A polyglot scientist speaks the language of the lab and the field

摘要

Robert M. Sapolsky just turned 41. In four short decades, he has earned an undergraduate degree in biological anthropology from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Rockefeller University, New York City, in neuroendocrinology, and has reached the ranks of full professor in biological sciences at Stanford University. He also has been a research associate at the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya (Nairobi), a MacArthur Fellow, and one of the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigators.