Autor/-in: Katherine Cronin

Katherine A. Cronin. , PhD, is a primatologist and animal welfare scientist who has studied chimpanzees while living and working in the US, Europe, and Africa. She has authored over 60 scientific articles, and her work with primates has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic. , and other popular outlets. She has conducted research at the Max Planck Institute in the Netherlands and directed Lincoln Park Zoo's Animal Welfare Science Program for ten years. She serves on the advisory committee of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Universities Federation of Animal Welfare. Dr. Cronin earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and a Ph. D. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She lives in Winfield, Illinois.