Robert M. Sapolsky
Neuroscientist, primatologist and author
Robert M. Sapolsky is a Stanford University neuroscientist and primatologist who has researched stress and written Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers.
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American Born 1957 in Brooklyn, United States
About Robert M. Sapolsky
Robert Morris Sapolsky was born in 1957 in Brooklyn, New York. He is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor at Stanford University, with appointments in biology, neurology and neurosurgery. His research has centered on neuroendocrinology, especially as it relates to stress. He also holds a research associate role at the National Museums of Kenya. Alongside Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, he has written A Primate's Memoir and The Trouble with Testosterone. He has also received a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. His books on BookBits include Behave, Determined and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers.