Ellen Soeters
I am a Ph.D. student in the Comparative Human and Ape Technology (CHAT) Project and my research focusses on cross-cultural and cross-species comparisons of tool use development in human children and chimpanzees.
Dr. Jake Funkhouser
I am a post-doctoral researcher in the Comparative Human and Ape Technology (CHAT) Project. I manage and coordinate video coding in the APE Group video coding lab.
Lara Zanutto
I am a Ph.D. student in the Comparative Human and Ape Technology (CHAT) Project and my research compares tool use development in wild and sanctuary-living bonobos, as well as in wild bonobos and wild chimpanzees.
Prof. Crickette Sanz
I am a Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis and a conservation scientist affiliated with the Congo Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society. As co-PI of the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project in northern Republic of Congo, Dr. Morgan and I oversee research at the Goualougo and Mondika field sites. We work together with Dr. Koops on the Comparative Human and Ape Technology (CHAT) Project.
Dr. Sarah Pope-Caldwell
I am an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University. I oversee cross-cultural and developmental psychology research at the Likouala field site in the Republic of the Congo. I work together with Dr. Koops on the Comparative Human and Ape Technology (CHAT) Project.
Dr. Laura van Holstein
I am an Assistant Professor at Emory University. Together with Dr. Koops, I study crab-fishing by the chimpanzees in the Nimba Mountains in Guinea.
Henry Didier Camara
I am a Guinean primatologist and research team lead in the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I completed my B.Sc. in Natural Resource Management in 2020 at UDECOM (Guinea). I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2005.
Gnan Mamy
I am a Guinean primatologist and research team lead in the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I completed my M.Sc. in Conservation and Biodiversity Development in 2020 and my B.Sc. in Natural Resource Management in 2012, both at the University of N’Zérékoré (Guinea). I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2014.
Kui Gbouomy
I am a research team lead in the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2021.
Marcel Saoromy
I am an assistant research team lead in the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2024.
Blaise Gbouomy
I am an assistant research team lead in the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2024.
Lakpo Souomy
I am an assistant research team lead in the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2024.
Fokeye Zogbila
I am the first guide of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2003.
Yon Zogbila
I am a guide of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2011.
Doro Zogbila
I am a guide of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2011.
Cé Samy
I am a guide of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Nyon and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2011.
Nema Guêmy
I am a guardian of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2011.
Nawa Gbouomy
I am the lead cook of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2011.
Ellie Zogbila
I am the second cook of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project. I am from the village of Seringbara and I have been part of the Nimba Chimpanzee Project since 2021.
Dr. Julia Kunz
I am a post-doctoral researcher in the APE Group, as part of a SNSF Mobility grant to work on sexual coercion in primate societies.
Gaia Zorzi
I am a M.Sc. student in the Comparative Human and Ape Technology (CHAT) Project and my research focusses on the development of object manipulation in wild and captive bonobos.
Siana Senn
I am a M.Sc. student in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group. My research focusses on buttress drumming by the chimpanzees in the Nimba Mountains in Guinea.
Dr. Hella Péter
I am the Nimba Chimpanzee Project video data base manager. I primarily work with the long-term chimpanzee and biodiversity camera trap data from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea.
Dr. Maegan Fitzgerald
I am a conservation biologist at Re:wild and a research associate in the APE Group. Together with Prof. Koops I co-direct the Nimba Chimpanzee Project in Guinea.
Zora van der Bie
I am a research assistant working within the Nimba Chimpanzee Project in Guinea.
Shana Koller
I am a research assistant working within the Comparative Human and Ape Technology (CHAT) Project. I will start my M.Sc. in the APE Group in the fall of 2026.
Nicole Scholte Lubberink
I am a Ph.D. student in the Creative Ape Project, which investigates the evolutionary foundations of creativity in chimpanzees and bonobos.
Blanca Striegler
I am a Ph.D. student in the Creative Ape Project, which investigates the evolutionary foundations of creativity in chimpanzees and bonobos.
Prof. Cat Hobaiter
I am a Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of St Andrews. I co-direct the Bugoma Chimpanzee Project and the Moyen-Bafing Chimpanzee Project and I work together with Dr. Koops on the Creative Ape Project.