PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
ANDREA L. BADEN, PH.D.
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Hunter College - CUNY, NYCEP
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CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
CARLY BATIST
PH.D. STUDENT, The Graduate Center - CUNY, NYCEP
Research interests: evolution of sociality, fission-fusion dynamics, cognition
NINA BEEBY
PH.D. STUDENT, The Graduate Center - CUNY, NYCEP
Research interests: behavioral and feeding ecology, nutrition, conservation
APARNA CHANDRASHEKAR
PH.D. STUDENT, The Graduate Center - CUNY, NYCEP
Research interests: primate conservation, population genetics, demography, natural vs. anthropogenic processes
AMANDA N. MANCINI
PH.D. STUDENT, The Graduate Center - CUNY, NYCEP
Research interests: spatial ecology, landscape genetics, conservation, Madagascar
SANDRA ALMANZA
M.A. STUDENT, Dept. Anthropology, Hunter College
Research interests: phylogenetics, conservation
JULIA DICKERSON
M.A. STUDENT, Dept. Psychology - ABC Program, Hunter College
Research interests: olfactory communication
JELISA OLIVERAS
M.A. STUDENT, City College of New York
Research interests: GIS, animal movement, botany
AMANDA RODRIGUEZ
M.A. STUDENT, Dept. Psychology - ABC Program, Hunter College
Research interests: primate behavior, behavioral enrichment, rehabilitation
VISITING SCHOLARS
FERNANDO MERCADO MALABET
PH.D. STUDENT, University of Toronto (Advisor: Shawn Lehman)
Research interests: Social and ecological mechanism of population decline, biology of rare species, landscape ecology, ecological modeling, conservation, Eulemur sp., Madagascar
HAYLEY ROBERTS
PH.D. STUDENT, The Australian National University (Advisor: Alison Behie)
Research interests: allomaternal care, endocrinology, paternity
DARICE WESTPHAL
PH.D. STUDENT, The Graduate Center - CUNY, NYCEP (Advisor: Ryan Raaum)
Research interests: landscape genetics, remote sensing, conservation
CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS & LAB INTERNS
KIMBERLY LOUISOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, CUNY BA GRADUATE CENTER / MARC FELLOW
PROJECT: Purple faced langur population genetics
DATABASE MANAGEMENT
MARGARET NYAMBATI
MASTER'S STUDENT, Hunter College
LAB MANAGER
JENNY PALTAN
M.A STUDENT, Dept. Anthropology, Hunter College
E-mail: hunter.physanthro(at)gmail(dot)com
STUDENTS & FIELD ASSISTANTS - RANOMAFANA RUFFED LEMUR PROJECT
ALICIA BONILLA ALCACER
MA, Universitat de Girona
Research interests: primate conservation, ethology, behavioural ecology, animal rehabilitation
Project manager, Jan 2020 - present
FARAMALALA FRANCETTE VOLOLONIRINA
Research interests:
Student, Nov 2019 - present
Want to volunteer on the RRLP? Please contact Prof. Andrea Baden for more information!
ALUMNI
MA STUDENTS
SAMANTHA CALKINS, MA
- Psychology - ABC Program, Hunter College - CUNY (2018-2020)
- Current position:
APARNA CHANDRASHEKAR, MA
- Anthropology, Hunter College - CUNY (2016-2018)
- Current position: Senior Research Associate, Conservation Genetics San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
REBEKKA HUGHES, MA
- Anthropology, Hunter College - CUNY (2015-2017)
- Current position: Postbacc, New York University
JESSICA KNIERIM, MA
- Animal Behavior and Conservation, Hunter College - CUNY (2016-2017)
- Current position: Development Associate, Wildlife Alliance
ALEXANDRA LOUPPOVA, MA
- Anthropology, Hunter College - CUNY (2017-2018)
- Current position: Receptionist, Fidessa
​DOMINIQUE RABOIN, MA
- Animal Behavior and Conservation, Hunter College - CUNY (2016-2018)
- Current position: PhD student, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University
RAYMOND VAGELL, MA
- Animal Behavior and Conservation, Hunter College - CUNY (2014-2017)
- Current position: Board Member, Primarily Primates
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
JULIE STRAIN, BA
- Hunter College - CUNY (2020)
- Current position: MA student, Hunter College Evolutionary Primatology program
MAX ECONOMOS, BA
- Hunter College - CUNY (2017)
- Current position: Office of Operations, The Henrici Group
AMANDA PUITIZA, BA
- Hunter Macauly Honors College - CUNY (2016-2018)
- Current position: MA student, ABC, Hunter College
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LAB INTERNS & INDEPENDENT STUDIES
SATEESH VENKATESH (2017-2018) - Psychology Independent Study (PSYCH690), Hunter College - CUNY
SOHAIL KHAN (2018) - Undergraduate Independent Study (HMBIO403), Hunter College - CUNY
JESSE MILLER, BA, Hunter College - CUNY (2017)
SANTIAGO CASSALETT (2016-2017) - Current position: PhD student, CUNY Graduate Center & NYCEP
RAQUEL LAMELA LOPZEZ (2015-2017) - Current position: PhD student, CUNY Graduate Center & NYCEP
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VISITING SCHOLARS
LAURA DIAKIW (2015) - Dept. Anthropology, University of Arizona
ALEX PRITCHARD (2016) - Dept. Anthropology, Rutgers
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FIELD ASSISTANTS
FORD BENDELL (RRLP, April-Dec 2019)
TRE LAWRENCE (RRLP,Oct-Dec 2019)
LOTTE VAN DEN HOUT (RRLP, July-Dec 2018) - Current position: MA student,
GIULIA ROSSI (RRLP, July-Dec 2018) - Current position: MA student, Biodiversity & Evolution, University of Bologna, ITALY
RITA SMITH (RRLP, July-Oct 2018)
NINA BEEBY (RRLP, Jan-Aug 2018) - Current position: PhD student, The Graduate Center - CUNY & NYCEP, USA
ILARI FALCK (RRLP, Jan-Mar 2018) - Current position: MA student, University of Helsinki
AUDREY DUNN (RRBLP, 2015)
SABINA NOLL (RRBLP, 2015)
ALICIA SANCHEZ ARROYO (RRBLP, 2014-2015) - Current position: PhD student, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva Barcelona, SPAIN
AVERY LANE (RRBLP, 2013-2014) - Current position: PhD student, University of Washington, USA
AURA RAULO (RRBLP, 2013-2014) - Current position: PhD student, University of Cambridge, UK
SOAFANIRY RAZANAJAVOTO (RRBLP, 2013-2014)
LINDSAY TURNER (RRLP, 2008)
AJ LOWIN (RRLP, 2008)
REYCHELL HARRIS (RRLP, 2008)
WANT TO JOIN THE LAB?
I am currently accepting students at the Undergraduate, Master's, and Ph.D. levels.
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Undergraduates interested in primate behavior and/or molecular ecology should contact Prof. Andrea Baden to discuss field and/or laboratory opportunities. Possible options include: Madagascar Education Abroad Program (Summer 2020), Independent Study credits (3 cr.), and PMEL Internships. Funding is available to undergraduate Anthropology majors interested in field work through the Anthropology DART Program, and to students interested in lab work through the Hunter Undergraduate Research Initiative (UGRI).
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Graduate studies at the Master's level are offered through our new Master's in Evolutionary Primatology in the Department of Anthropology and the Animal Behavior and Conservation (ABC) Program in the Department of Psychology at Hunter College. Click here to learn more.
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Graduate studies at the PhD level are offered through The CUNY Graduate Center. I am a member of the Graduate Faculty in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB) and Core Faculty in the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP). Students interested in a PhD program in Biological Anthropology participate in the NYCEP program. Funding at the PhD level is offered through competitive scholarships from NYCEP and adjunct teaching positions at CUNY in Physical Anthropology.
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