PhD student at Texas A&M University. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. MSc in Primate Behavior, CWU. Former research assistant for the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Ellensburg, WA
Joined September 2017
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This week’s ASP student spotlight is Virginia Sanchez, a recent M.S. graduate student of @CentralWashU who studied under Dr. Lori Sheeran. Her research is focused on the conservation of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in West Africa. #FollowFriday #FutureFriday
ALT Virginia wearing a graduation cap and gown smiling at the camera
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Happy 6th birthday to the Queen and biggest trooper ever, Annie! 🐕 if you are able, please donate to our unexpected medical bills. In exchange, I can promise motivational pep talks featuring Annie before all conference presentations and interviews 💕🙏
gofundme.com/f/helping-raise…
ALT A portrait of a brown dog’s face with a light brown beard
Benjamin R Lake, MSc retweeted
Hey #ZooMonitor users, you can now group behaviors together in reports for easier visualization. Video demos and office hours coming up this month if you want to learn more:
zoomonitor.org/support/event…
@ZooMonSupport #animalwelfare #animalbehavior
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i need everyone to know that infant macaques are SO CUTE and wrinkly and special
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Hello twitter!🐦
I am officially on the search for a primatology post doc! 🐒🐒🐒
Please let me know if you or someone you know has a postdoc!
Start date May-August 2024. 📅
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In the strongest terms possible, we condemn these horrific acts of abuse against nonhuman primates and applaud the investigators for bringing this to the public’s attention. The perpetrators who are involved should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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What a passionate talk about how baboons portrayed in historical art can inform ancient human trade routes. Thanks, Nate Dominy! #ASP2023Reno
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Kicking off #ASP2023reno with our opening banquet at the @NatlAutoMuseum! Welcome everyone!
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This week’s ASP student spotlight is Lace Lively (@lace_lively), a recent M.S. graduate of @SaintLeoUniv. She is the recipient of the Animal Welfare Institute Refinement Grant and currently works at the Southwest National Primate Research Center (@txbiomed). #FollowFriday
ALT Lace smiling in graduation regalia in front of a banner labeled ‘Saint Leo University’
Benjamin R Lake, MSc retweeted
For our final grad #StudentSpotlight, we’re spotlighting PAN’s current president, Lilith Frakes! Lilith has worked with her advisor, Dr. Jessica Mayhew, and defended her thesis titled…
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For today’s grad #StudentSpotlight we have Benjamin R. Lake. Ben has worked with his advisor, Dr. Kara Gabriel for the duration of the program & has recently defended his thesis titled “Chimpanzee nasal temperature across a variety of ambient temperatures during resting behavior”
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For our next grad #studentspotlight, we have Josie Callahan. Josie has worked with her advisors, Dr. Lori Sheeran and Dr. Matthew Altman for the past two years.
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Happy finals/graduation week! This week we will be spotlighting some of the students graduating from the Primate Behavior MS program. First up is Payton Livingston! Payton has been working with Dr. Mary Radeke for the duration of this program
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Do you use #ZooMonitor to record animal behavior? The latest @ZooMonSupport video shares 3 ways to record animal visibility, check it out here:
#animalbehavior #animalwelfare #freetech
youtu.be/zJvwpjHBjdM
Benjamin R Lake, MSc retweeted
This week’s ASP student spotlight is Christina Doelling (@crdoelling), a research coordinator for Fisher Center @lincolnparkzoo studying Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
#FollowFriday
ALT Christina is smiling at the camera with flowers in the background
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PAN spent last week doing our favorite thing, watching primates!! Our 2nd annual Woodland Park Zoo trip was a huge success, thanks to @cwuslice along with @woodlandparkzoo for their excellent keeper talks and primate collection and everyone who showed up to have a great day!
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This week’s ASP student spotlight is Desi Peck, an M.S. student in primate behavior at @CentralWashU working with Dr. Kara Gabriel. Desi studies self-recognition in Siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus). #FollowFriday #FutureFriday
ALT Photo of Desi holding her pet blue and gold macaw, named Bernie.