Team & Collaborators
 The PanAf team holding chimpanzee tools from Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire.
(from left to right): Prof. Dr. Christophe Boesch, Dr. Vicky Oelze, Dr. Mimi Arandjelovic, Claudia Nebel & Dr. Hjalmar Kühl |
Scientific Staff:
- Christophe Boesch: Project Co-director/Senior Scientist
- Hjalmar Kühl: Project Co-director/Senior Scientist
- Mimi Arandjelovic: Project Manager/Junior Scientist
- Gaelle Bocksberger: Postdoc "Ecological boundaries of chimpanzee ranges"
- Paula Dieguez: Data manager/Research Assistant
- Ammie Kalan: Postdoc "chimpanzee behavioural variation and biomonitoring"
- Jack Lester: PhD candidate "population and conservation genetics of wild chimpanzees"
- Nuria Maldonado: Assistant data manager
- Maureen McCarthy: Postdoc "chimpanzee socio-demography across populations”
- Mary Brooke McElreath: Research Scientist "patterns and predictors of cultural/behavioral variation in chimpanzees"
- Louwtje du Toit: Database manager and developer
Administrative Staff and Student Assistants:
- Claudia Herf: Project Administrator
- Linda Gerlach - Video Coding Assistant
- Fabian Hass - Material Tool Culture Assistant
- Katharina Madl - Genetics Lab Assistant
- Joana Pereira - Video Coding Assistant
Current Site Managers:
- Bradley Larson: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Ngiri, DRC (2015), Bateke, Gabon (2016) and Outamba-Kilimi, Sierra Leone (2017-present)
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Former Staff:
- Abel Nzeheke: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Goualougo, R-Congo
- Adam Welsh: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Bia Goaso, Ghana (2015)
- Alan Riedel: Genetics Lab Assistant
- Alexander Tickle: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Comoe (GEPRENAF), Ivory Coast
- Amelia Meier: Site manager for Pan African temporary research sites in Azagny and Djouroutou, Ivory Coast (2012-2013) and Conkouati (2014)
- Anne-Celine Gragnon: technical help and former site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Loango, Gabon
- Anthony Agbor: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Gashaka, Nigeria (2012-2013), Bakoun, Guinea (2014-2015), Sobory, Guinea (2015-2017)
- Charlotte Coupland: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site Bafing, Mali
- Donatienne Baruyibo: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Rubi Tele, DRC
- Elleni Vendras: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Bia Goaso, Ghana (2015)
- Emily Neil: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Mts de Cristal, Gabon
- Emma Baily: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Mbe, Nigeria
- Emmanuel Ayuk Ayimisin: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Korup, Cameroon (2014), Rubi Tele, DRC (2015-2016) and Mts de Cristal (2016-2017)
- Emmanuel Dilambaka: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Conkouati, R-Congo (2014-2015)
- Eva Martinez: Video Coding Assistant
- Felix Mulindahabi: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Nyungwe, Rwanda (2014-2015)
- Floris Aubert: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Sangaredi, Guinea
- Giovanna Maretti: Site manager for Pan African Programme collaborative research site at Campo Ma’an, Cameroon (2014-2015)
- Gita Chelluri, Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Ngiri, DRC
- Gregory Brazzola: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Foutah-Jalon, Guinea
- Heather Cohen: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Mt. Sangbé, Ivory Coast
- Henk Eshuis: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Kayan, Senergal
- Ivonne Kienast: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Bateke, Gabon
- Jacob Willie: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at La Belgique, Cameroon
- Jessica Junker: PhD student - Liberia Nation-wide survey
- Jodie Preece: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Mt. Sangbé, Ivory Coast
- Joost van Schijndel: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Boe, Guinea Bissau
- Karsten Dierks: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Bili, DR-Congo
- Katherine Corogenes: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Budongo, Uganda
- Katja Beckhardt: Project Administrator
- Kyle Yurkiw: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Loma Mountains, Sierra Leone (2015-2016) and Outamba-Kilimim Sierra Leone (2016-2017)
- Kevin Lee: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Bwindi, Uganda
- Laura Kehoe: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Sangaredi, Guinea
- Juan Lapuente: Site manager for Pan African temporary research sites in Tai and Djouroutou, Ivory Coast
- Lucy Jayne Ormsby: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Korup, Cameroon
- Luz Calia Miramontes Sequeiros: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Mt. Sangbé, Ivory Coast
- Markus Fischer: Phenology Assistant
- Mattia Bessone: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Kabogo, DRC (2014) and Conkouati, R-Congo (2015)
- Mbangi Kambere: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Rubi Tele, DRC
- Michael Kaiser: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Outamba-Kilimi, Sierra Leone
- Mizuki Murai: Equatorial Guinea Nation-wide survey and Pan African Project coordinator
- Mohamed Kambi: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Ugalla, Tanzania (2014)
- Nuria Maldonado: Camera trap video archivist for Sangaredi, Guinea
- Parag Kadam, Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Ugalla, Tanzania
- Paula Dieguez: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site in Rubi-Tele, DR-Congo
- Rumen Fernandez: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site in Rubi-Tele, DR-Congo
- Samuel Angedakin: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at Ngogo, Uganda
- Sergio Marrocoli: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site in Grebo, Liberia
- Silke Atmaca: Research Assistant
- Sonia Nicholl: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at La Belgique, Cameroon
- Sorrel Jones: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site in East Nimba Nature Reserve, Liberia
- Tanyi Julius Mbi: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site in Ebo, Cameroon (2015)
- Theophile Desarmeaux: Site manager for Pan African Programme collaborative research site at Lope, Gabon (2014-2015)
- Valentine Ebua Buh: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site in Ebo, Cameroon
- Veerle Hermans: Site manager for Pan African collaborative research site at La Belgique, Cameroon
- Vera Leinert: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Sapo, Liberia
- Viktoria Oelze: Postdoc "stable isotope analysis"
- Villard Ebot Egbe: Site manager for Pan African Programme temporary research site at Bafing, Mali
- Wenwen Diao: Data manager for ecological analysis
- Yasmin Möbius: Pan African Project coordinator
- Yisa Ginath: Site manager for Pan African temporary research site at Mt. Cameroon, Cameroon
Collaborators:
- Alex Piel & Fiona Stewart - Ugalla Primate Project, Tanzania
- Andrew Dunn and Inaoyom Imong- WCS Nigeria, Nigeria
- Annemarie Goedmakers - Foundation Chimbo, Boe, Guinea-Bissau
- Bethan Morgan and Ekwoge Abwe - Ebo Forest Research Station, Cameroon
- Bruno Perodeau - WWF DRC
- Chloe Cipoletta & Michael Masozera - Nyungwe-Kibira Landscape, Rwanda-Burundi (WCS)
- David Morgan & Crickette Sanz - Goualougo Triangle Ape project, R-Congo
- Deo Kujirakwinja - WCS Albertine Rift Programme, DRC
- Dervla Dowd - Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF), Liberia
- Emma Normand and Virginie Vergnes - WCF, Cote d’Ivoire
- Emmanuel Danquah - Department of Wildlife and Range Management and a Senior Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana
- Jean Claude Dengui & Hilde VanLeeuwe - Conkouati-Douli NP, R-Congo & WCS Congo
- Jill Pruetz & Erin Wessling - Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project, Senegal
- John Hart & Thurston Cleveland Hicks - Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, DR-Congo
- Kathryn Jeffery - Station d’Etudes des Gorilles et Chimpanzees, Gabon
- Kevin Langergraber - Ngogo Chimpanzee Project, Uganda
- Klaus Zuberbuehler - Budongo Conservation Field Station, Uganda
- Kristin Havercamp - MSc project (a multi-site comparison of female chimpanzee gregariousness from camera trap video analysis) supervisor: Volker Sommer, University College London
- Liliana Pacheko & Manuel Llana - Dindefelo/JGI Spain, Senegal
- Martijn Ter Heegde - Campo Ma’an NP, Cameroon (WWF)
- Matthieu Bonnet - John Aspinall Foundation, Gabon
- Nikki Tagg - Projet Grands Singes, La Belgique, Cameroon (KMDA)
- Orume Diotoh - Korup Rainforest Conservation Society, Cameroon
- Rebecca Chancellor and Aaron Rundus - Gishwati Chimpanzee Project, Rwanda
- Roman Wittig - Tai Chimpanzee Project, Cote d’Ivoire
- Tobias Deschner - Loango Ape Project, Gabon
- Vincent LaPeyre & Sebastien Regnaut - WCF, Guinea
- Volker Sommer - Gashaka Primate Project, Nigeria
- Aida Andres & Matthias Meyer - MPI-EVA, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Leipzig, Germany
- Caspar Schöning - Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Fabian Leendertz’s Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms group - Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Giulia Sirriani - Pan African Workshop Guest Lecturer
- Heinz Gerhäuser - Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen, Germany
- Helene De Nys - Pan African Workshop Guest Lecturer
- Jean-Jaques Hublin & Michael Richards - MPI-EVA, Department of Human Evolution, Leipzig, Germany
- Jessica Junker - Pan African Workshop Guest Lecturer
- Karlheinz Brandenburg - Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany
- Karline Janmaat - Pan African Workshop Guest Lecturer
- Linda Vigilant - MPI-EVA, Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany
- Livia Wittiger - Pan African Workshop Guest Lecturer
- Luke Hunter & Philip Henschel - Panthera, U.S.A.
- Tomas Marques-Bonet - Institut Biologia Evolutiva (Universitat Pompeu Fabra/CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Collaborating Organizations:
- Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Gabon
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CENAREST), Gabon
- Direction des Eaux, Forêts et Chasses, Senegal
- Forestry Development Authority, Liberia
- Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, DR-Congo
- Ministere de l'Agriculture de l'Elevage et des Eaux et Forets, Guinea
- Ministere de l’Economie Forestiere, R-Congo
- Ministre de l'Environnement et de l'Assainissement et du Developpement Durable du Mali
- Ministere de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation, Cameroon
- Ministere de la Recherche Scientifique, DR-Congo
- Ministere de le Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, R-Congo
- Ministere des Eaux et Forets, Cote d’Ivoire
- Ministere des Forets et de la Faune, Cameroon
- Ministro da Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural, Guinea-Bissau
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Sierra Leone
- Ministry of Education, Rwanda
- Nigeria National Park Service, Nigeria
- Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, Tanzania
- Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Tanzania
- Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST), Uganda
- Ugandan Wildlife Authority, Uganda
