Lambert Lab & Working Group

Dr. Joanna Lambert

Principle Investigator (Postdoc, University of Florida; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MS & BS, Northern Illinois University)

Research:  Conservation, evolutionary ecology, and nutritional biology of primates and carnivorans; Africa; North America

Martha Lyke

Postdoctoral Researcher (PhD, University of Texas; MS & BS, University of Northeastern Illinois).

Research:  Population genetics of the coyotes of the Greater Denver-Boulder Metropolitan Area

Amanda Ellwanger

PhD student (MS, San Diego State University; BS, Emory University) 

Research:  Human – nonhuman primate coexistence and conflict in South Africa

Emily Beam

PhD student (BS, College of Charleston) 

Research:  Urban coyote behavioral repertoires and interactions with humans; wolf-dog-coyote hybridization

Zachary Schwartz

Honors Undergraduate (Environmental Studies, CU Boulder)

Research:  Human attitudes toward and perceptions of coyote boldness and aggression in urban centers

Andrea Harmon

Honors Undergraduate (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; Geography, CU Boulder)

Research: Spatial analysis of primate seed dispersal and animal ecosystem services in Afrotropical forest regeneration

Richard Mutegeki

Field Project Manager, Uganda (MS, Mountains of the Moon University; BSc Makerere University, Certificate in Forestry)

Melanie Hill

Media and Outreach Coordinator (MA, University of Colorado Boulder; BS, Kent State University

Research:  Human – black bear coexistence in urban Colorado, with a focus on community engagement and visual storytelling (see her Bears & People Project here)

Former Students: 14 PhD | 15 MSc | multiple Honors theses