Education
2003 Ph.D., Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
1996 B.S., Psychology and Biology, Duke University
Biography
For more info, go to: www.elizabeth-lonsdorf.com
2012-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin and Marshall College
2012-Present Adjunct Scientist, Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
2004-Present Faculty member, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicag
2011-2012 Adjunct Associate Professor, Environmental Policy and Culture Program, Northwestern University
2005-2012 Director, Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
2005-2012 Adjunct faculty, Department of Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago
2003-2005 Director of Field Conservation, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
Professional affiliations and service
Animal Behavior Society, 1997 – present
Member, Conservation Committee, 2004 - 2008
American Society of Primatologists, 2003 - present
International Primatological Society, 2003 – present
Member, Scientific Committee, 2005
Vice President for Education, 2008 – present
Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan In-situ Adviser 2003-present
IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section on Great Apes, 2004 – present
Member, Executive Committee, 2004 – present
Research
I study primate behavior, learning, development and health. Current research focuses on the behavioral development of wild chimpanzees, the intersection of health and behavior in wild chimpanzees and social learning and tool use in a variety of primate species.
Publications
2020
Lonsdorf, E.V., Stanton, M.A., Goodall, J., Pusey, A.E., Murray, C.M. (2020). Sources of variation in weaned age among wild chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 171:419–429.
Lonsdorf, E.V., Wilson, M.L., Boehm, E., *Delaney-Soesman, J., *Grebey, T., Murray, C.,Wellens, K., Pusey, A.E. (2020) Why chimpanzees carry dead infants: an empirical assessment of existing hypotheses. Royal Society Open Science 7: 200931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200931
Lee, S.M., Hohmann, G., Lonsdorf, E.V., Fruth, B., Murray, C.M. (In press). Gregariousness, foraging budgets, and social interactions in wild lactating bonobos and chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology.
Musgrave, S., Lonsdorf, E., Morgan, D., *Prestipino, M., Kurtycz, L., Mundry, R., Sanz, C. (2020). Teaching varies with task complexity in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(2): 969-976. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907476116
Stanton, M.A., Lonsdorf, E.V., Murray, C.M., Pusey, A.E. (2020). Consequences of maternal loss before and after weaning in male and female chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-2804-7
Wilson, B. J., Brosnan, S.F., Lonsdorf, E.V., Sanz, C.M. (2020). Consistent differences in a virtual world model of ape societies. Scientific Reports 10:14075. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70955-6
Wilson, M.L., Lonsdorf, E.V., Mjungu, D.C., Kamenya, S., Elihuruma W.K., Collins, D.A., Gillespie,T.R., Travis, D.A., Lipende, I., Mwacha, D., Ndimuligo, S.A., Pintea, L.A., Raphael, J., Mtiti, E.R., Hahn, B.H., Pusey, A.E., Goodall, J. (2020). Research and conservation in the Greater Gombe Ecosystem: challenges and opportunities. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108853
Wolf, T.M., Deere, J.R., Lonsdorf, E.V., Collins, D.A., Gillespie, T.R., Terio, K., Murray, C.M., Mjungu, D., Kamenya, S., Mwacha, D., Raphael, J., Lipende, I., Bakuza, J., Gilagiza, B., Milstein, M.S., Shaffer, C.A., Wilson, M.L., Detwiler, K.M., & Travis, D.A. (2020). Forming, Storming and Norming Your Way into One Health: The Gombe Case Study. In S. Knauf & L. Jones-Engel (Eds.), Neglected Diseases in Monkeys: From the Monkey-Human Interface to One Health. Springer Nature: Neglected Diseases in Monkeys.
2019
Lonsdorf, E.V., *Engelbert, L.M., Howard, L.H. (2019). A competitive drive? Same-sex attentional preferences in capuchins. American Journal of Primatology. Doi: 10.1002/ajp.22998
Bibollet-Ruche, F., Russell, R.M., Liua, W., Stewart-Jones, G.B.E, Sherrill-Mix, S., Li, Y., Learn, G.H., Smith, A.G., Gondima, M.V.P, Plenderleith, L.J., Decker, J.M., Easlick, J.L., Wetzel, K.S., Collman, R.G., Ding, S., Finzi, A., Ayouba, A., Peeters, M., Leendertz, F.H., van Schijndel, J., Goedmakers, A., Ton, E., Boesch, C., Kuehl, H., Arandjelovic, Dieguez, P., Murai, M., Colin, C., Koops, K., Speede, S., Gonder, M.K., Muller, M.N., Sanz, C.M., Morgan, D.B., Atencia, R., Cox, D., Piel, A.K., Stewart, F.A., Ndjango, J-B.N., Mjungu, D., Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Kwong, P.D., Sharp, P.M., Shaw, G.M., Hahn, B.H. (2019). CD4 receptor diversity in chimpanzees protects against SIV infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1821197116.
Lee, S.M., Murray, C.M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Fruth, B., Stanton, M.A., Nichols, J., Hohmann, G. (2019). Comparative behavioral data from wild female bonobos and chimpanzees reveal broadly conserved maturational pathways but some evidence for divergence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23935
Wolf, T.M., Singer, R.S., Lonsdorf, E.V., Maclehose, R., Gillespie, T.R., Lipende, I., Raphael, J., Terio, K., Murray, C., Pusey, A., Hahn, B.H., Kamenya, S., Mjungu, D., Travis, D.A. (2019). Syndromic surveillance of respiratory disease in free-living chimpanzees. Ecohealth 16(2): 275-286. doi: 10.1007/s10393-019-01400-y
Wolf, T., Wang, W., Lonsdorf, E., Gillespie, T., Pusey, A., Gilby, I., Travis, D., Singer, R. (2019). Optimizing syndromic health surveillance in free ranging great apes: the case of Gombe National Park. Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 509-518.
2018
Lonsdorf, E.V., Stanton, M.A., Murray, C.M. (2018). Sex differences in maternal infant-sibling interactions in wild chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72:117.
Lonsdorf, E.V., Gillespie, T.G., Wolf, T., Lipende, I., Raphael, J., Bakuza, J., Murray, C.M., Wilson, M.L., Kamenya, S., Mjungu, D., Collins, D.A., Gilby, I.C., Stanton, M.A., Terio, K.A., Barbian, H.J., Li, Y., Ramirez, M., *Krupnick, A., *Seidl, E., Goodall, J., Hahn, B.H., Pusey, A.E., Travis, D.A. (2018). Socioecological correlates of clinical signs in two communities of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 80: e22562.
Barbian, H.J., Connell, A.J., Avitto, A.N., Russell, R.M., Smith, A.G., Gundlapally, M.S., Shazad, A.L., Li, Y., Bibollet-Ruche F., Wroblewski, E.E., Mjungu, D, Lonsdorf, E.V., Stewart, F.A., Piel, A.K., Pusey, A.E., Hahn, B.H. (2018). CHIIMP: An automated high-throughput microsatellite genotyping approach reveals greater allelic diversity in wild chimpanzees. Ecology and Evolution 8: 7946-7963.
Deere, J.R., Parsons, M.B., Lonsdorf, E.V., Lipende, I., Kamenya, S., Collins, D.A., Travis, D.A., Gillespie, T.R. (2018). Entamoeba histolytica infection in humans, chimpanzees, and baboons in the Greater Gombe Ecosystem, Tanzania. Parasitology 1-7.
Howard, L., Festa, C*, Lonsdorf, E.V. (2018). Through their eyes: The influence of social models on attention and memory in capuchin monkeys. Journal of Comparative Psychology 132: 210-219.
Lantz, E.L., Lonsdorf, E.V., Heintz, M.R., Murray, C.M., Lipende, I., Travis, D.A., Santymire, R.M. (2018). Non-invasive quantification of Immunoglobulin A in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). American Journal of Primatology 80: e22558.
Murray, C.M., Stanton, M.A., Wellens, K.R., Santymire, R.M., Heintz, M.R., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2018). Maternal effects on offspring stress physiology in wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology 80: e22525.
Schell, C.J., Young, J.K, Lonsdorf, E.V., Mateo, J.M., Santymire, R.M. (2018). It takes two: Evidence for reduced sexual conflict over parental care in a biparental canid. Journal of Mammalogy 99: 75-88.
Schell, C.J., Young, J.K, Lonsdorf, E.V., Santymire, R.M, Mateo, J.M. (2018). Parental habituation to human disturbance over time reduces fear of humans in coyote offspring. Ecology and Evolution 2018: 1-16.
Terio, K.A., Lonsdorf, E.V., Kinsel, M.J., Raphael, J., Lipende, I., Gilagiza, B., Collins, D.A., Hahn, B.H., Travis, D.A., Gillespie, T.R. (2018). Oesophagostomiasis on non-human primates in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 80: e22572.
Travis, D.A., Lonsdorf, E.V., Gillespie, T.R. (2018). The grand challenge of great ape health and conservation in the anthropocene. American Journal of Primatology 80: e22717.
2017
Lonsdorf, E.V. (2017). Sex differences in non-human primate behavioral development. Journal of Neuroscience Research 95: 213–221.
Edwards, W., Pontzer, H., Lonsdorf. E.V. (2017). Total energy expenditure in captive Sapajus apella. American Journal of Primatology 79: e22638.
Gilby, I.C., Machanda, Z.P., O’Malley, R.C., Murray, C.M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Walker, K., Mjungu, D.C., Otali,E., Muller, M.N., Emery Thompson, M., Wrangham, R.W., Pusey, A.E. (2017). Predation by female chimpanzees: toward an understanding of sex differences in meat acquisition among early hominins. Journal of Human Evolution 110: 82-94.
Heintz, M.R., Murray, C.M., Markham, A.C., Pusey, A.E., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2017). The relationship between social play and developmental milestones in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). American Journal of Primatology 79: e22716.
Miller, J.A., Stanton, M.A., Lonsdorf, E.V., Wellens, K.R., Markham, A.C., Murray, C.M. (2017). Limited evidence for third-party affiliation during development in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Royal Society Open Science 4: 170500.
Paukner, A., Wooddell, L.J., Lefevre, C., Lonsdorf, E., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2017). Do capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) prefer symmetrical face shapes? Journal of Comparative Psychology 131: 73-77.
Schell, C.M., Young, J.K, Lonsdorf, E.V., Mateo, J.M., Santymire, R.M. (2017). Investigation of techniques to measure cortisol and testosterone concentrations in coyote hair. Zoo Biology 9999:1-6.
Stanton, M.A., Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Murray, C.M. (2017). Do juveniles help or hinder? Influence of juvenile offspring on maternal behavior and reproductive outcomes in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Journal of Human Evolution. Journal of Human Evolution 111: 152-162.
2016
Lonsdorf, E.V., Bonnie, K.E., *Grim, M., *Krupnick, A., *Prestipino, M., *Whyte, J. (2016). Social influences on the spread of arbitrary conventions among capuchin monkeys. Behaviour 153: 633-654.
Lonsdorf, E.V., Gillespie, T.G., Wolf, T., Lipende, I., Raphael, J., Bakuza, J., Murray, C.M., Wilson, M.L., Kamenya, S., Mjungu, D., Collins, D.A., Gilby, I.C., Stanton, M.A., Terio, K.A., Barbian, H.J., Li, Y., Ramirez, M., *Krupnick, A., *Seidl, E., Goodall, J., Hahn, B.H., Pusey, A.E., Travis, D.A. (In press). Socioecological correlates of clinical signs in two communities of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22562
Lantz, E.L., Lonsdorf, E.V., Heintz, M.R., Murray, C.M., Lipende, I., Travis, D.A., Santymire, R.M. (In press). Non-invasive quantification of Immunoglobulin A in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). American Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22558
Moeller, A.H., Caro-Quintero, A., Mjungu, D., Georgiev, A.V, Lonsdorf, E.V., Muller, M.N. Pusey, A.E., Peeters, M., Hahn, B.H., Ochman, H. (2016). Gut bacteria co-speciated with Hominins. Science 353: 380-382.
Murray, C.M. Stanton, M.A., Lonsdorf, E.V., Wroblewski, E., Pusey, A.E. (In press). Chimpanzee fathers bias their behavior toward their offspring. Royal Society Open Science.
Murray, C.M., Stanton, M.A., Wellens, K.R., Santymire, R.M., Heintz, M.R., Lonsdorf, E.V. (In press). Maternal effects on offspring stress physiology in wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22525
Musgrave, S., Morgan, D., Lonsdorf, E., Mundry, R., Sanz, C. (2016). Tool transfers are a form of teaching among chimpanzees. Scientific Reports 6: 34783 doi:10.1038/srep34783.
O’Malley, R.C., Stanton, M.A., Gilby, I.C., Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Markham, A.C., Murray, C.M. (2016). Low-ranking female chimpanzees increase meat consumption during pregnancy. Journal of Human Evolution 90:16-28.
Paukner, A., Wooddell, L.J., Lefevre, C., Lonsdorf, E., Lonsdorf, E.V. (In press). Do capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) prefer symmetrical face shapes? Journal of Comparative Psychology.
Robinson, L., Waran, N.K., Leach, M.C., Morton, F.B., Paukner, A., Lonsdorf, E., Handel, I., Wilson, V.A., Brosnan, S., Weiss, A. (2016). Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 181: 145-151.
Schell, C.J, Young, J.K., Lonsdorf, E.V., Mateo, J.M., Santymire, R.M. (2016). Olfactory attractants and parity affect prenatal androgens and territoriality of coyote breeding pairs. Physiology and Behavior 165:43-54.
Terio, K.A., Lonsdorf, E.V., Kinsel, M.J., Raphael, J., Lipende, I., Gilagiza, B., Collins, D.A., Hahn, B.H., Travis, D.A., Gillespie, T.R. (In press). Oesophagostomiasis on non-human primates in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22572
2015
Barbian, H.J., Li, Y., Ramirez, M., Klase, Z., Lipende, I., Mjungu, D., Moeller, A.H., Wilson, M.L., Pusey, A.E., Lonsdorf, E.V., Bushman, F.D., Hahn, B.H. (2015). Destabilization of the gut microbiome marks the end-stage of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus infection in wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22515.
Hopper, L., Tennie, C., Ross, S., Lonsdorf, E. (2015). Chimpanzees create and modify probe-tools functionally: a study with zoo-housed chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology 77: 162-170.
Markham, A.C., Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Murray, C.M. (2015). Maternal rank influences the outcome of aggressive interactions between immature chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour 100: 192-198.
Meguerditchian, A., Phillips, K.A., Chapelain, A., Mahovetz, L.M., Milne, S., Stoinski, T., Bania, A., Lonsdorf, E., Schaeffer, J., Russell, J., Hopkins, W.D. (2015). Handedness for unimanual grasping in 564 great apes: the effect on grip morphology and a comparison with hand use for a bimanual coordinated task. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01794.
Parsons, M.B., Travis, D., Lonsdorf, E.V., Lipende, I., Roellig, D., Collins, A., Kamenya, S., Xiao, L., Gillespie, T.R. (2015). Epidemiology and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in humans, wild primates, and domesticated animals in the Greater Gombe Ecosystem, Tanzania. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003529.
Shields, J.N. and Lonsdorf, E.V. (2015). Sex differences in caffeine addiction among rats, Rattus norvegicus. Journal of Behavioral and Neuroscience Research 12:1-6.
Stanton, M.A., Heintz, M.R., Lonsdorf, E.V., Santymire, R.S., Lipende, I., Murray, C.M. (2015). Maternal behavior and physiological stress levels in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). International Journal of Primatology 36:473–488
Wolf, T.M., Sreevatsan. S., Singer, R.S., Lipende, I., Collins, A., Gillespie, T.R., Lonsdorf, E.V., Travis, D.A. (2015). Non-invasive tuberculosis screening in free-living primate populations in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. EcoHealth. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-015-1063-y.
2014
Lonsdorf, E.V., Anderson, K.E., Stanton, M.A., Shender, M., Heintz, M.R., Murray, C.M. (2014). Boys will be boys: sex differences in wild infant chimpanzee social interactions. Animal Behaviour 88: 79-83.
Lonsdorf, E.V., Markham, A.C, Heintz, M.R., Anderson, K.E., Ciuk, D.J., Goodall, J., Murray, C.M. (2014). Sex differences in wild chimpanzee behavior emerge during infancy. PLoS ONE:e99099.
Lonsdorf, E., Travis, D., Ssuna, R., Lantz, E., Wilson, M. Gamble, K., Terio, K., Leendertz, F., Ehler, B., Keele, B., Hahn, B., Gillespie, T., Pond, J., Raphael, J., Collins, A. (2014). Field immobilization for treatment of an unknown illness in a wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania: findings, challenges and lessons learned. Primates 55: 89-99. doi 10.1007/s10329-0130-372-4.
Calcutt, S.E., Lonsdorf, E.V., Bonnie, K.E., Milstein, M.S., Ross, S.R. (In press). Captive chimpanzees share diminishing resources. Behaviour.
Finestone, E.M, Bonnie, K.E., Hopper, L.M., Vreeman, V., Lonsdorf, E.V., Ross, S.R. (2014). The interplay between individual, social, and environmental influences on chimpanzee food choices. Behavioural Processes 105: 71-78.
Hopper, L., Tennie, C., Ross, S., Lonsdorf, E. (In press). Chimpanzees create and modify probe-tools functionally: a study with zoo-housed chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology.
Markham, A.C., Santymire, R.M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Heintz, M.R., Lipende, I., Murray, C.M. (2014). Rank effects on social stress in lactating chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour 87: 195-202.
Pontzer, H., Raichlen, D.A., Gordon, A.D., Schroepfer-Walker, K.K., Hare, B.A., Dunsworth, H.M., Brian M Wood, B.M., Isler, K., Burkart, J., Irwin, M., Shumaker, R.W., Lonsdorf, E.V., Ross, S.R. (2014). Primate energy expenditure and life history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111: 1433-1437.
Stanton, M.A, Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Goodall, J., Murray, C.M. (2014). Maternal behavior by birth order in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): increased investment by first-time mothers. Current Anthropology 55: 483-489.
2013
Lonsdorf, E.V. (2013). The role of mothers in the development of tool-use in chimpanzees. In: Building Babies: Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, Vol. 37 (Ed by Clancy, K.B.H., Hinde, K., Rutherford, J.N.) New York: Springer, pp. 303-318.
Markham, C.A., Santymire, R.M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Heintz, M.R., Lipende, I., Murray, C.M. (In press). Rank effects on social stress in lactating chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour.
Moeller, A.H., Shilts, M., Li, Y., Rudicell, R.S., Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Wilson, M.L., Hahn, B.H., Ochman, H. (2013). SIV-induced instability of the chimpanzee gut microbiota. Cell Host and Microbe 14: 340-345.
Murray C.M., Heintz M.R., Lonsdorf E.V., Parr L. & Santymire, R.M. (2013). Validation of a field technique and characterization of fecal glucocorticoid analysis in wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology 75: 57-65.
Prado-Martinez, J., Sudmant, P.H, Kidd, J.M., Li, H., Kelley, J.L., L, Lorente-Galdos, B., Veeramah, K.R., Woerner, A.E., O’Connor, T.D., Santpere, G., Cagan, A., Theunert, C., Casals, F., Laayouni, H., Munch, K., Hobolth, A., Halager, A.E., Malig, M., Hernandez-Rodriquez, J., Hernando-Herraez, I., Prufer, K., Pybus, M., Johnstone, L., Lachmann, M., Alkan, C., Twigg, D., Petit, N., Baker, C., Hormozdiari, F., Fernandez-Callejo, M., Dabad, M., Wilson, M.L., Stevison, L., Camprubi, C., Carvalho, T., Ruiz-Herrera, A., Vives, L., Mele, M., Abello, T., Kondova, I., Bontrop, R.E., Pusey, A., Lankester, F., Kiyang, J.A., Bergl, R.A., Lonsdorf, E., Myers, S., Ventura, M., Gagneux, P., Comas, D., Siegismund, H., Blanc, J., Agueda-Calpena, L., Gut, M., Fulton, L., Tishkoff, S.A., Mullikin, J.C., Wilson, R.K., Gut, I.G., Gonder, M.K., Ryder, O.A., Hahn, B.H., Navarro, A., Akey, J.M., Bertranpetit, J., Reich, D., Mailund, T., Schierup, M.H., Hvilsom, C., Andres, A.M., Wall, J.D., Bustamante, C.D., Hammer, M.F., Eichler, E.E. Marques-Bonet, T. (2013). Great ape genetic diversity and population history. Nature 499: 471-475. doi:10.1038/nature12228.
Schell, C.J., Young, J.K., Lonsdorf, E.V., Santymire, R.M. (2013). Anthropogenic and physiologically induced stress responses in captive coyotes. Journal of Mammalogy 94: 1131-1140.
2012
Lonsdorf, E.V. and Ross, S.R. (2012). Socialization and development of behavior. In: Evolution of Primate Societies (Ed. by Mitani, J., Call, J., Kappeler, P., Palombit, R., and Silk, J.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 245-268.
Bonnie, K.E., Milstein, M.S., Calcutt, S.E., Ross, S.R., Wagner, K.E., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2012). Chimpanzee food extraction strategies differ with variable resource availability. American Journal of Primatology 74: 661-668.
Degnan, P. H., Pusey, A.E., Lonsdorf, E.V., Goodall, J., Wilson, M.L., Wroblewski, E.E., Rudicell, R., Hahn, B.H., & Ochman, H. (2012). Factors responsible for the diversification of the gut microbial communities within chimpanzees from Gombe National Park. Proceedings of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences 109: 13034-13039.
Santymire. R.M., Freeman, E., Lonsdorf, E.V., Heintz, M., Armstrong, D. (2012). Using ACTH challenges to validate techniques for adrenocortical activity analysis in various African wildlife species. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences 4: 99-108.
2011
Lonsdorf, E.V., Murray, C.M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Travis, D.A, Gilby, I.C., Chosy, J., Goodall, J., Pusey A.E. (2011). A retrospective analysis of factors correlated to chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) respiratory health at Gombe National Park. Ecohealth. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0683-0.
Ross, S.R., Lonsdorf, E.V., Vreeman, V. (2011). Specific image characteristics influence attitudes about chimpanzee conservation and use as pets. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22050. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022050.
Heintz, M.R., Santymire, R.M., Parr, L.A., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2011). Validation of cortisol enzyme immunoassay and characterization of salivary cortisol circadian rhythm in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Primatology 73: 1-6.
Hopkins, W.D., Phillips, K., Bania, A., Calcutt, S., Gardner, M., Russell, J., Schaeffer, J., Lonsdorf, E.V., Ross, S.R., and Schapiro, S. (2011). Hand preferences for coordinated bimanual actions in 774 great
apes: implications for the evolution of handedness in hominids. Journal of Human Evolution 60:605-611.
Terio, K.A, Kinsel, M.J., Raphael, J., Mlengeya, T., Kirchoff, C., Kamenya, S., Estes, J., Rudicell, R., Keele, B., Patton, S., Hahn, B., Travis, D., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2011). A pathological investigation of morbidity and mortality in chimpanzees from Gombe National Park 2004-2008. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42: 597-607.
Wevers, D., Bieberbach, M., Hohmann, G., Robbins, M., Mugisha, L., Lonsdorf, E., Reed, P., Cameron, K., Kidega, T., Babweteera, F., Zommers, Z., Couacy-Hymann, E., Nitsche, A., Knauf, S., Boesch, C., Leendertz, F., Ehlers, B. (2011). Novel adenoviruses in wild primates: high genetic diversity and evidence for zoonotic transmissions. Journal of Virology 85: 10774-10784.
2010
Lonsdorf, E.V. (2010). Chimpanzee mind, behavior and conservation. In: The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental Perspectives (Ed. by Lonsdorf, E. V., Ross, S. R. & Matsuzawa, T.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Lonsdorf, E.V. and Bonnie, K.B. (2010). Opportunities and constraints when studying social learning: developmental approaches and social factors. Learning and Behavior 38: 195-205.
Gillespie, T.R., Lonsdorf, E.V., Canfield, E.P., Meyer, D.J., Nadler, Y., Raphael, J., Pusey, A.E., Pond, J., Pauley, J., Mlengeya, T., Travis, D.A. (2010). Demographic and Ecological Affects on Patterns of Parasitism in Eastern Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143: 534-544.
Blinkova, O., Victoria, J., Li, Y., Keele, B.F., Sanz, C., Ndjango, J.B.N., Peeters, M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Travis, D.A., Wilson, M.W., Pusey, A.E., Hahn, B.H., Delwart, E.L. (2010) Novel circular DNA viruses in stool samples of wild-living chimpanzees. Journal of General Virology 91: 74-86.
Meguerditchian,A., Calcutt, S.E., Lonsdorf, E.V., Ross,S.R., Hopkins, W.D. (2010). Captive gorillas are right-handed for bimanual feeding. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141:638-645.
Wallis, J. and Lonsdorf, E.V. (2010). A summary of recommendations for primate conservation education. American Journal of Primatology 72: 441-444.
Parr, L.A, Heintz, M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Wroblewski, E. (2010). Visual kin recognition in nonhuman primates: inbreeding avoidance or male distinctiveness. Journal of Comparative Psychology 4: 343-350.
Rudicell, R. S., Jones, J.H., Wroblewski, E.E, Learn, G. H., Li, Y., Robertson, J., Greengrass, E., Grossmann, F., Kamenya, S., Pintea, L., Mjungu, D.C., Lonsdorf, E.V., Mosser, A., Lehman, C., Collins, D.A., Keele, B.F., Goodall, J., Pusey, A.E., Hahn, B., Wilson, M.L. (2010). Impact of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on chimpanzee population dynamics. PLoS Pathogens. 6(9): e1001116
Ross, S.R., Milstein, M.S., Calcutt, S.E., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2010). Preliminary assessment of methods used to demonstrate nut cracking behavior to five captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Folia Primatologica 81: 224-232.
2009
Lonsdorf, E.V., Ross, S.R., Linick, S.A., Milstein, M.M., Melber, T.N. (2009). An experimental, comparative investigation of tool-use in chimpanzees and gorillas. Animal Behaviour 77: 1119-1126.
Murray, C.M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Eberly, L., Pusey, A.E. (2009). Reproductive energetics in free-living female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Behavioral Ecology 20: 1211-1216.
Keele, B.F, Jones, J.H. , Terio, K.A., Estes, J.D., Rudicell, R.S., Wilson, M.L., Li, Y., Learn, G.H., Beasley, T.M., Schumacher-Stankey, J., Wroblewski, E., Mosser, A., Raphael, J., Kamenya, S., Lonsdorf, E.V., Travis, D.A., Mlengeya, T., Kinsel, M.J., Else, J.G., Silvestri, G., Goodall, J., Sharp, P.M., Shaw, G.M., Pusey, A.E., Hahn, B.H. (2009). Increased Mortality and AIDS-like Immunopathology in Wild Chimpanzees Infected with SIVcpz. Nature 460: 515-519.
Ross, S.R., Holmes, A.N., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2009). Interactions between zoo-housed great apes and local wildlife. American Journal of Primatology 71: 1-8.
2008
Williams, J.M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Wilson, M.L., Schumacher-Stankey, J., Goodall, J, Pusey, A. E. (2008). Causes of death in the Kasekela chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology. 70: 745-750.
Travis, D., Lonsdorf, E.V., Mlengeya, T., Raphael, J. (2008). A science-based approach to managing disease risks for ape conservation. American Journal of Primatology, 70: 766-777.
Ross, S.R., Lukas, K.E., Lonsdorf, E.V., Stoinski, T.S., Hare, B., Shumaker, R., Goodall, J. (2008). Inappropriate use and portrayal of chimpanzees. Science, 319:1487.
2007
Lonsdorf, E.V. (2007). The role of studying behavior in the conservation of chimpanzees and gorillas. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 10: 71-78.
Ross, S.R., Lonsdorf, E.V. and T.S. Stoinski. (2007). Assessing the welfare implications of visitors in a zoo setting: A comment on Wells (2005). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 102: 130-133.
2006
Lonsdorf, E.V., Travis, D., Pusey, A.E., Goodall, J. (2006). Using retrospective health data from the Gombe
chimpanzee study to inform future monitoring efforts. American Journal of Primatology: Special Topics Issue
on Disease Risk Analysis, 68: 897-908.
Lonsdorf, E.V. (2006). What is the role of the mother in the acquisition of tool-use skills in wild chimpanzees? Animal Cognition 9: 36-46.
2005
Lonsdorf, E.V. (2005). Sex differences in the development of termite-fishing skills in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Animal Behaviour 70, 673-683.
Lonsdorf, E.V. and Hopkins, W.D. (2005). Wild chimpanzees show population-level handedness for tool use. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102: 12634-12638.
2004
Lonsdorf, E.V., Pusey, A.E., Eberly, L. (2004). Sex differences in learning in chimpanzees. Nature, 428: 715-716.
Edited volumes
The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental Perspectives (Ed. by Lonsdorf, E. V., Ross, S. R. & Matsuzawa, T.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 2010.
Grants & Awards
2009-2014 National Institutes of Health to B. Hahn, (Research grant, Subcontract PI)
2009-2014 National Institutes of Health to C. Murray (Training grant, Co-Mentor)
2009-2011 Arcus Foundation Great Ape Fund, (Research grant, Co-PI)
2009-2011 Morris Animal Foundation, (Research grant, Co-PI)
2009-2010 Arcus Foundation Great Ape Fund, (Research grant, PI)
2005-2008 Leo S. Guthman Foundation, (Research center core support)
2008-2010 David Bohnett Foundation, (Research grant, Co-PI)
2007-2009 Institute of Museum and Library Services, (Education grant, Co-PI)
2007 Wenner-Gren Anthropological Foundation, (Conference Award)
2007 David Bohnett Foundation, (Conference Award)
2007 David Bohnett Foundation, (Research grant, Co-PI)
2006 David Bohnett Foundation, (Research grant, Co-PI)
2006-2008 Arcus Foundation Great Ape Fund, (Research grant, PI)
2006 USFWS Great Ape Conservation Fund, (Research grant, PI)
2005-2008 Leo S. Guthman Foundation, (Research center core support)
2005 Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation Award (Research grant, PI)
2004-2005 USFWS Great Ape Conservation Fund Award, (Research grant, PI)
2002 American Women in Science Fellowship (Dissertation research)
2002 Elmer C. Birney Summer Fellowship (Dissertation research)
2001 L.S.B. Leakey Foundation (Dissertation research-declined)
2001 Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant (Dissertation research)
2000 Women In Science and Engineering (Travel grant)
2000 University of Minnesota Ecology Program (Travel grant)
1999 L.S.B. Leakey Foundation (Dissertation research)
1999 US Department of Education Foreign Language Area Studies (Kiswahili)
1998, 1999 Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation (Dissertation research)
1998-2001 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
1998-2001 Dayton and Wilkie Natural History Fund (Dissertation research)
1998 University of Minnesota Grants for Research Abroad (Dissertation Research)
1998 Ecology Program Summer Fellowship (Dissertation research)
1997-1998 Graduate School Fellow, University of Minnesota
Awards
2003 National Geographic Emerging Explorer Award
2003 American Society of Primatologists Student Paper Award
2002 University of Minnesota Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee
Course Information
Animal Behavior with affiliated lab - BFB/PSY/BIO 250
Introductory Psychology lab - PSY 100
Animal Social Learning - BFB/PSY 374
Collaborative Research in Animal Behavior with affiliated lab - BFB/PSY 480