I am currently developing a project, "Why chimps don't sing":

​​I have been a postdoctoral researcher at BEE, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Leuven and at Research Group Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp. 



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My interests and expertise are
Cultural evolution
Sexual selection 
Evolutionary aesthetics
Evolution of the arts
Art practising
These interests involve fields such as behavioral ecology, signaling theory, evolutionary biology, cognitive anthropology, psychology, consumer behavior, philosophy of biology, philosophy of art and aesthetics. 

I did a double PhD in Philosophy (KU Leuven) and Biology (UAntwerpen) with Siegfried Dewitte, Andreas De Block and Marcel Eens. You can find a pdf of my thesis here.


Contact:   
BEE - Behavioral Engineering group 
University of Leuven
Naamsestraat 69 - box 3545
3000 Leuven, Belgium
tel. +32 16 3 26940   or   +32 16 3 26700 
fax  +32 16 3 26732

Research Group Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology
University of Antwerp
2610 Antwerp, Belgium
 
Email: 
jan.verpooten (at) kuleuven.be 
jan.verpooten (at) ua.ac.be

Links
    http://kuleuven.academia.edu/JanVerpooten
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Verpooten
​    https://twitter.com/janverpooten

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