Andrea Camperio Ciani

Institution University of Padova Current Position Professor Highest Degree Ph.D. in Primatology, Physical Anthropology from University of Florence, 1986 Research Interests Aggression Evolution/Genetics Gender Personality Sexuality/Sexual Orientation Laboratory Home Page LIRIPAC Eco-Ethology Laboratory Online Studies Courses Taught Advanced Ethology and Evolutionary Psychology Animal Behavior and Evolution (Veterinary) Developmental Psychobiology Ethology   Andrea Camperio Ciani dip Psicologia LIRIPAC via Belzoni 80 35139 Padova Italy Home Page Phone: +39 335 6256126 Fax: +39 049 8276600 I am interested in eco-ethology and evolutionary psychology. I have a field project in Morocco on macaca sylvanus as biological indicator of desertification. I study sexual behavior, sexual strategies in primates and humans. I am currently working on CAD-DAD mate attraction strategies, machiavellianism and mate attraction, and the adaptive value of homosexual orientation. I am also intererested in the profiling of actors and victims of sexual crimes from infanticide, neonaticide, infant and juvenile abuse, pedophilia, etc. Camperio Ciani A., Martinoli M., Capiluppi C., Arhou M., & Mouna M. (2001). Effects of water availability and habitat quality on bark stripping behavior in Barbary macaques. Conservation Biology, 15(1), 259-265.

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