Micro- and Macroevolution in Primates and Fossil Hominins
Quantitative Genetics
Sexual Selection
Bayesian Statistics
Research Funding
2020: Leakey Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant. Project: The evolution of sex differences in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): quantitative genetics of color and size dimorphism.
2020: University at Albany Dissertation Research Fellowship
2017: University at Albany Graduate Student Association Professional Development Grant
2013: NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Fellowship
Selected publications
Schafer JK, Gordon AD, Ngoubangoye B, Charpentier, M.J.E., Setchell JM. (2021). Heritability of secondary sexual characters in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Am Nat. Submitted.
Field and Research Experience
2020: Orkney & Shetland, Scotland Census Database Researcher
2019: Orkney & Shetland, Scotland Census Database Researcher
2017: Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Workshop, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington
2016: Orkney, Scotland Census Database Researcher
2015: Orkney, Scotland Census Database Researcher
2014: Archaeological Excavation Project at Vanua Levu, Fiji
2013: Archaeological Excavation Project at Vanua Levu, Fiji