Emily Woodall
I am an undergraduate student at Emory College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology with a minor in Neuroethics. As an undergraduate research assistant in the Anthropology Primatology Lab, I work with health data sets, checking and analyzing information to support ongoing research. My research interests span from social behavior to animal […]
Cade Quinto
I am a sophomore in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences. Currently, I am a volunteer who works primarily with weekly and daily chimp health data sets. I hope to work more with the data to understand the intricacies of primatology better.
Jackie Zhou
I am an undergraduate student majoring in Anthropology and Human Biology with a minor in Global Health, Culture, and Society. I learned about the lab from reading the review on same-sex behavior in non-human primates and felt inspired by innovations in historically stigmatized anthropological research as a strong tool on enhancing the voice of marginalized […]
Emi Fernandez
Emi completed her undergraduate degree at Emory University in 2024, with a major in Psychology and a minor in Anthropology. She became interested in Primatology while taking Primate and Animal Behavior classes at Emory and grew a particular interest in observational learning and tool use. Her focus within the lab was the stigmatization and development […]
Phoenix Jarrett
As a senior majoring in Anthropology and Human Biology with a minor in Spanish, I’ve become fascinated by the relationship between health and behavior through my studies in Psychology, Biology, and Anthropology. In the lab, I’m especially intrigued by how hormones affect behavior. Additionally, I am interested in the use of technology, like AI, in […]
Samantha (Sammy) Lai
Sammy completed her undergraduate degree at Emory in 2024, majoring in Anthropology and Human Biology and minoring in Music on the pre-med track. Her interests within the APE lab included health data – monitoring the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park and applying this to human health as she continued to pursue a career in the […]
Elizabeth Whiteside
I am a senior honors thesis candidate in the SoCAP lab under Dr. Marcela Benítez. My thesis is investigating deceptive estrus behaviors and the effects of aging on estrogen production in female tufted capuchins. I am an Anthropology and Human Biology (B.S.) major and have been with the SoCAP lab since 2021 where I have […]
Grace Cayless
I am a senior at Emory, majoring in Anthropology & Human Biology with a minor in Global Health. I joined Dr. Lonsdorf’s lab in my second year, working with health data and creating health records for individual chimpanzees, before transitioning to the mother-infant data set. Currently, I’m interested in examining risks faced by chimpanzee infants […]
Khuyen Bui
I graduated from Emory University in December 2023 with a double major in Anthropology & Human Biology and Spanish on the pre-med track. My backgrounds in anthropology, biology and health motivate my interests in primate health and evolutionary biology with applications to human public health. I currently lead an independent project investigating respiratory outbreaks in […]
Arianna Mistry
I am interested in animal behavior, the underlying neuroendocrinology of social behaviors, and primate health. As a graduate from the University of Michigan with a double major in BCN and Environmental Studies, my interests lie at the intersection of behavior and environmentalism. I previously completed my senior project with the UM Cognitive Evolution Group, where […]