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Current Lab Members

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Anette AbrahamAnette Abraham (technician):
Chimpanzee, gorilla and macague genotyping projects

Photo from MimiMimi Arandjelovic (graduate student):
Y-chromosome analysis of gorillas

Photo from JyotsnaJyotsna Bhagavatula (post-doc):
Genetic analysis of macaques

Photo from Yi-ChiaoYi-Chiao Chan (graduate student, DAAD Fellow):
Gibbon population histories

Claudia LangKevin Langergraber (Humboldt Fellowship post-doc):
Genetic and behavioral analysis of wild chimpanzees

Claudia LangClaudia Lang (student):
Parentage in Karisoke mountain gorillas

Grit SchubertGrit Schubert (graduate student):
Population genetics of Taï chimpanzees and Bonobos.

Photo from HeikeHeike Siedel (technician):
High-throughput sequencing in apes, methods development

Photo from LindaLinda Vigilant (Principal Investigator):
Supervision and development of all lab projects


Former Lab Members

Richard Bergl:
Cross River Gorilla population and habitat viability analysis
current position: Curator of Conservation and Research. North Carolina Zoological Park

Brenda Bradley, Ph.D. 2003, Post-doc 2003-2004:
Molecular Ecology of Wild Gorillas

current position: Assistant professor, Yale University

Nadin Eckhardt, Diplom (M.Sc) 2004:
Microsatellite genotyping of mountain gorillas (Karisoke Research Center), currently field assistant with the Taï Chimpanzee project

Katerina Guschanski, Ph.D. 2008:
Population genetics of Bwindi mountain gorillas
current position: Post-doctoral fellow, Imperial College

Tara Harris: (Humboldt Fellowship Post-doc 2006 - 2008)
Male resource defense in primates
current position: Conservation Biologist, Minnesota Zoo

Franziska Kanter-Hermsdorf, Diplom (M.Sc) 2006:
Nuclear sequence variation in chimpanzees

Dieter Lukas (Ph.D. 2008):
Comparative study of genetic variation in relation tp social structures of animals
current position: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Cambridge

Laura Muniz (Ph.D. 2008):
Genetic analyses of wild groups of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)
current position: Post-doctoral fellow, research group on primate kin selection

Anthony Mutebi Nsubuga, Ph.D. 2005:
Genetic Analysis of the Social Structure in Wild Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

current position: Post-doctoral fellow, Conservation and Research for Endangered Species (CRES) (Zoological Society of San Diego)

Olaf Thalmann (Ph.D. 2006, Post-doc 2006 - 2008):
Temporal dynamics of gorilla population genetic variation
current position: Post-doctoral fellow, UCLA

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