Jason Kamilar
Professor
Co-Director, Kasanka Baboon Project
Email: jkamilar (at) umass.edu
Twitter: @jasonkamilar
Jacob Feder
Postdoctoral Researcher (Co-Advised with Joan Silk, Arizona State U)
Primate behavior
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Email: jacob.feder (at) stonybrook.edu
Website: https://jacobfeder.weebly.com/
Twitter: @jacobafeder
Sharmi Sen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Primate behavior
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Email: ssen (at) umass.edu
Twitter: @cercopithe_sen
Rachel Bell
Doctoral Student
Dissertation Title: Ecological factors affecting the hair and gut microbiomes of three lemur species at Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve.
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Email: rbbell (at) umass.edu
Twitter: @primate_eco_evo
Amanda Fuchs
Doctoral Student
Dissertation Title: The effects of food and water on Kinda baboon movement ecology and gut microbiome diversity.
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Email: afuchs (at) umass.edu
Twitter: @MandyMonkey02
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Laura Haynes
MA/Doctoral Student
Primatology, conservation
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Email: lkhaynes (at) umass.edu
Twitter: @haynesklaura
Catherine Kitrinos
Doctoral Student
Dissertation Title: Bats, baboons, and berries: Microbial transmission at Kasanka National Park.
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Email: ckitrinos (at) umass.edu
Twitter: @CatieKitrinos
Allyson Schmidt
MA/Doctoral Student
Primate ecology and genomics
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Email: adschmidt (at) umass.edu
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Anna Weyher
Doctoral Student
Dissertation Title: The behavior and ecology of Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) at Kasanka National Park, Zambia.
Email: aweyher (at) umass.edu
Website: kasankababoonproject.com
Twitter: @KindaCamp
Thomas Wilson
Doctoral Student (co-advised with Todd Disotell)
Primate genetics, coloration, ecology
Email: tcwilson (at) umass.edu
Andrew Zamora
Doctoral Student
Dissertation Title: Socio-genomic evolution of sifakas (Propithecus).
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Email: azamora (at) umass.edu
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Ankita Bhagat
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major: Biology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sneha Magesh
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major: Biology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Other Current and Recent Collaborators
Brenda Bradley, George Washington University
John Rowan, University at Albany
Kenny Chiou, Arizona State University
India Scheider-Crease, Arizona State University
Megan Petersdorf, New York University
Benjamin Mubemba, Copperbelt University
Andrea Baden, Hunter College
Stacey Tecot, University of Arizona
Kaye Reed, Arizona State University
Lydia Beaudrot, Rice University
Tim Webster, University of Utah
Gina Agostini, Midwestern University
Lab Alumni
Postdocs
John Rowan, University at Albany
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Gina Agostini, Midwestern University
Andrew Best, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
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Undergraduate Research Assistants
Kalista Creighton Ahouse
Arya Kunaparaju
Rebecca Leduc
Alyse Maksimoski
Cal Miller
Jesse O'Neill
Devon Thurston
Siddhi Bramhe
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