He received a B.S. in Zoology and Conservation Biology from the University of Wisconsin in 1993, followed by his Ph.D. in Evolutionary and Population Biology from Washington University in 2000. For his dissertation, he studied behavior and reproductive success in hybrid baboons in Ethiopia. He was then a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania from 2001-2005 studying social behavior and cognition in baboons in Botswana. Since 2005, he has been studying behavior, communication, and cognition in geladas in Ethiopia as the co-director of the University of Michigan Gelada Research Project. In his spare time, Thore likes to…well, um, with two young children at home, he has no spare time. Thore’s CV can be viewed HERE.