Noah's job is to help every team member achieve their goals. To get to this point he had a steady supply of supportive mentors during–now it's his turn to be the supportive mentor. To learn more about him, check out his CV.
Beth ensures that the lab runs smoothly, assisting with safety training, ordering, equipment maintenance, and developing/improving lab protocols. Her background is in evolutionary biology and population genetics.
Ashlee helps carry out lab experiments and maintains lab equipment. She is passionate about contributing to research that explores the molecular mechanisms of aging and longevity.
Blaise is a molecular geroscientist interested in unraveling the how and why we age differently–focusing on the genetic and environmental modifiers of aging in the epigenome and transcriptome.
Baptiste is interested in the evolutionary underpinnings of aging, and more specifically in understanding variation in the pace of epigenetic and physiological aging within and across individuals.
Elliot is studying if and how aging impacts cell composition and cell-specific gene regulation in the brain using single-nucleus RNA sequencing.
Kelsi is studying what factors affect how brains age at the molecular level–leveraging single-nucleus RNA sequencing data.
Cam is working on understanding how environmental and social factors influence aging and healthspan in nonhuman primates.
Brooklynn is studying the population genetics of gelada monkeys in order to understand the evolution of novel karyotypes and uncover mechanisms of high altitude adaptation.
Belayneh is a wildlife ecologist focusing on the disease ecology and population dynamics of the critically endangered Walia Ibex in Ethiopia, advised by Dr. India Schneider-Crease and Dr. Snyder-Mackler.
An expert behavioral and demographic data collector, Josue has been a vital part of our research team at Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico, for over 10 years. His documents the social relationships and individual differences that define the rhesus macaque population.
With over a decade of experience at Cayo Santiago, Daniel is an expert in behavioral and demographic data collection. His long-term perspective is essential to our research on social relationships and individual differences in the rhesus macaque population.
Eshete has been an integral member of the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project since 2008. As an expert in behavioral and demographic data collection, his decades of field experience are fundamental to our understanding of gelada monkey sociality and adaptation in the Ethiopian highlands.
Setey joined the research team in 2011 and is an expert in the behavioral ecology of the Simien Mountains geladas. His long-term dedication provides the essential longitudinal perspective required for our behavioral ecology research.
We’re always looking for talented researchers–from PhDs to high school students–to join our lab. If you think what we do is interesting and want to be part of our team, please send me an email and I’ll be in touch.
Our Values: We are community, and expect members to contribute to a friendly, safe, equitable, and welcoming environment. Everyone agrees to (1) maintain a collaborative atmosphere and learn from one another, (2) treat one another with respect, combat discrimination, and ensure that everyone is and feels equally welcome and valued, and (3) stand up for one another in the face of bias, harassment, discrimination. We agree to communicate about failures in these commitments, either directly and/or through ASU’s reporting mechanism.
Ambaye was a cornerstone of the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project for 15 years. His expertise in the field and his deep knowledge of the gelada monkey populations were surpassed only by his kindness and dedication to his colleagues.
We dedicate the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project to Ambaye's memory and will always hold him in our hearts.
| Who | What | When | Where are they now? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brianah McCoy | PhD Student | 2020-2025 | Postdoc @ the Carolina Population Center |
| Christine Adjangba | Research Technician | 2022-2024 | Researcher, Columbia University |
| Kenny Chiou | Postdoc | 2017-2024 | Asst. Prof, Biology, UAB |
| Mitchell Sanchez Rosado | PhD Student | 2018-2024 | Researcher, Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals |
| Layla Brassington | MSc Student | 2020-2023 | PhD student in the Lea Lab @ Vanderbilt |
| Sarah van Dijk | Research Technician | 2022-2023 | PhD student in Immunology @ UCSD |
| Corbin Johnson | PhD Student | 2017-2022 | Postdoc in the Jayadev Lab @ UW |
| Marina Watowich | PhD Student | 2017-2022 | Postdoc in the Lea Lab @ Vanderbilt |
| Alice Baniel | Postdoc | 2017-2022 | Researcher at Montpellier, France |
| India Schneider-Crease | Postdoc | 2017-2022 | Asst. Prof. @ ASU https://wildworms.org/ |
| Trisha Zintel | Postdoc | 2020-2022 | Bioinformatics Engineer @ Sage Bionetworks |
| Marta Koperska | Research Technician | 2022 | PhD Student @ Wake Forest University |
| Sarah Ford | Research Scientist | 2020-2022 | Lab Manager, Shapiro Lab, UCSC |
| Viktoria Usova | Lab Technician | 2019-2020 | |
| Sierra Sams | Lab Manager | 2017-2019 | Associate Genomics Solutions Specialist; Roche |
| Arianne Mercer | Lab Technician | 2019 | |
| Grace DeCastro | Lab Technician | 2018-2019 | Research Techician at Benaroya Research Institute |