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Ellen Soeters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zora van der Bie

I am a research assistant working within the Nimba Chimpanzee Project in Guinea.

Shana Koller

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

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

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

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.

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Yon Zogbila
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