Evan Nesterak

Background

About Evan Nesterak

Evan Nesterak is the editor-in-chief of Behavioral Scientist, an award-winning digital and print magazine focused on exploring the world through the science of human behavior. Evan co-founded Behavioral Scientist as an independent and nonprofit publication in 2017. He has also served as an editorial consultant and researcher, working with a number of authors on their book projects—including Dan Heath, Ethan Kross, Jamil Zaki, and Leidy Klotz. Previously, he helped lead a multiyear project with the U.S. Soccer Federation to better understand the psychological development of elite players in their Development Academy. Before that, he researched character development as a member of Angela Duckworth's Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. He also helped the Mayor's office in Philadelphia form a behavioral science advisory group. Evan also worked: on the Maine Conservation Corps, as a youth soccer coach, at a local organic canning company, as a night security guard at one of the largest stock shows and rodeos in the world, and as a caretaker of a remote property in a village in the Czech Republic. Evan was born in New Jersey and grew up in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and Colorado. Since 2019, he has called Prague, Czech Republic home.