How do human and nonhuman animals make adaptive decisions in uncertain environments? During my PhD in Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin (together with Ralph Hertwig, Esther Herrmann and Jan Engelmann), I am investigating chimpanzees’ risk preferences and exploration strategies in a comparative framework. My aim is to contribute an evolutionary perspective to the study of ecological rationality. Behavioral research has increasingly fascinated me since I started studying collaboration in human children and friendship in chimpanzees during my Bachelor and Master thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. Further to Psychology I studied Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. In a broader perspective, I am interested in how science and art tackle fundamental questions with complementary approaches.