Athena Aktipis

Hi! I'm Athena Aktipis. I study cooperation across systems from human sharing to cancer. I co-founded the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer and I'm also the Director of Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative at Arizona State University (where I'm currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology). I am also the co-Director of The Human Generosity Project and the Cooperation Science Network. When I'm not researching cooperation and conflict across systems, I'm working on understanding the science behind zombification (when one organism hijacks another). In this capacity, I'm the chair of the Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting and host of the Zombified Podcast.