Strier Lab
Primate Behavioral Ecology and Conservation; UW-Madison Department of Anthropology
Northern Muriqui with baby
Brown Howler Monkey with baby
A black-and-white snub-nosed monkey sitting in a tree.

People

Lab Members

Dr. Karen B. Strier

Position title: Vilas Research Professor & Irven DeVore Professor, Department of Anthropology

Email: kbstrier@wisc.edu

Fabio Feldmann

Position title: Tinker Visiting Professor of Anthropology

Email: ffeldmann@wisc.edu

Christine Grebe (she/her/hers)

Position title: PhD Candidate, Department of Integrative Biology

Email: cdgrebe@wisc.edu

Maddie Thall (she/her/hers)

Position title: PhD Student, Department of Anthropology

Email: methall@wisc.edu

Collaborators in Brazil*

Dr. Sergio L. Mendes

Position title: Professor, Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Director, Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlantica

Co-coordinator of the Muriqui Project of Caratinga

Director of the Muriqui Project of Espírito Santo

Dr. Carla B. Possamai

Position title: PhD and Post-doc, Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Participant on the Muriqui Project of Caratinga since 2001

Currently collaborates with data management and project administration

Fernanda P. Tabacow

Position title: Masters, Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Participant on the Muriqui Project of Caratinga since 2005

Currently collaborates with training new students and budget management

Dr. Fabiano R. de Melo

Position title: Professor Visitante, Depto. Eng. Florestal – UFV

Collaborator on the Muriqu Project of Caratinga since 2012, when he spent a year as a post doc at UW
Currently coordinates and collaborates on the Muriqui Projects in Minas Gerais, Brazil

*Annual field team photos & other news on Facebook: Projeto Muriqui de Caratinga / Muriqui Project of Caratinga

Lab Alumni

Ilianna E. Anise (she/her/hers)

Position title: M.S., Department of Integrative Biology

Mary Dinsmore

Position title: PhD, Environment and Resources, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Irene Duch Latorre (she/her/hers)

Position title: M.A., Department of Anthropology

Rebekah J. Ellis

Position title: M.S., Department of Anthropology

AJ Hardie (they/them/theirs)

Position title: Ph.D., Department of Anthropology

Jacob B. Kraus (he/him/his)

Position title: Ph.D., Department of Integrative Biology

Email: jbkraus2@wisc.edu

Lab Associates

Dr. Margaret Bryer, Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

MBED Alumni: Brazil

  • Fabiana Alves Pascoaline, 2011-2017

MBED Alumni: University of Wisconsin – Madison

  • Gaby Johnson, Spring 2023-Fall 2023
  • Emma Speck-Wayne, Spring 2022-Fall 2023
  • Kacie Murray, Spring 2022-Spring 2023
  • Isla Emmen, Spring 2022
  • Marina Kerekes, Spring 2022
  • Alexandra Latimer, Spring 2022
  • Elizabeth Ng, Spring 2022
  • Jacob Zinn, Spring 2022

Spring 2020-Fall 2021: Covid-19

  • Viktorie Menna, Spring 2020
  • Kate Buettell, Fall 2019
  • Hanah Glimore, Fall 2019
  • Taylore Dee Haag, Fall 2019- Spring 2020
  • Lily Houtman, Fall 2019-Spring 2020
  • Alexandra Steffeck, Fall 2016-Summer 2017
  • Chandler Adams, Fall 2016-Spring 2017
  • McKensey Miller, Fall 2016-Spring 2017
  • Rebecca Wescott, Fall 2016-Spring 2017
  • Rhiannon Belcher, Fall 2016
  • Breanne Cyr, Fall 2016
  • Salvatore DiVite, Fall 2016
  • Julia Frangul, Fall 2016, Fall 2017-Spring 2022
  • Riley Hamrick, Fall 2016
  • Delaney Jacobson, Fall 2016
  • Bridget Krage, Fall 2016
  • Frances Meger, Fall 2016
  • Rashea Minor, Fall 2016
  • Brad Morgan, Fall 2016
  • Alexis Rivera, Fall 2016
  • Claire Viellieux, Fall 2016
  • Nathan Wong, Fall 2016
  • Katrina Larkin, 2015-2016
  • Ashley Sapeija, 2015-2016
  • Kara Weiss, 2015-2016