| Charles L Nunn, Gosnell Family Professor in 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:
- 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 • Muser Mentor • 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)
- Chase Nunez
- Caroline Rusk Amoro
- Randi Griffin
- India A Schneider-Crease
- Collin McCabe
- Postdocs Mentored
- Debapriyo Chakraborty (October 15, 2015 - present)
- David Samson (July, 2014 - present)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
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- Dubrulle, J; Kauffman, K; Soarimalala, V; Randriamoria, T; Goodman, SM; Herrera, J; Nunn, C; Tortosa, P, Effect of habitat degradation on hantavirus infection among introduced and endemic small mammals of Madagascar.,
bioRxiv
(December, 2023) [doi] [abs]
- Werner, CS; Kasan, K; Geyer, JK; Elmasri, M; Farrell, MJ; Nunn, CL, Using phylogeographic link-prediction in primates to prioritize human parasite screening.,
American journal of biological anthropology, vol. 182 no. 4
(December, 2023),
pp. 583-594, WILEY [doi] [abs]
- Evans, MV; Ramiadantsoa, T; Kauffman, K; Moody, J; Nunn, CL; Rabezara, JY; Raharimalala, P; Randriamoria, TM; Soarimalala, V; Titcomb, G; Garchitorena, A; Roche, B, Sociodemographic Variables Can Guide Prioritized Testing Strategies for Epidemic Control in Resource-Limited Contexts.,
The Journal of infectious diseases, vol. 228 no. 9
(November, 2023),
pp. 1189-1197 [doi] [abs]
- Creighton, MJA; Nunn, CL, Explaining the primate extinction crisis: predictors of extinction risk and active threats.,
Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 290 no. 2006
(September, 2023),
pp. 20231441 [doi] [abs]
- Herrera, JP; Moody, J; Nunn, CL, Predicting primate-parasite associations using exponential random graph models.,
The Journal of animal ecology, vol. 92 no. 3
(March, 2023),
pp. 710-722 [doi] [abs]
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