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Research Staff and Students

Dr. Kate Arnold University of St Andrews ka11@st-andrews.ac.uk
Vocal communication in putty-nosed monkeys, Gashaka Gumti, Nigeria.
 
Andre Barta University of Stirling a.v.barta@stir.ac.uk
Chimpanzee ecology in a human dominated landscape.
 
Verity Bowell University of Stirling vab2@stir.ac.uk
Positive reinforcement training.
 
Stephanie Braccini University of St Andrews snb7@st-andrews.ac.uk
Handedness in chimpanzees.
 
Esther Clarke University of St Andrews ec49@st-andrews.ac.uk
Vocal communication of gibbons at Khao Yai, Thailand.
 
Zanna Clay University of St Andrews zc37@st-and.ac.uk
Vocal communication in bonobos.
 
Susana Costa University of Stirling scc3@stir.ac.uk
Human perception of chimpanzees.
 
Dr. Cathy Crockford University of St Andrews cc211@st-and.ac.uk
Cognitive underpinnings of social living in wild chimpanzees.
 
Cristiane Cäsar Damas University of St Andrews ccd9@st-andrews.ac.uk
Vocal communication in titi monkeys.
 
Lewis Dean University of St Andrews lgd1@st-andrews.ac.uk
Cumulative cultural evolution in primates.
 
Marietta Dindo University of St Andrews md285@st-andrews.ac.uk
Experimentally initiated traditions in monkeys.
 
Dr Valerie Dufour University of St Andrews Valerie.dufour@c-strasbourg.fr
Cognition and communication in capuchins and squirrel monkeys, Living Links Centre.
 
Vicki Fishlock University of Stirling v.l.fishlock@stir.ac.uk
Forest Elephants in Central Africa: Sociality and Risk.
 
Jack Griffey University of Stirling j.a.griffey__@stir.ac.uk
Comparative investigation into primate facial preferences.
 
Thibaud Gruber University of St Andrews tg227@st-andrews.ac.uk
Causal cognition in wild chimpanzees.
 
Katie Hall University of St Andrews kh356@st-andrews.ac.uk
Chimpanzee understanding of attention and knowledge.
 
Dr. Suzanne Held University of St Andrews suzanne.held@bristol.ac.uk
Cognitive bases of competitive behaviour and information transfer in the domestic pig.
 
Betsy Herrelko University of Stirling elizabeth.herrelko@stir.ac.uk
Chimpanzee cognition.
 
Verena Kersken University of St Andrews vk29@st-andrews.ac.uk
Vocal behaviour in prelinguistic infants.
 
Michelle Klailova University of Stirling mk29@stir.ac.uk
Western gorilla behaviour (in captivity and the wild).
 
Marion Laporte University of St Andrews ml259@st-andrews.ac.uk
Social communication and development in free-ranging chimpanzees.
 
Louise Lock University of Stirling l.c.lock@stir.ac.uk
Nesting and nocturnal behaviours of captive chimpanzees.
 
Elainie Madsen University of S. Andrews eam11@st-andrews.ac.uk
Gaze following and attention in captive chimpanzees.
 
Jessica Mayhew University of S. Andrews jm973@st-andrews.ac.uk
Social play and communication in gorillas and other primates.
 
Adam Miligan University of Stirling a.d.milligan@stir.ac.uk
Laterality in primates.
 
Ailsa Millen University of Stirling a.f.millen@stir.ac.uk.
Cumulative cultural evolution in humans.
 
Shilpa Mody University of St Andrews louisa.tasker@stir.ac.uk
Artificial grammar learning in nonhuman primates.
 
Blake Morton University of Stirling morton.blake@gmail.com
Gorilla cognitive maps, brain evolution, foraging strategies.
 
Violaine Paresi University of St Andrews vcmp@st-andrews.ac.uk
Mother/infant communication in humans and monkeys.
 
Elizabeth Price University of St Andrews ep98@st-andrews.ac.uk
Social learning in primates.
 
Anna Roberts University of Stirling anna.roberts@stir.ac.uk
Communication in primates.
 
April Ruiz University of St Andrews ar354@st-andrews.ac.uk
Understanding of attention in monkeys.
 
Anne Schel University of St Andrews as564@st-andrews.ac.uk
Vocal behaviour of colobus monkeys.
 
Lou Tasker University of Stirling  
Captive primate welfare and quality of science.
 
Claire Watson University of Stirling c.f.watson@stir.ac.uk
Social learning in monkeys.
 
Dr. Roman Wittig University of St Andrews rmw12@st-and.ac.uk
Primate minds and the foundations for language.
 

 

Drawings of SPRG primate subjects by Priscilla Barrett