Robert Sapolsky

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Sapolsky
Occupation	Researcher
Date Of Birth	Apr 6, 1957(1957-04-06)
Age	67
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Aries

Robert Sapolsky Biography

Robert Sapolsky is one of the most popular and richest Researcher who was born on April 6, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

In 1978, Sapolsky received his B.A. in biological anthropology summa cum laude from Harvard University. He then went to Kenya to study the social behaviors of baboons in the wild. When the Uganda–Tanzania War broke out in the neighboring countries, Sapolsky decided to travel into Uganda to witness the war up close, later commenting that “I was twenty-one and wanted adventure. […] I was behaving like a late-adolescent male primate.” He went to Uganda’s capital Kampala, and from there to the border with Zaire, and then back to Kampala, witnessing some fighting, including the Ugandan capital’s conquest by the Tanzanian army and its Ugandan rebel allies on 10–11 April 1979. Sapolsky then returned to New York and studied at Rockefeller University, where he received his Ph.D. in neuroendocrinology working in the lab of endocrinologist Bruce McEwen.

Sapolsky has received numerous honors and awards for his work, including the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship Genius Grant in 1987, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and the Klingenstein Fellowship in Neuroscience. He was also awarded the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Young Investigator of the Year Awards from the Society for Neuroscience, the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology, and the Biological Psychiatry Society.

Robert Sapolsky Net Worth

Robert Sapolsky is one of the richest Researcher from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Sapolsky 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Robert Morris Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is an American neuroendocrinologist and author. He is currently a professor of biology, and professor of neurology and neurological sciences and, by courtesy, neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In addition, he is a research associate at the National Museums of Kenya.

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Top Facts about Robert Sapolsky

1. Robert Sapolsky is an American neuroendocrinologist born in 1957.
2. He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University.
3. Sapolsky’s research focuses on stress, behavior, and disease in primates.
4. He has authored several books including “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers.”
5. In 2008, he was awarded the John P. McGovern Award for Behavioral Science.
6. Sapolsky is a MacArthur Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
7. He has given multiple TED Talks on topics such as human behavior and stress.
8. Sapolsky has conducted fieldwork with baboons in Kenya for over 30 years.
9. His work has implications for understanding mental health disorders in humans.
10. Sapolsky advocates for social justice causes such as LGBTQ+ rights and racial equality.

What is Sapolsky known for?

A professor of biological sciences and of neurology and neurological sciences, Sapolsky has spent more than three decades studying the physiological effects of stress on health. His pioneering work includes ongoing studies of laboratory rats and wild baboons in the African wilderness.

Is Sapolsky still a Stanford professor?

Robert Sapolsky
Scientific career
Fields| Neurobiology, physiology, biological anthropology
Institutions| Stanford University

What was Dr Sapolsky's hypothesis when he decided to study baboons?

And so Sapolsky set out to test the hypothesis that the stress involved in being at the bottom of the baboon hierarchy led to health problems. At the time, stress was mostly ignored as a scientific subject. It was seen as an unpleasant mental state with few long- term consequences.

What did Sapolsky identify regarding the stress hormone levels in baboons?

Sapolsky has found a key to handling stress may be cultivating friendships. Males who spend the most time grooming and being groomed by females who are not in heat (that is, are not of immediate sexual interest) and playing with infants have the lowest levels of stress hormones.

What did Sapolsky discover?

Stanford University neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky has been decoding the mysteries of stress by studying baboons from Kenya’s plains, and he discovered that the animal’s rank as a leader or a follower had a direct link to the level of stress hormones in its system.