I am a broadly trained biological anthropologist with specialties in comparative human and non-human primate evolutionary genetics, primate biogeography and primate behavior and ecology with a special interest in African biodiversity.   My main research interests focus on how patterns of genetic diversity among different primates have been influenced by variation in behavior, demography and geographical distribution.  I am also particularly interested in comparing levels and patterns of extant genetic variation among non-human primates and diverse modern humans to understand the evolutionary forces (mutation, migration, drift, selection) that shape and maintain genetic variation in contemporary populations.  To address these questions, my research includes both laboratory and fieldwork components.