Lambert Lab & Working Group
Dr. Joanna Lambert
Principle Investigator (Postdoc, University of Florida; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MS & BS, Northern Illinois University)
Research: Conservation, evolutionary ecology, and nutritional biology of primates and carnivorans; Africa; North America
Martha Lyke
Postdoctoral Researcher (PhD, University of Texas; MS & BS, University of Northeastern Illinois).
Research: Population genetics of the coyotes of the Greater Denver-Boulder Metropolitan Area
Amanda Ellwanger
PhD student (MS, San Diego State University; BS, Emory University)
Research: Human – nonhuman primate coexistence and conflict in South Africa
Emily Beam
PhD student (BS, College of Charleston)
Research: Urban coyote behavioral repertoires and interactions with humans; wolf-dog-coyote hybridization
Zachary Schwartz
Honors Undergraduate (Environmental Studies, CU Boulder)
Research: Human attitudes toward and perceptions of coyote boldness and aggression in urban centers
Andrea Harmon
Honors Undergraduate (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; Geography, CU Boulder)
Research: Spatial analysis of primate seed dispersal and animal ecosystem services in Afrotropical forest regeneration
Richard Mutegeki
Field Project Manager, Uganda (MS, Mountains of the Moon University; BSc Makerere University, Certificate in Forestry)
Melanie Hill
Media and Outreach Coordinator (MA, University of Colorado Boulder; BS, Kent State University)
Research: Human – black bear coexistence in urban Colorado, with a focus on community engagement and visual storytelling (see her Bears & People Project here)
Former Students: 14 PhD | 15 MSc | multiple Honors theses
Former Postdocs
Dr. Inza Kone, 2009 recipient of the Global Future of Nature Award (granted by IUCN, presented by Sir David Attenborough) and 2012 Whitley Award. now Lecturer of Zoology, University of Cocody, Ivory Coast.
Dr. Paula Pebsworth, now at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India
Dr. Melissa Reisland, now at National Zoo, Washington DC
Key Collaborators
Dr. Stewart Breck, Colorado State University and USDA/APHIS National Wildlife Research Center
Dr. Joel Berger, Wildlife Conservation Society and Colorado State University
Dr. PJ Perry, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Chris Schell, University of Washington – Tacoma
Dr. Jessica Rothman, CUNY – Hunter College & New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP)
Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose, North Carolina State University
Dr. Pierre-Michel Forget, Muséum National Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Dr. Vivek Fellner, North Carolina State University
Dr. Colin Chapman, George Washington University
Dr. Tom Struhsaker, Duke University
Dr. Matt Sponheimer, CU Boulder
Dr. Oliver Paine, CU Boulder