Scholar
Erol Akçay
Google Scholar ID: piKM5NcAAAAJ
Associate Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,193
H-index
26
i10-index
40
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Published papers in PLoS Computational Biology and Journal of Theoretical Biology; participated in a panel discussion on climate change and extinction crisis; published research in Evolutionary Human Sciences about the coevolutionary dynamics of social network structure and cumulative culture; explored how cultural selection shapes social network structure in Science Advances.
Research Experience
- Based in the Department of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on research into how individuals evolve cooperation despite conflicting interests.
Background
- Interested in a variety of topics in theoretical biology, all having to do with the evolution of complex biological and social organization. Works on how individuals with conflicting interests evolve to cooperate with each other, in contexts varying from plant-microbe mutualisms to cultural evolution.
Miscellany
- The lab is affiliated with the Evolution Cluster, Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences, MindCORE, and Social and Cultural Evolution Working Group (SCEW) at Penn.