Mark Torres

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Mark Torres is a research assistant, Yale Class of 2020, double-majoring in Statistics & Data Science and Molecular Biology. Mark is helping with experiments studying human cooperation and he is interested in merging insights from biology, psychology, and statistics to describe human behaviors. In addition to working at the Human Nature Lab, Mark is involved with Yale Students for Christ and is a volunteer with the Restaurant Rescue Project. In his free time, Mark enjoys learning more about statistics, watching or playing sports, playing billiards, hustling in trivia-related pursuits, and spending time with friends.

Selected Publications

• “Mindfulness Meditation Activates Altruism,” Scientific Reports, Apr 2020