Amber Gayle Thalmayer

Amber Gayle Thalmayer (PhD Psychology, University of Oregon, 2013) is Assistant Professor for Personality, Mental Health and Culture at the Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, a Research Fellow at University of the Free State, South Africa, and a Swiss National Science Foundation Eccellenza Fellow. Since 2022 she leads the ambitious longitudinal Africa Long Life Study, africalonglifestudy.org a collaborative six-university partnership to study personality and mental health development in Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa. She is the co-creator of a documentary film, Namibiaup.com.