Our Team
Photo: C. Martinez
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Dr. Linda Fedigan
Founder and Director of the Santa Rosa Primate Project (1983-present), President and Director of the SRPCF (2022-present).
Linda is a Professor Emerita of Anthropology and former Canada Research Chair at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta (CA).
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Dr. Katharine Jack
Director of the Santa Rosa Primate Project (2004-present) and Founder, Director, Secretary, and Treasurer of the SRPCF (2022-present).
Kathy is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs and a Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) .
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Dr. Amanda Melin
Director of the Santa Rosa Primate Project (2011-present) and Director of the SRPCF (2022-present).
Amanda is an Associate Professor of Anthropology & Archaeology and Medical Genetics and Canada Research Chair at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta (CA).
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Dr. Fernando Campos
Director of the Santa Rosa Primate Project (2023–present), and frequent collaborator for many years prior.
Fernando is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio (USA).
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Saúl Cheves
Field Project Manager of the Santa Rosa Primate Project (2018-present) and Director of the SRPCF (2022-present).
Saúl has been a member of the Santa Rosa Primate Project since 2011 when he started as a field research assistant.
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Jeremy Hogan
Research Associate with the Santa Rosa Primate Project (2015-present) and Director of the SRPCF (2022-present).
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Suheidy Romero Morales
Field Project and Intern Coordinator with the Santa Rosa Primate Project (2019-present).
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Ronald Lopez
Field Research Staff with the Santa Rosa Primate Project (2017-present).
Our local collaborators, field team, students, and mentees that help make this all possible…
Team Microbiome, 2022. Left to right: Megan Mah, Alice Poirer, Shasta Webb, Michelle Reed
Suheidy Romero Morales (left) and Dr. Amanda Melin (right) logging samples
Julia Casorso videotaping foraging behavior in the field
Allegra DePasquale (front left), Megan Mah (back left) and Cynthia (right) collecting plant samples to collect data on fruit and pith traits
Saúl Cheves (left) and Catalina Chaves-Cordero (right) processing samples for DNA sequencing
2019 Field Team participating in an event with ¡Quiero Dejar Una Huella Verde!
Nelle Kulick (left) and Dr. Katharine Jack (right) collecting urine samples for chemical analysis
Alice Poirer's first urine sample collection on Odor Team. Go Alice!
Team excited for our 2022 park-wide population census of capuchin and howler monkeys
Odor Team ready for the day! From left to right, front to back: Marcos Alvarez Garita, Alice Poirer, Suheidy Romero Morales, Giulia Severino, Jonathan Wilkins, Yarenis Abella
All smiles after a long day in the forest! Left to right: Saúl, Ronald, and Suheidy
Margaret Buehler running ELISAs in the field laboratory at the Capuchinos de Taboga Project. Thank you for having us!
Suheidy teaching urine sample collection methods in the field
Marcos Alvarez Garita giving a presentation on our work to a class of local university students
Julia Casorso using the mechanical tester to measure fruit traits
Nick Chapoy with his first collected urine sample on Odor Team. Way to go, Nick!
Team Chemical Communication, 2021. Left to right: Catalina Chaves-Cordero, Nelle Kulick, Gabe Benson.
Yarenis Abella updating sample logs after performing fecal hormone extractions in the lab
Suheidy, Nick, and Wil calibrating the laser box we use to non-invasively measure body parts of alpha and subordinate male capuchins from photographs
Team Foraging and Color Vision, 2019. Left to right: JC, Allegra, Megan, and Cynthia
Dani Salazar collecting a urine sample in the field. Awesome work, Dani!
The team was all smiles as Marcos collected the first urine sample of the season!
Team practicing monkey identifications using natural markings (e.g., differences in fur and skin colorations, scars, broken digits)
Odor Team 2022. Left to right: Nick Chapoy, Nelle Kulick, Marcos Alvarez Garita, Dr. Katharine Jack, Giulia Severino, Suheidy Romero Morales
Saúl taking a break while searching for monkeys, Census 2022
Julia Casorso using photogrammetry methods to collect data on foraging behavior
Dr. Katharine Jack teaching urine sample collection methods in the field