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
Grace completed her undergraduate degree at Emory University in 2025, majoring in Anthropology & Human Biology with a minor in Global Health. She joined Dr. Lonsdorf’s lab in her second year, working with health data and creating health records for individual chimpanzees, before transitioning to the mother-infant data set. She is interested in examining risks […]
Elise Isakov
Elise completed her undergraduate degree at Emory in 2025 with a B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology as well as a Minor in Anthropology. She was initially drawn to this lab and its work due to her interest in behavioral and neurological similarities between nonhuman and human primates. However, her interests have grown to encompass […]
Sarah Kovalaskas
I have broad interests in the evolution of primate social behavior, especially as it relates to the origins of human cognition and culture. Over the past ten years, I have been involved in research with humans and several different primate species including Bolivian gray-eared titi monkeys (Callicebus donacophilus) in Bolivia, bonobos (Pan paniscus) in the […]
Bre Myers
I’m interested in behavioral strategies that may influence infection risk or severity of disease in African great apes, such as avoiding other individuals or groups, avoiding contaminants, and ingestion of plants or other substances that mitigate the risk and/or symptoms of infection. I would like to explore this through the lens of life history and […]