Writer and researcher working at the intersection of human evolutionary science, public health, and philosophy

I am a staff scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and a research associate at the University of Cambridge, and am interested in how insights from the evolutionary sciences can help to solve pressing issues like health inequality and the erosion of trust in society. 

I have a PhD from Cambridge University's Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies and previously held a fellowship at Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation. My work draws on a diverse body of literature, ranging from anthropology and biology to ethics and public health, which I believe apply effectively to major societal problems like inequality. 

See some of my academic publications here; my Google Scholar page is here. 

In addition to my academic work I am a science writer, and write opinions, feature articles, and book reviews for a variety of publications. My first book, Invisible Rivals: how we evolved to compete in a cooperative world, is forthcoming with Yale University Press in mid 2025. You can pre-order it here in the US and here in the UK.

Here is a list of articles I've written over the last several years.

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