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Education
2003-present
Ph.D. student, Department of Comparative Human Development,
University of Chicago
2003 M.A. in Human
Development, University of Chicago
2000 B.Sc. in Zoology,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Relevant
Employment
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2001 |
Assistant Veterinarian, UW
Veterinary Hospital, Madison, WI |
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2000 |
Assistant Veterinarian,
Private Clinic, Madison, WI |
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Research
Experience
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2005- |
Sexual selection and mating
system of wild howler monkeys |
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2003 |
Sexual behavior and
and mate choice in rhesus
macaques on Cayo Santiago |
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2002-2003 |
Sexual behavior and communication in captive
Guinea baboons |
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2002 |
Field ecology of
white-faced capuchin monkeys on Barro Colorado
Island, Panama |
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1999-2001 |
Sexual selection in free-ranging small mouth bass |
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1999 |
Vocal communication in captive cotton-top tamarins |
Awards and honors
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2006 |
Organization for Tropical
Studies Research Grant ($ 3,000) |
| 2005 |
Hinds Fund
Research Grant, Committee on Evolutionary
Biology, University of Chicago ($ 1,500) |
| 2005 |
Overseas
Dissertation Fellowship, Social Sciences
Division, University of Chicago ($ 1,000) |
| 2002 |
Hinds
Fund Research Grant, Committee on Evolutionary
Biology, University of Chicago ($ 1,250) |
| 2002 |
Tinker
Travel Fellowship, Center for Latin-American
Studies, University of Chicago ($ 1,000) |
| 2001-04 |
Graduate Fellowship - University of Chicago |
| 2000 |
Golden Key
National Honor Society |
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1998 |
Honor and Dean’s List |
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1997 |
Honor and Dean’s List |
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1997 |
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society |
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Scientific Publications
Maestripieri, D., Leoni, M., Raza, S.
S., Hirsch, E. J., Whitham, J. C.
(2005).
Female copulation calls in Guinea baboons: Evidence
for post-copulatory female choice? International
Journal of Primatology, 26: 737-758.
Roney, J. R., Whitham, J. C., Leoni, M.,
Bellem, A., Wielebnowski, N., Maestripieri, D.
(2004). Relative digit lengths and testosterone
levels in Guinea baboons. Hormones and Behavior,
45: 285-290.
Ginther, O. J., Lara, Leoni, M., Bergfelt, D. R.
(2002). Herding and snaking by the harem stallion in
domestic herds.
Theriogenology, 57: 2139-2146.
Conference Presentations
Maestripieri, D.,
Hirsch, E., Leoni, M., Raza, S., Roney, J.,
Whitham, J. (2003). Copulation calls and mate
guarding in baboons. Evidence for post-copulatory
female choice? Paper presented at the meeting
of the Animal Behavior Society, Boise, ID.
Maestripieri,
D., Leoni, M., Roney, J.,
Whitham, J. (2004). Copulation calls and female mate
choice in Guinea baboons and other primates.
Paper presented at the meeting of the American
Association of Physical Anthropologists, Tampa, FL.
Maestripieri,
D., Leoni, M., Roney, J.,
Whitham, J. (2004). Copulation calls and post-copulatory female mate
choice as an alternative mating tactic in primates.
Paper presented at the meeting of the International
Society of Primatologists, Turin, Italy.
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