Alumni
Sylvia Atsalis
Coordinator of the Student Center for Science Engagement Northeastern Illinois University
Research interests: primate behavior, conservation education
Karen Baab
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy Midwestern University - Glendale, AZ
Research interests: hominin taxonomy and phylogeny, cranial morphology, geometric morphometrics
Ashley Bales
Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Lawrence University
Research interests: Catarrhine and hominoid evolution, systematics, geometric morphometrics
Christina Bergey
Postdoc, Perry Lab, Department of Anthropology Penn State University
Research interests: Primate population genetics and genomics, hybridization, bioinformatics
Richard Bergl
Curator of Conservation and Research North Carolina Zoo
Research interests: ecology and conservation, molecular genetics, remote sensing
Mary Blair
Director, Biodiversity Informatics Research, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History
Research interests: Conservation biology and genetics; evolutionary ecology; ecological niche modeling; molecular phylogenetics; landscape genetics and ecology; biogeography
Maryjka Blaszczyk
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology University of Texas at Austin
Research interests: Behavioral ecology of primate personality, social foraging, social networks
Scott Blumenthal
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Oregon
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, Stable isotope (paleo)ecology, East Africa
Jessica Brinkworth
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research interests: Evolution of the primate immune system, human immune function variation, socioecology of immunity, innate immunity, severe bacterial infections, host-pathogen interactions, immunogenomics, evolutionary medicine
Douglas Broadfield
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Florida Atlantic University
Research interests: evolution of the human brain, comparative neuroanatomy, chimpanzee cognition
Michelle Brown
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology University of California, Santa Barbara
Research interests: Primate behavioral ecology, between-group competition, evolution of within-group social relationships
Andrew Burrell
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: population genetics, biogeography, papionin evolution
Paul Buzzard
Director of Conservation Detroit Zoological Society
Research interests: animal behavior and ecology, conservation biology
Zachary Calamari
Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences CUNY Baruch College
Research interests: Ontogeny of shape, evolution of disparity, geometric morphometrics, transcriptomics
Joe Califf
Language Lecturer, Expository Writing Program New York University
Research interests: Behavior; socioendocrinology; cognitive evolution; human evolution
Michael Campbell
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Howard University
Research interests: human population genetics, adaptation, complex traits/disease
Terence Capellini
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology Harvard University
Research interests: Evolutionary developmental biology; physical anthropology including primate evolutionary morphology with a focus on limb and axial skeletal biology, growth, and development
Paulo Chaves
Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Phylogeography, conservation genetics, non-invasive genetic sampling, evolution of behavior, Neotropical primates, Brachyteles
Shahrina Chowdhury
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Research interests: primate behavior and ecology
Siobhán Cooke
Assistant Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Research interests: Dental functional morphology; Masticatory biomechanics; Three dimensional geometric morphometric methods; Platyrrhine evolution; Caribbean and Neotropical mammalian evolution and biogeography; Caribbean extinction
Elena Cunningham
Clinical Associate Professor, Academic Coordinator New York University College of Dentistry
Research interests: Primate cognition, Ranging and foraging behaviors, Primate ecology
Kate Detwiler
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Florida Atlantic University
Research interests: primate behavior and ecology, primate genetics
Wendy Dirks
Lecturer, School of Dental Sciences Newcastle University
Research interests: Dental hard tissue histology, life history evolution, vertebrate palaeontology.
Rachel Dvoskin
Researcher, The Genetics and Public Policy Center Johns Hopkins University
Research interests: primate genetics
Peter Fashing
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology California State University, Fullerton
Research interests: evolutionary anthropology, behavioral ecology, conservation biology, GIS, tropical forest and afroalpine grassland ecology
Connie Fellmann
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy NEOUCOM
Research interests: Physical anthropology, limb ontogeny, heterochrony, growth and development, evolution of genus Homo (especially origin, dispersal and variation of Homo erectus), functional morphology/biomechanics, evolution and trends in hominin body size and shape
Steffen Foerster
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology Duke University
Research interests: primate behavior and ecology
Frances Forrest
Physical Anthropology Educator, Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Human Origins American Museum of Natural History
Research interests: Taphonomy, Zooarchaeology, Paleoecology, Ecomorphology, Dental microwear, Early Stone Age, Hominin dietary variation
Sarah Freidline
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Human Evolution Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Research interests: geometric morphometrics, hominin evolution
Stephen Frost
Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Oregon
Research interests: geometric morphometrics, primate paleontology
James Fuller
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Bronx Community College, City University of New York
Research interests: Behavioral ecology, vocal communication, determinants of social structure
Eva Garrett
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Boston University
Research interests: Primate evolution, evolutionary morphology, sexual dimorphism, olfaction, sexual selection, sensory ecology, life history, vomeronasal organ, nasal anatomy
Haviva Goldman
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy Drexel University College of Medicine
Research interests: Human Variability and Skeletal Adaptation, Bone Quality and Skeletal Fragility, Hierarchical Structure-Property Relationships in Bone
Katy Gonder
Associate Professor, Department of Biology Drexel University
Research interests: Comparative human and non-human primate evolutionary and population genetics, Primate biogeography, behavior and ecology, African biodiversity and conservation
Lauren Halenar-Price
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Farmingdale State College, SUNY
Research interests: Platyrrhine paleontology and biogeography, evolutionary history of atelid primates, howler monkey cranial morphology, geometric morphometrics
Rebecca Ham
Freelance Science & Health Writer Phoenix, Arizona
Research interests: science policy,environmental science writing, science writing for children, museum exhibit design
Katerina Harvati
Professor and Director of Paleoanthropology University of Tübingen
Research interests: hominin evolution, Neanderthals, cranial morphology, geometric morphometrics
A. Yasmeen Hinedi
Department of Anthropology The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: forensic anthropology, Central Asia
Jason Hodgson
Lecturer, Department of Archaeology Cambridge University
Research interests: Anthropological genetics; molecular genetics; population genetics; human population history; the peopling of Island Melanesia; bioinformatic approaches to the study of primate and human evolution.
Russell Hogg
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Florida Gulf Coast University
Research interests: The evolution of ontogeny and life history as reflected in hard tissue microstructure; mammalian and early primate evolution.
Rebecca Jabbour
Associate Professor, Department of Biology Saint Mary's College of California
Research interests: human evolution, African ape evolution and diversity, skeletal biology and variation
John Krigbaum
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Florida
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, Bioarchaeology, Human Osteology, Paleopathology, Paleodiet Reconstruction, Southeast Asia
Myra Laird
Postdoctoral Scholar, Ross Lab, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy University of Chicago
Research interests: Modern human origins, craniodental morphology, hominin environmental and functional variation, geometric morphometrics, early migrations of Homo sapiens
Susan Lappan
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Appalachian State University
Research interests: Primate behavioral ecology and conservation, gibbons, Indonesia
Jenna Lawrence
Instructor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Columbia University
Research interests: primate behavior and ecology
Joshua Linder
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology James Madison University
Research interests: Primate ecology and conservation, Hunting in the tropics and the bushmeat trade, Protected area management, Human use and perception of wildlife, Conservation biology
Andrés Link
Assistant Professor, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Research interests: Primate socio-ecology; atelins (spider monkeys); tropical forest ecology; conservation of Neotropical rainforests.
Jenny Listman
Assistant Director, Program Development & Evaluation Center for K12 STEM Education, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Research interests: human population genetics, Southeast Asia, human behavioral and substance abuse genetics, statistical genetics, biases in genetic study design, population genetic substructure
Samuel Marquez
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Research interests: comparative anatomy, human and primate evolution
Reiko Matsuda Goodwin
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology Fordham University
Research interests: Primate distribution & biomass, Frugivory, Feeding Behavior, Old World monkeys, Seasonally dry forest ecology, infectious disease surveillance
Luke Matthews
Behavioral/Social Scientist RAND Corporation
Research interests: Cultural primatology; social learning; phylogeny and behavior; primate ethology.
Colleen McCann
Curator, Department of Mammals Wildlife Conservation Society
Research interests: Primate socioendocrinology; Primate behavior, reproduction and evolutionary history; Conservation biology
Shannon McFarlin
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology George Washington University
Research interests: skeletal biology, tissue histology, dental development, life history
Kieran McNulty
Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Minnesota
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, Human and primate evolution, Geometric morphometrics, Cranial evolution and ontogeny, East Africa
Rachel Messinger
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Moorpark College
Research interests: skeletal biology
Emily Middleton
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, postcranial skeletal morphology, primate locomotor/positional behavior
Michael Montague
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Neuroscience University of Pennsylvania
Research interests: Implications of variation in color vision among female New World primates, primate behavior, evolution of sensory systems, neurogenomics.
Alba Lucia Morales-Jiménez
Member of the Board Fundación BioDiversa Columbia
Research interests: Neotropical primate conservation (Ateles hybridus and Saguinus leucopus); taxonomy and systematics (using genetics and morphology), especially of spider monkeys, tamarins and owl monkeys.
Badrul Munir
Professor, School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Research interests: molecular systematics
Alejandra Ortiz
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Human Origins School of Human Evolution and Social Science, Arizona State University
Research interests: Hominin evolution, human skeletal biology, dental anthropology, comparative morphology, dispersal and cultural adaptations of modern humans
Anthony Pagano
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Sciences Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University
Research interests: nasopharynx and upper respiratory tract, ontogeny, functional anatomy, soft tissue reconstruction, paleoanthropology, geometric morphometrics
Jennifer Parkinson
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology University of San Diego
Research interests: Paleoanthropology; paleoecology, environmental context of human evolution; early hominid habitat use; taphonomy; zooarchaeology; East Africa; Oldowan
Beatriz Perez-Sweeney
Assistant Professor & STEM Specialist Baylor College of Medicine
Research interests: Primate Genetics, Pathogens, Curriculum Development.
Varsha Pilbrow
Lecturer, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences University of Melbourne (Australia)
Research interests: human and primate evolution, dental variation, skeletal biology
Luca Pozzi
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Texas, San Antonio
Research interests: Primate evolution, biogeography and systematics - Strepsirhines - Molecular evolution and phylogenetics - Conservation and population genetics - Vocal communication and behavior - Mathematical modeling
Ryan Raaum
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Lehman College & CUNY Graduate Center
Research interests: Population genetics, Bioinformatics, Human evolution, Statistical genetics
Thomas Rein
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Central Connecticut State University
Research interests: Early hominin evolution and paleontology; primate positional behavior; comparative morphology; skeletal biology.
Su-Jen Roberts
Director of Educational Research and Evaluation Wildlife Conservation Society
Research interests: conservation biology, museum studies, informal science learning, visitor engagement
Christopher Robinson
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Bronx Community College, City University of New York
Research interests: Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution, 3D cranial morphometrics of fossil hominins and extant hominoids, giraffid evolution
Sasimar Sangchantr
Public Health Officer International Organization for Migration, Indonesia
Research interests: primate behavior and ecology, public health
Eric Sargis
Professor, Departments of Anthropology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Forestry & Environmental Studies Yale University
Research interests: functional morphology, mammalian phylogenetics
Lisa Schlotterhausen
Dean of Institutional Effectiveness North Hennepin Community College
Research interests: primate behavior and ecology
Christopher Schmitt
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Boston University
Research interests: Socioecology of juvenile development in atelines, life history and socioecology of New World primates, juvenile social development and social learning, interface between morphology, behavior, genetics/genomics and life history; functional genomics and anthropological genetics, heritability and genomics of obesity phenotypes during development, modeling longitudinal growth and development.
Amy Schreier
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Regis University (Denver, CO)
Research interests: Primate Behavior and Ecology; Evolution of Social Structure; Primate Cognitive Ecology; Baboon Socioecology and Evolutionary History; Evolution of Human Behavior;
Maja Sešelj
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Bryn Mawr College
Research interests: Comparative morphology and patterns of growth and development in middle and late Pleistocene hominins, Paleolithic archaeology.
Brian Shearer
Instructor, Department of Cell Biology NYU Langone Medical Center
Research interests: geometric morphometrics, hominin evolution
Chet Sherwood
Professor, Department of Anthropology George Washington University
Research interests: neuroanatomy, brain evolution, allometry
Lindsey Smith
TWP Lecturing Fellow Duke University
Research interests: Gestural communication in African apes; primate behavior; language evolution.
Stephanie Spehar
Associate Professor, Religious Studies & Anthropology Department University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Research interests: primate socioecology, mating systems, group dynamics and social behavior, communication
Kirstin Sterner
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Oregon
Research interests: primate comparative genomics, adaptive evolution, human brain evolution, infectious diseases in primate hosts, HIV/SIV and AIDS, evolutionary medicine, colobines
Denise Su
Curator of Paleobotany and Paleoecology Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Research interests: paleoecology, hominin evolution
Sandra Suárez
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Ramapo College of New Jersey
Research interests: primate genetics, animal behavior, neotrpoical primates, ecology, field methods, conservation biology
Francys Subiaul
Associate Professor, Speech and Hearing Science Mind, Brain & Evolution Center, George Washington University
Research interests: social cognition, learning, primate cognition
Wesley Sutton
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Lehman College
Research interests: human population genetics
Larissa Swedell
Professor, Department of Anthropology Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: social behavior, behavioral ecology, reproductive strategies, evolution of social organization, human social evolution, conservation, baboons
Maressa Takahashi
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Columbia University
Research interests: animal behavior, conservation, nutritional ecology
Lissa Tallman
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences Grand Valley State University
Research interests: functional morphology, postcrania, evolution of bipedalism, locomotion
Paul Telfer
CEO Congo Conservation Company
Research interests: Primate Biogeography and Conservation with special emphasis on West African primate evolutionary relationships
Nicole Thompson
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Columbia University
Research interests: adaptive benefits of social bonds, juvenile social behavior, life history theory
Nelson Ting
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon
Research interests: Molecular Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology, Phylogenetics, Population Genetics, Phylogeography
Anthony Tosi
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Kent State University
Research interests: Molecular forensics, Systematics, Population genetics, Phylogeography of nonhuman primates
Jessica Satkoski Trask
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Anthropology University of California, Davis
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Monica Uddin
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests: Social context and human population health; genetic and epigenetic markers of mental illness; gene X social environment interactions.
Catalina Villamil
Assistant Professor of Anatomy Universidad Central del Caribe
Research interests: paleoanthropology, morphological variation, functional morphology, morphological integration
James Warfield
Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Child Development Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Research interests: primate ecology, conservation biology
Johanna Warshaw
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Science & Craniofacial Biology New York University College of Dentistry
Research interests: Primate phylogeny; primate life history; primate functional morphology and biomechanics; bone biology and histology.
Nicole (Coley) Webb
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM), University of Zurich Guest Researcher, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
Research interests: Primate locomotion, Miocene ape evolution, postcranial functional morphology, skeletal allometry, finite element modeling
Danielle Whittaker
Managing Director, BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action Michigan State University
Research interests: Avian chemical communication, mate choice, multimodal communication
Derek Wildman
Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests: The biology of pregnancy, Evolution of genes X environment interactions, Mammalian phylogenetics, Rates of nucleotide sequence evolution, The evolution of the brain, Primate evolutionary genetics
Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Director of Conservation Science Paso Pacífico
Research interests: Ecology and conservation of terrestrial mammals
Steven Worthington
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Quantitative Social Science Harvard University
Research interests: Morphology and evolution of catarrhine primates, pattern and process of homoplasy within Mammalia, theory and method of phylogenetic inference.
Julia Zichello
Assistant Director, Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Human Origins American Museum of Natural History
Research interests: Primate population genetics, cranial evolution, the role of genetic drift in shaping morphological diversity, Hylobatid evolutionary history