Primate Evolutionary Biology and Behavioral Ecology Laboratory/Primate Molecular Ecology Laboratory

We are interested in having motivated, responsible undergraduate research assistants join our lab group to assist with various ongoing projects. The focus of our research group’s work is on the comparative evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates, particularly ones from tropical South and Central America, Africa, and Madagascar. Our team’s projects utilize a variety of approaches (including field behavioral observation, wildlife endocrinology, computational modeling, and molecular genetics) to study aspects of the mating systems, social interactions, diets, and phylogenetic relationships of a range of primate species. We conduct both field and laboratory research. Our fieldwork is conducted on wild primates in tropical forests, and our laboratory work uses biological samples collected noninvasively from those animals to study their physiology and genetics relatedness. We have a variety of projects currently underway in our lab, and we actively collaborate with other research groups at UT and beyond. We are looking for undergraduate research assistants who will be able to help with a variety of tasks. Assistants will have the opportunity to work with graduate students, postdocs, and the PI in the lab and on field data entry and can expect to gain valuable laboratory and data management skills.