Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• International Max Planck Research School, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
  PhD in Primatology/Evolutionary Anthropology, expected completion 2015
  Title of Thesis: Determinants of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) range limit and constraints in the West African savanna-woodland
  Advisors: Drs. Hjalmar Kühl and Christophe Boesch
• Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa:
  Masters of Arts in Anthropology: Biological Anthropology, August 2009-2011
  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate, GIS Multidisciplinary Graduate Program, August 2010-August 2011
  Title of Thesis: Rank-dependent effects on travel and ranging patterns of savanna-dwelling chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Fongoli, Senegal.
  Advisor: Dr. Jill Pruetz
  
• Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa:
  Bachelor of Science: Animal Ecology, Wildlife Option, August 2005-May 2009
  Minor: Anthropology
  Advisor: Dr. W. Sue Fairbanks

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012-Present	PhD Research, Kedougou and Bakel Regions, Sénégal
2010	Student Researcher, Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project, Sénégal
2009	Research Assistant, Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project, Sénégal
2007-2009	Research Assistant, Great Ape Trust of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
2007-2009	Research Assistant, Dr. Jill Pruetz, Iowa State University
2007	Primate Behavior and Conservation course, Danta: Association for Conservation of the Tropics, El Zota Biological Field Station, Costa Rica
2006-2007	Volunteer, Wildlife Care Clinic, Iowa State University
2006	Intern, Minnesota Zoological Gardens, Apple Valley, Minnesota