PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
ANDREA L. BADEN, PH.D.
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Hunter College - CUNY, NYCEP
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CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
SANDRA ALMANZA
M.A. STUDENT, Dept. Anthropology, Hunter College
Research interests: phylogenetics, conservation
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
HANNAH BROWN
M.A. STUDENT, Dept. Anthropology, Hunter College
Research interests: conservation, group behavior and hierarchy, phylogenetics, captive primate research
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
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
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
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
AMANDA RODRIGUEZ (2018-2021)
- Psychology - ABC Program, Hunter College
Current position: Central Park Zoo
PATRICIA ADAMO, MA
- Psychology - ABC Program, Hunter College - CUNY (2019-2021)
- Current position: Dog trainer, The Peaceful Dog
JULIA DICKERSON, MA
- Psychology - ABC Program, Hunter College - CUNY (2019-2021)
- Current position: Fact checker, TED Talks LLC
JELISA OLIVERAS, MA
- City College of New York - CUNY (2018-2021)
SAMANTHA CALKINS, MA
- Psychology - ABC Program, Hunter College - CUNY (2018-2020)
- Current position: Dog trainer, Sit Means Sit
APARNA CHANDRASHEKAR, MA
- Anthropology, Hunter College - CUNY (2016-2018)
- Current position: PhD student, NYCEP/CUNY
- Past position: Senior Research Associate, Conservation Genetics San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research (2018-2020)
ALEXANDRA LOUPPOVA, MA
- Anthropology, Hunter College - CUNY (2017-2018)
- Current position: Receptionist, Fidessa
REBEKKA HUGHES, MA
- Anthropology, Hunter College - CUNY (2015-2017)
JESSICA KNIERIM, MA
- Animal Behavior and Conservation, Hunter College - CUNY (2016-2017)
- Current position: MA student, Wildlife Filmmaking, University of the West of England
- Past position: Development Associate, Wildlife Alliance
RAYMOND VAGELL, MA
- Animal Behavior and Conservation, Hunter College - CUNY (2014-2017)
- Current position: PhD student in Applied Anthropology, Texas State University
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
KIMBERLY LOUISOR, BA
- CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies & Hunter College MARC Fellow (2019-2021)
- Current position: PhD student, SUNY Buffalo
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
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
VISITING SCHOLARS
LAURA DIAKIW (2015) - Dept. Anthropology, University of Arizona
ALEX PRITCHARD (2016) - Dept. Anthropology, Rutgers
FIELD ASSISTANTS
ALICIA BONILLA ALCACER (RRLP, Feb-Mar 2020* due to COVID)
FORD BENDELL (RRLP, April-Dec 2019) - Current position: MA student, Columbia University
TRE LAWRENCE (RRLP,Oct-Dec 2019)
LOTTE VAN DEN HOUT (RRLP, July-Dec 2018)
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.
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).
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.
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.