Lab Members

PhD research
Alex Chege
Emily Jefferson

MA research
None at the moment

Undergrad interns and TAs
Brianah Cotto
Lilly Garofano
DJ Khaira
Victoria Paulino

Current lab members can click here to access resources specifically for our lab.

Past lab members
Past graduate students:
Emily Jefferson (MA in Biological Sciences) – Neighbors matter: Age and mother’s rank influence neighbor proximity in immature savannah baboons
Katherine Kling (PhD in Anthropological Sciences) – Natural resource use by forest-adjacent communities in northeastern Madagascar: Its drivers and implications
Miranda Turner (MA in Biological Sciences) – Dispersal and movement patterns of juvenile bald eagles
Jack Winans (PhD in Anthropological Sciences) – Individual variation within the collective: Bottom-up and top-down social processes in wild baboon groups

Past undergraduate honors students and advanced researchers:
Tom Rigby – Movement patterns of fledgling bald eagles
Marlee Harris – Energetic consequences of intergroup competition in savannah baboons
Christina Lo – Patterns of grooming and grooming reciprocity in Eastern chimpanzees
Megan McNamara – The watchful eye: Does researcher presence influence movement and resting time in a habituated baboon population?
Jessica Rivera – Predictors of nest failure in bald eagles
Kennedy Thomas – Maximizing the efficacy of virtual dog-therapy sessions

Past undergraduate interns:
Tristan Arnau, Jake Butkevich, Adrianne Cavaioli, Francesco Fasano, Layne Mapes, Marissa McCandless, Kyle Mooney, John Navilio, Mariellen Noel, Olivia Olynciw, Petra Peretin, Jiani Ren, Tom Rigby, Jessica Rivera, Klara Shand, Thanusha Thambithurai, and Collin Wildridge

Past undergraduate teaching assistants:
Pauline Affatato, Hanaa Ahmad, Emily Jefferson, Sarah Karkour, Brendan Maloney, Layne Mapes, Sydney McGregor, Kerilynn Cronin, Justine Marcinek

In loving memory of Griffin Renner. We miss you, Griffin.