Spring 2023 highlights

5/9/2023

Looking back at our achievements this semester, here are some of the highlights ... now we're off to fieldwork

Awards

Anaid and Nancia were awarded research grants from The Rufford Foundation for their PhD projects in Mexico and Madagascar, respectively
Kat and Vero were selected as Rocca fellows by the Center for African Studies
Rindra was awarded a Primate Action Fund grant
Vero was selected as an International Peace Scholar by the Philanthropic Educational Organization, and received Outstanding GSI Award for her excellent work as a graduate student instructor in IB.

Varecia variegata editorum in Ranomafana National Park. Photo by Onja Razafindratsima

Publications

Onja and colleagues reviewed the importance of regenerating forests for primates in anthropogenic landscapes in this book chapter

Others

Kat passed her Qualifying Exam in April and is now a doctoral candidate
Diary Randriamora joined our group as a mentee through the National Geographic Society STEM Field Assistant Program
Rindra Nantenaina, a PhD student at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar spent five weeks as a Visiting Student in the lab in Berkeley.

Representative members and friends of the lab, Spring 2023. From left to right: Asher, Mamy-Fy Rakotondrainibe, Anaid Cardenas Navarrete, Kat Culbertson, Rindra Nantenaina, Jade Tonos, Ella Matsuda, Onja Razafindratsima, Kova