| Charles L Nunn, Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health and Research Professor of Global Health
 My research addresses a range of questions in primate evolutionary ecology, with major research areas involving infectious disease, primate behavior, the evolution of sleep, and cultural trait dynamics. These research foci are rooted in a comparative perspective that examines variation across species on an evolutionary tree. I am especially passionate about my research on infectious disease; this area plays center stage in my research and teaching, and in my expanding field research. In addition to addressing questions of basic science, I apply ecological and evolutionary perspectives to address practical questions in the conservation of biodiversity and human health. - Contact Info:
Teaching (Spring 2021):
- EVANTH 285.01, HUMAN HEALTH EVOL PERSPECTIVE
Synopsis
- French Sci 2231, WF 10:15 AM-11:30 AM
- EVANTH 285.02, HUMAN HEALTH EVOL PERSPECTIVE
Synopsis
- Online ON, WF 10:15 AM-11:30 AM
- EVANTH 701S.01, CONCEPTS IN EVANTH - A
Synopsis
- Online ON, W 01:45 PM-04:15 PM
- Education:
Ph.D. | Duke University | 1999 |
Post-Baccalaureate | University of Washington | 1992 |
A.B. | Dartmouth College | 1991 |
- Specialties:
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Behavioral Ecology and Physiology
Primate Ecology Primate Biology
- Keywords:
- Allometry • Amygdala • Analysis of Variance • Animals • Artifacts • Behavioral Research • Biological Evolution • Biometry • Body Constitution • Brain • Brain Mapping • Classification • Cognition • Communication • Comparative Study • Computer Simulation • Cooperation • Data Collection • Diet • Energy Metabolism • Female • Food Chain • Hippocampus • Homing Behavior • Hominidae • Host-Parasite Interactions • Lemur • Male • Mammals • Maternal Age • Maternal Behavior • Memory • Models, Biological • Neocortex • Organ Size • Parasitism • Phylogeny • Predatory Behavior • Primates • Psychology, Comparative • Regression Analysis • Reproducibility of Results • Sexual selection • Sleep • Sleep, REM • Social Behavior • Software • Space Perception • Species Specificity • Statistics as Topic • Territoriality • Time Perception • Vocalization, Animal
- Curriculum Vitae Bio
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Postdocs Mentored
- Debapriyo Chakraborty (October 15, 2015 - present)
- David Samson (July, 2014 - present)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
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- Mckinnon, L; Samson, DR; Nunn, CL; Rowlands, A; Salvante, KG; Nepomnaschy, PA, Is Sleep Disturbance in Menopause Explained by Evolutionary Mismatch? Evidence from Three Cohorts of Guatemalan Maya,
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 174
(March, 2021),
pp. 69-69
- Solis, A; Nunn, CL, One health disparities and COVID-19.,
Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, vol. 9 no. 1
(January, 2021),
pp. 70-77 [doi] [abs]
- Herrera, JP; Wickenkamp, NR; Turpin, M; Baudino, F; Tortosa, P; Goodman, SM; Soarimalala, V; Ranaivoson, TN; Nunn, CL, Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar.,
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 14 no. 12
(December, 2020),
pp. e0008946 [doi] [abs]
- Teitelbaum, CS; Amoroso, CR; Huang, S; Davies, TJ; Rushmore, J; Drake, JM; Stephens, PR; Byers, JE; Majewska, AA; Nunn, CL, A comparison of diversity estimators applied to a database of host–parasite associations,
Ecography, vol. 43 no. 9
(September, 2020),
pp. 1316-1328 [doi] [abs]
- Amoroso, CR; Kappeler, PM; Fichtel, C; Nunn, CL, Temporal patterns of waterhole use as a predator avoidance strategy,
Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 101 no. 2
(May, 2020),
pp. 574-581, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi] [abs]
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