Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Leslie J. Digby
- Associate Professor of the Practice and DUS
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My research centers on the evolution primate social behavior, especially how reproductive competition among females can shape social organization. My recent research has investigated the impact of infanticide (or the threat on infanticide) on the evolution of cooperative breeding systems (species focus: marmosets and tamarins) and how female competition ...
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Assistant to Director of Undergraduate Studies
Director of Graduate Studies
- Richard F. Kay
- Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
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I have several areas of research. The first encompasses the evolution of primates and mammalian faunal evolution, especially in South America. I also have written extensively on the subject of the evolutionary origins of the Anthropoidea (monkeys and apes). More generally, I am interested in the use of primate anatomy to reconstruct the phylogenetic history ...
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Assistant to Director of Graduate Studies
- M Lisa Squires
- Staff Assistant and Assistant to the Chair and the DGS
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Faculty
Primary
- Leslie J. Digby
- Associate Professor of the Practice and DUS
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My research centers on the evolution primate social behavior, especially how reproductive competition among females can shape social organization. My recent research has investigated the impact of infanticide (or the threat on infanticide) on the evolution of cooperative breeding systems (species focus: marmosets and tamarins) and how female competition ...
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- Christine Drea
- Professor
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I have two broad research interests, sexual differentiation and
social behavior, both focused on hyenas and primates. I am
particularly interested in unusual species in which the females
display a suite of masculinized characteristics, including male-
like or exaggerated external genitalia and social dominance.
The study of naturally occurring ...
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- Ken Glander
- Professor
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My research focuses on the primate diet with four key objectives: 1) identifying what is selected from what is available and the chemical explanations for the selection; 2) characterize the behavioral and physiological adaptations of wild primates in response to their changing environmental conditions; 3) illuminating the interaction between diet ...
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- Richard F. Kay
- Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
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I have several areas of research. The first encompasses the evolution of primates and mammalian faunal evolution, especially in South America. I also have written extensively on the subject of the evolutionary origins of the Anthropoidea (monkeys and apes). More generally, I am interested in the use of primate anatomy to reconstruct the phylogenetic history ...
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- Daniel O. Schmitt
- Professor
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My primary interest is in the evolution of primate locomotion. I am interested in understanding the selective factors that govern limb design, gait choice, and locomotor mechanics. I am studying the mechanics of movement in primates and other vertebrates in the laboratory to understand the relationship between movement and postcranial morphology, ...
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- Christine Wall
- Associate Research Professor
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The major goal of my work is to contribute to our understanding of the functional and evolutionary anatomy of the head, with an emphasis on how the feeding apparatus works and how it influences and is influenced by other structures and functions. My research focuses primarily on the functional anatomy of extant and extinct primates, but I am also interested ...
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- Blythe A. Williams
- Associate Professor of the Practice
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I'm interested in the evolutionary
relationships and ecological adaptations of primates, with particular focus on the initial diversification of the order Primates, the origin of the Anthropoidea, and the early hominoid radiation. I am also interested in the effects of climate change on the evolution of primates.
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Secondary
- Elizabeth M. Brannon
- Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Evolutionary Anthropology
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- Claude T. Moorman III
- Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Surgery
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- Barry S. Myers
- M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, with appointments in Surgery, Business, and Anatomy and M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., Senior Associate Dean for Industrial Partnerships and Research Commercialization, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, with appointments in Surgery, Business, and Anatomy, Director of the Center for Entre
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- V. Louise Roth
- Associate Professor of Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology
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In addition to conceptual work on the biological bases of
homology, variation, and parallel evolution, my research has
focused on evolutionary changes in size and shape in mammals:
the functional consequences of these changes, and the
evolutionary modifications of ontogenetic processes that
produce them. This work makes use of DNA sequences, ...
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- Kathleen K Smith
- Professor
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I am interested in the functional and evolutionary morphology of vertebrates. My research has included the functional and phylogenetic significance of variations in form of craniofacial structures in squamate reptiles and mammals, the biomechanics of a class of structures called musculohydrostats, and the roles of adaptive evolution and constraint ...
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- Andrea B. Taylor
- Associate Professor of Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, CFM and Evolutionary Anthropology
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My research has focused on function and evolution of the masticatory complex in primates. I am particularly interested in the ontogenetic allometric patterning of primate craniofacial variation and on the ecological bases of species diversification in primates.
My research is currently concentrated in two areas. One area of research has focused on investigating the architectural arrangement of muscle fiber, ...
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- Gregory A Wray
- Professor of Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology and Director, Center for Evolutionary Genomics
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- Anne D. Yoder
- Professor, Biology
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My primary research focus is the phylogenetics and evolution of
Madagascar's lemurs. This has also inspired a broader interest in
the biogeography of Madagascar, especially its modern terrestrial
vertebrates. Given that Madagascar's natural habatitats are under
extreme human pressures, I am also involved with conservation
projects, especially those that involve ...
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Adjunct
- Juliann E Horvath Roth
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
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As the Research Director of the newly formed Primate Genomics Initiative, I am interested in combining primate genomics with research in other disciplines. I am currently involved in a collaborative project exploring the genetic basis for the evolution of human diet. I am also collaborating on a project to create a primate SNP resource.
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- Alexandre Steenhuyse
- Adjunct Assistant Professor and Paleolithic Archaeologist
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Emeritus
- Matt Cartmill
- Professor Emeritus
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My current laboratory research (with Lemelin and Schmitt) focuses on the analysis of mammalian gaits. We are engaged in testing the conjecture that the phase relationships between fore and hind limb cycles in quadrupeds can be explained and predicted as a mathematical function of the contact times of the fore or hind limbs. A paper setting out this ...
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- William L. Hylander
- Professor Emeritus
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My current research interests are related to the functional and evolutionary significance of craniofacial form in human and non-human primates, as well as in African bovids. The long-range goal of my research is to gain a better functional understanding of the morphological diversity of the mammalian craniofacial region. As the mammalian face is dominated by the ...
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- Elwyn L Simons
- James B Duke Professor Emeritus and Scientific Director, Duke University Primate Center
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Dr. Elwyn L. Simons is primarily interested in the
history, general biology, and behavior of living and extinct primates. His primary research concerns focus on the early evolution of anthropoids in the late Eocene and early Oligocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt; the paleoecology, dating, taphonomy, anatomy, and relationships of extinct placentals from these ...
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Senior Research Staff
Primary
- Ian C Gilby
- Senior Research Scientist
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Specific projects include food sharing, hunting, social relationships, dominance strategies.
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- Vanessa R Woods
- Research Scientist
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Studying the comparitive psychology of bonobos and chimpanzees. Particular interests are cooperation, xenophobia, and the development of socio-sexual behaviour in bonobos.
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Lab Staff
Primary
- Rachna Reddy
- Associate in Research
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My research centers on the relationship between sociality and cognitive evolution. On a large scale, I seek to understand how a species' social structure relates to its cognitive abilities. On a closer level, I investigate the cognitive mechanisms that govern bond formation between individuals and how relationships may affect behavior and decision-making. My current research ...
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Administrative Staff
Staff Assistant
- M Lisa Squires
- Staff Assistant and Assistant to the Chair and the DGS
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Graduate Students
Primary
- Joseph T Feldblum
- Graduate Student
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My research interests include sexual selection, cooperation, demographic influences on behavior, and rank attainment in primates.
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- Kathleen E. Grogan
- Doctoral Student of Environmental Sciences and Policy and Graduate Assistant of Evolutionary Anthropology
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- Christopher Krupenye
- Graduate Student
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My interest is in social decision making processes and the development of social skills in nonhumans. I am particularly curious about the proximate mechanisms that may underlie social interaction such as intention-reading, planning and reciprocity, and how these mediators evolved. Current research focuses on our closest extant relatives, chimpanzees and ...
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- Nichelle D. Reed
- Graduate Assistant
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I'm working with Dr. Steve Churchill on fossil hominin material in relation to the functional morphology of locomotion and reconstructing phylogeny.
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- Alexandra G. Rosati
- Graduate Assistant
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Primates in the wild face complex foraging decisions: choosing the most ‘valuable’ of potential resources to exploit, remembering the location and navigating between widely distributed options, and dealing with conspecifics that are attempting to do the same thing. My research focuses on how animals solve these problems. Specifically, I examine how ...
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- India A. Schneider-Crease
- Graduate Student
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My research focuses on the physiological, behavioral, and environmental drivers of infection in wild primate populations. In particular, I study the immunomodulatory effects of stress and sex hormones in geladas (Theropithecus gelada), and how these factors, along with changes in biodiversity due to anthropogenic land use, contribute to the development ...
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- Jingzhi Tan
- Graduate Assistant
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Humans are incredibly skillful in working with others. We cooperate in large-scale for a long term with unfamiliar strangers even in a costly way. However, how human cooperation evolved remains a mystery. Are we ultra-cooperators because we evolved to be genuinely altruistic to others or because we became more trusting to strangers? I study the psychological mechanisms of cooperation and trust in humans, nonhuman primates and dogs. I take a comparative approach to examine what are ...
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Other
- Amanda J. Lea
- Doctoral Student of Environmental Sciences and Policy and Graduate Student of Evolutionary Anthropology
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- Kendra N. Smyth
- Doctoral Student of Environmental Sciences and Policy and Graduate Student of Evolutionary Anthropology
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Neuro-endocrine and behavioral mechanisms of female dominance and reproductive skew in wild meerkats, Suricata suricatta
Ecological immunology: the causes and consequences of investment in immune function; trade-offs between reproductive effort and immune function
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Faculty & Staff
