Current Staff
Anthony Agbor:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research sites at Bakoun, Guinea
Samuel Angedakin:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Ngogo, Uganda
Alejandra Aponte Fernandes:
Project Management for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Bakoun, Guinea
Mimi Arandjelovic (PostDoc):
project coordinator PAN AFRICAN
Emma Baily:
project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Outamba-Kilimi, Sierra Leone
Gregory Brazzola:
project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Foutah-Jalon, Guinea
Theophile Desarmeaux:
project Management for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Lope, Gabon
Henk Eshuis:
project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Nathia, Senergal
Yisa Ginath:
project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Ebo Forest, Cameroon
Paolo Gratton (Postdoc):
reconstructing paleo-environmental conditions across Africa by multi-species phylogenetic and -geographic analysis
Stefanie Heinicke (MSc student):
semi-automated passive acoustic monitoring of primates in the Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire – potentials as a new non-invasive monitoring method for the conservation of primates
Sorrel Jones:
project Management for Pan African temporary research site in East Nimba Nature Reserve, Liberia
Jessica Junker (Postdoc):
setup of a Pan-African ape trend estimation program
Ammie Kalan (Postdoc):
acoustic monitoring of chimpanzees and other primate species
Célestin Kouakou:
bio-monitoring program officer
Hjalmar Kühl:
project co-director and supervisor
Juan Lapuente:
project Management for Pan African temporary research site in Mt. Kopé and Djouroutou, Ivory Coast
Giovanna Maretti:
project Management for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Campo Ma’an Cameroon
Sergio Marrocoli (PhD student):
sustainable forestry and ape conservation
Maureen McCarthy (Postdoc):
The relationship between socio-demography and behavioral diversity in chimpanzees
Amelia Meier:
project Management for Pan African temporary research site in Bossematié, Ivory Coast
Luz Calia Miramontes Sequeiros:
project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Mt. Sangbé and Comoé, Ivory Coast
Viktoria Oelze (Postdoc):
applying stable isotope analysis to African great apes and developing novel tools for the detection of meat, insect and nut consumption
Lucy Jane Ormsby:
project Management for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Korup, Cameroon
Tenekwetche Sop:
Data manager for IUCN SSC A.P.E.S. database
Alexander Tickle:
project Management for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Comoe (GEPRENAF), Ivory Coast
Ruppert Vimal du Monteil (Postdoc):
spatial planning and scientific trajectory in Apes conservation
Maria Voigt (PhD student):
indicators of sustainability in ape habitat
Erin Wessling (PhD student):
ecological, physiological and energetic constraints regarding the distribution of the West African chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in southeastern Senegal, West Africa
Former Staff
Karin Bahrke:
Analyse Langzeitvideo- und audioaufnahmen im Rahmen des Saisbeco-Projekts
Gregory Brazzola:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Foutah-Jalon, Guinea
Genevieve Campbell:
Ph.D. 2006-2011,
Applying the IUCN/SSC A.P.E.S. (Ape Populations, Environments, and Surveys) database for conservation-oriented research
Position now: Consultant - Rio Tinto Iron Ore Simandou Project at SNC-Lavalin Environment, Montreal, Canada
Katherine Corogenes:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Budongo, Uganda 2012
Position now: PhD Department of Primatology, MPI EVA
Karsten Dierks:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Bili, DRC 2012-2013
Position now: camp manager Lui Kotale DRC
Henk Eshuis:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Kayan, Senergal
Thursten Cleveland Hicks:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Bili, DRC 2012
Position now: guest scientist Dept of Primatology MPI EVA
Jessica Junker:
Liberia Nation-wide survey
Kevin Lee:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Bwindi, Uganda 2012-2013
Vera Leinert:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Sapo, Liberia
Menladi Mama Lormie:
Ph.D. 2012-2013,
Factors influencing large mammal distribution and biodiversity in Liberia – implications for future conservation actions
Yasmin Möbius:
Principal Research Coordinator 2007-2012 Adaptive flexibility in African Great Apescurrent position: Maternity leave
Mizuki Murai:
PAN AFRICAN Project coordinator 2012
Position now: working for WWF UK
Sonia Nicholl:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at La Belgique, Cameroon 2012-2013
Viktoria Oelze:
Postdoc, 2011-2013
Applying stable isotope analysis to African great apes and developing novel tools for the detection of meat, insect and nut consumptionPosition now: Postdoc, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Luz Calia Miramontes Sequeiros:
Project Management for Pan African temporary research site at Mt. Sangbé, Ivory Coast
Sandra Tranquilli:
Ph.D. 2008-2012,
Interspecies transmission of pathogens to wild Chimpanzees Position now: unknown
Clement Tweh:
Ph.D. 2012-2013
Influence of socio-economic dynamics on biodiversity levels and chimpanzee densities across Liberia
Position now: WCF Liberia
Oliver Wagner:
Technical staff 2010-2013
Development of a semi-automatic audio system for the identification of species and individuals
Louwrens du Toit:
Database developer 2010-2013
IUCN/SSC A.P.E.S. database and A.P.E.S. Portal