Charles L Nunn
Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health
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Selected Grants
The Impact of Land Use Change on Transmission Potential Networks and Disease Spread in Rural Madagascar awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2024
Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI) 2020 awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Principal Investigator). 2020
Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute awarded by American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2019
One Health Innovation Fellowships for Zoonotic Disease Research in Mongolia awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2013 to 2019
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Drought, Dehydration, and Disease: Water as a Selective Pressure in the Evolution of Primate Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
Collaborative Research: The Role of Watering Holes in Concentrating Parasites in a Changing Climate awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
2018 Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute Workshop awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Principal Investigator). 2018
A Cleanup for Survival: Effects of Tourist Waste Management on Gelada Monkey Health in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia awarded by Primate Conservation, Inc. (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2018
Mining the Gaps: Integrating Primate Comparative Biology and Human Evolution awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2018
TriCEM Showcase awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2018
Pages
McNamara, P., et al. Evolution of sleep: Phylogenetic and functional perspectives. Vol. 9780521894975, 2009, pp. 1–277. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642074. Full Text
Nunn, C. L., and L. Zhu. “Phylogenetic prediction to identify “evolutionary singularities”.” Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Application in Evolutionary Biology, 2014, pp. 481–514. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-43550-2_21. Full Text
McNamara, P., et al. Introduction. Vol. 9780521894975, 2009, pp. 1–11. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642074.001. Full Text
Capellini, I., et al. “Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture.” Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives, vol. 9780521894975, 2009, pp. 12–23. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642074.002. Full Text
Nunn, C. L., et al. “Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective.” Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives, vol. 9780521894975, 2009, pp. 123–44. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511642074.007. Full Text
Teitelbaum, C. S., et al. “A comparison of diversity estimators applied to a database of host–parasite associations.” Ecography, vol. 43, no. 9, Sept. 2020, pp. 1316–28. Scopus, doi:10.1111/ecog.05143. Full Text
Werner, C. S., and C. L. Nunn. “Effect of urban habitat use on parasitism in mammals: A meta-analysis: Urban Habitat Use and Mammal Parasitism.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 287, no. 1927, May 2020. Scopus, doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0397rspb20200397. Full Text
Amoroso, C. R., et al. “Temporal patterns of waterhole use as a predator avoidance strategy.” Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 101, no. 2, May 2020, pp. 574–81. Scopus, doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa020. Full Text
Werner, Courtney S., and Charles L. Nunn. “Effect of urban habitat use on parasitism in mammals: a meta-analysis.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences, vol. 287, no. 1927, May 2020, p. 20200397. Epmc, doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0397. Full Text
Amoroso, C. R., et al. “Water Availability Impacts Habitat Use by Red-Fronted Lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons): An Experimental and Observational Study.” International Journal of Primatology, vol. 41, no. 1, Feb. 2020, pp. 61–80. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s10764-020-00136-9. Full Text
Gogarten, Jan F., et al. “Metabarcoding of eukaryotic parasite communities describes diverse parasite assemblages spanning the primate phylogeny.” Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 20, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 204–15. Epmc, doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13101. Full Text
Samson, D. R., et al. “Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Group Sleep and Pathogen-Vector Avoidance: Experimental Support for the Encounter-Dilution Effect.” International Journal of Primatology, vol. 40, no. 6, Dec. 2019, pp. 647–59. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s10764-019-00111-z. Full Text
Samson, D. R., et al. “Correction to: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Group Sleep and Pathogen-Vector Avoidance: Experimental Support for the Encounter-Dilution Effect (International Journal of Primatology, (2019), 40, 6, (647-659), 10.1007/s10764-019-00111-z).” International Journal of Primatology, vol. 40, no. 6, Dec. 2019, p. 660. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s10764-020-00129-8. Full Text
Amoroso, C. R., et al. “Fecal contamination, parasite risk, and waterhole use by wild animals in a dry deciduous forest.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 73, no. 11, Nov. 2019. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s00265-019-2769-6. Full Text
Samson, David R., et al. “Sleep influences cognitive performance in lemurs.” Animal Cognition, vol. 22, no. 5, Sept. 2019, pp. 697–706. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s10071-019-01266-1. Full Text
Pages
Herrera, James P., and Charles L. Nunn. “Coevolution and coextinction of primates and their parasites.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 168, WILEY, 2019, pp. 102–102.
Amoroso, Caroline R., et al. “Water availability, primate ranging behavior, and implications for parasite transmission: an experimental and observational study of wild red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) in a dry deciduous forest.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 168, WILEY, 2019, pp. 6–6.
Miller, I. F., et al. “Quantifying human uniqueness through phylogenetic comparative methods.” American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 30, no. 2, WILEY, 2018.
Amoroso, Caroline R., and Charles L. Nunn. “Human parasitism in a comparative context: Are humans exceptionally parasitized?” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 162, WILEY, 2017, pp. 99–100.
McCabe, Collin M., et al. “Unwelcome Guests: Human-rodent Commensalism and its Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transfer.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 162, WILEY, 2017, pp. 280–81.
Vining, Alexander Q., and Charles L. Nunn. “A comparative analysis of evolutionary changes in human physiological traits.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 324–324.
Trentadue, Taylor P., et al. “Investigating musculoskeletal health and limb biomechanics in Mandena, Madagascar: A quantitative approach to understanding normal and pathological gait patterns.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 317–18.
Samson, David R., et al. “Sleep duration, quality and timing in a non-electric population in Madagascar.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 278–278.
Nunn, Charles L., and David R. Samson. “Shining Evolutionary Light on Human Sleep: Sleep Intensity and Human Cognition.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 242–242.
Amoroso, Caroline R., et al. “Parasite risk influences the water preferences of lemurs.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 159, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 79–79.