Postdocs

Dr. Daniella Chusyd

Research Scientist & Lab Manager

Dr. Emily Chester

Completed PhD

Dr. Michelle Benavidez-Westrich
PhD Biological Anthropology
Dissertation: APPLYING A MICROBIAL ENDOCRINOLOGY FRAMEWORK TO PRIMATE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION

Completed Master’s

Cathleen Steinbeiser
Thesis: PRESENCE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PHYTOESTROGENS IN THE DIET OF UGANDAN RED COLOBUS MONKEYS (PILIOCOLOBUS TEPHROSCELES)

Completed Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Catharine Reed – Thesis: Effects of the decline in ecotourism from COVID-19 on conservation attitudes and outcomes in Costa Rica
Austen Ehrie – Thesis: Strategic Reproduction: Evaluating the Relationship between Testes Size and Howling Bouts across Alouatta palliata Groups
Wyatt Reed – Thesis: Reevaluating Resilience: An Assessment of the COVID-19 Impact on
Biological Field Stations and Research “Post-Pandemic”
Emily Fender
Abigail McClain
Kathryn Tafoya
Iris Thompson
Alec Iruri-Tucker
Kristin Murray

Previous Lab Technicians

Eric Johnson
Bradford J. Westrich
Dr. Alicia Rich