Beki Hooper works at the University of Exeter where she researches the evolution of sociality and cognition. She is currently researching relationship-relevant cognition in the free-ranging rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago. She recently completed her PhD studying pair-bond dynamics and socio-cognition in wild jackdaws. She has previously researched social and environmental correlates of the killer whale skin microbiome, mating tactics in macaques, and the spatial patterning of barnacles.