(Emory University, Yerkes Primate Research Center)
Specialization: Primatology, ethnology
Accolades: C. H. Candler Professor of Primate Behavior, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Arthur W. Staats Award, American Psychological Foundation, Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung Fellow,

Dr. Frans B. M. de Waal is a Dutch-born ethologist/biologist known for his work on the social intelligence of primates. His first book, Chimpanzee Politics (1982) compared the schmoozing and scheming of chimpanzees involved in power struggles with that of human politicians. Ever since, de Waal has drawn parallels between primate and human behavior, from peacemaking and morality to culture. His scientific work has been published in hundreds of technical articles in journals such as Science, Nature, Scientific American, and outlets specialized in animal behavior. De Waal is also editor or co-editor on nine scientific volumes. His seven popular books - translated into more than a dozen languages - have made him one of the world's most visible primatologists. His latest is Our Inner Ape, to appear in October, 2005, with Riverhead (Penguin).

De Waal is C. H. Candler Professor in the Psychology Department of Emory University and Director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Center, in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (US) and the the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.