Projects Isabelle worked on data entry for the Nature’s Valley Baboon Project and then went to South Africa in summer 2025 and completed a project on indigenous and alien plant foods in the chacma baboon diet. She and other members of the team published a short report in 2026 in the South African regional journal …
Projects Sam worked with Dr. Bryer on primate behavioral methods training and data organization, including in exploring guenon feeding on exotic versus indigenous plants in Uganda.
Projects Gabby worked on data entry for the Nature’s Valley Baboon Project and then went to South Africa in summer 2025 and completed a project on grooming equitability in chacma baboons before and after a group fusion. She and other members of the team published a short report in 2026 in the South African regional …
Projects Natalie completed an independent study with Dr. Bryer during which she did a comprehensive review of literature in multiple disciplines that directly relate or infer relationships between nutrition and tool use in living and extinct primates.
Projects Maddie contributed to data entry for the Nature’s Valley Baboon Project and participated in a weekly NVBP journal club with other UW-Madison undergraduates and Dr. Bryer.
Projects Adrien was a field assistant for the Nature’s Valley Baboon Project 2025-2026, collecting behavioral and ranging data on chacma baboons in Nature’s Valley, South Africa, generating monthly reports for the local community, and training and managing short-term students working on baboon-related projects.