Biology and Anthropology, University of Washington, 1992
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1987-1991
RESEARCH SUPPORT AND HONORS
Current Research Support:National Science Foundation (EF-0723939, Ecology of Infectious Disease Program), Microparasite-Macroparasite Interactions: Dynamics of Co-Infection and Implications for Disease Control (PIs: V. Ezenwa, G.H. Luikart, C.L. Nunn and A.E. Jolles, $2,200,000, $116,279 to CLN)
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) Working Group, How Does Cognition Evolve? (PIs: C. L.Nunn and B. Hare, $46,800)
Past Research Support:National Institutes of Health (RO1-MH070415-01A1), The Phylogeny of Sleep (PIs: P. McNamara, C.L. Nunn and R. Barton; total $1,082,064, $316,113 to CLN)
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International, The Role of Pathogens in the Conservation of Biological Diversity (Renewal) ($84,100, $26,000 to CLN)
National Science Foundation (DEB-0211908, Ecology), Understanding the Diversity of Parasites and Infectious Diseases in Three Mammalian Orders (PIs: C.L. Nunn and S. Altizer, July 2001-June 2006, total: $441,060, $251,948 to C.L.N.)
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International, The Role of Pathogens in the Conservation of Biological Diversity (July 2002-June 2004, $84,300)
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), Working Group (PIs: C.L. Nunn and S. Altizer, October 2000-June 2003, $60,080 to cover four meetings)
National Science Foundation (BCS-0323793), Comparative Method Development Within Anthropology (PIs: M. Borgerhoff Mulder & C.L. Nunn, August 2003-July 2004, $50,174)
National Science Foundation (BCS-0132927), Comparative Methods in Anthropology (PIs: M. Borgerhoff Mulder & C.L. Nunn, July 2002-June 2004, $120,003)
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics (PI: C.L. Nunn, $100,000)
National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship (3 years stipend + tuition)
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant ($5800).
Fieldwork and Travel Grants ($7850): Conservation International Primate Action Fund, Sigma Xi, Latin American Studies Tinker Field Grant, Center for International Studies at Duke University, Duke University Graduate School.
EDITORIAL SERVICE
Associate Editor: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (July 2001 to present)
Editorial Board: Biology Letters (January 2005 to present)
Reviewing Editor: EcoHealth (September 2007 to present)
Associate Editor: Journal of Animal Ecology (January 2008 to present)
Senior Correspondent: The Evolution & Medicine Review (http://evmedreview.com/) (June 2008 to present)
Reviewer for: Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, PLoS Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society London B., and (in alphabetical order): AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, American Journal of Primatology, American Naturalist, Animal Behaviour, Animal Conservation, Behavioral Ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Behaviour, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Comparative Medicine, Conservation Biology, Ecography, Ecology (ad hoc editor), Ethology, Evolution, Evolution and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Ecology, Folia Primatologica, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Global Environmental Biology, Human Nature, Journal of Human Evolution, International Journal of Primatology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Tropical Biology, Journal of Zoology, Mammalian Species, Oikos, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, PLoS One, Social Biology, Systematic Biology.


