I am broadly interested in the evolution of cercopithecoid monkeys, including the
systematics of extant and fossil taxa and their skeletal functional morphology, craniofacial
variation, and biogeography. I received my PhD in Biological Anthropology from the City
University of New York in 2024, advised by Dr. Chris Gilbert. My dissertation undertook a total-
evidence phylogenetic analysis of the fossil and living colobine (leaf-eating) monkeys to explore
the morphological evolution, biogeographic history, and ecological polarity of the subfamily.
I am now a YIBS Postdoctoral Associate working with Dr. Eric Sargis and in collaboration
with the Yale Peabody Museum, focusing on the biodiversity and systematics of rare and
endemic living cercopithecid primates in the Congo Basin. This work is important for accurately
assessing the diversity of these endangered species to help determine conservation priority.