Exzellenzcluster - HUMAN ORIGINS

Benjamin Laubi

Technician for Ancient Proteins, Central Biomolecule Lab

A photo of Benjami Laubi, a white man with a shaggy brown haircut, a schnauzer and beard stubbles, wearing a blue and white caro buttondown under a white lab coat. He smiles widely at the camera while standing in a lab environment with glasses and machinery behind him.

Universität Tübingen
Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS

Hölderlinstraße 12
D-72074 Tübingen

R. S217

benjamin.laubispam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Expertise & lab activities

  • Supporting collaboration between participating research groups through harmonized workflows, sample exchange and shared use of Central Biomolecule Lab facilities
  • Training and supervising users of the stable-isotope and ZooMS laboratories
  • Managing laboratory equipment and supporting the day-to-day organization of the laboratories
  • Processing archaeological and paleontological samples for stable-isotope and ZooMS analyses

Curriculum vitae

Since 07/2026
Technician for Ancient Proteins, Central Biomolecule Lab

Human Origins Cluster of Excellence, University of Tübingen

2021-present
Doctoral Researcher

Evolutionary Biology, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Thesis: Rethinking Masculinity: Behavioural and Hormonal Perspectives on Male Roles in Cooperatively Breeding Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

2018-2019
Project and Camp Manager

Projet Mandrillus, CNRS Montpellier, Parc de la Lékédi, Gabon

2017-2018
Research Assistant

Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2015-2017
MSc in Biology

Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Thesis: Dietary Adjustment by Reintroduced Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)

2011-2015
BSc in Biology

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Scientific work

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

  • Laubi, B. N., Glauser, G., Willems, E. P., van Schaik, C. P., & Burkart, J. M. (2026). Hair steroid signatures of cooperative breeding in male and female common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). International Journal of Primatology. doi.org/10.1007/s10764-026-00568-9
     
  • Charpentier, M. J. E., Harté, M., Poirotte, C., Meric de Bellefon, J., Laubi, B., Kappeler, P. M., & Renoult, J. P. (2020). Same father, same face: Deep learning reveals selection for signaling kinship in a wild primate. Science Advances, 6(22), eaba3274. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba3274
     

Preprints

  • Laubi, B. N., Burkart, J. M., Willems, E. P., & van Schaik, C. P. (2026). A phylogenetically informed comparative analysis of sexual testosterone dimorphism across mammals in relation to paternal care and sexual size dimorphism. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.20.726499