Zoe Albert

Matriculated September 2020

Research Interests

 the gut microbiome, evolutionary theory, female primates and human women, hormones, genetics, conservation, menstruation, and sexual coercion.

About

Zoe Albert is a third year PhD student studying Biological Anthropology in Dr. Cheryl Knott’s lab. Her background is in human and veterinary medicine and ecology and evolutionary biology. Prior to beginning her work at Boston University, Zoe received her Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Tulane University. She fell in love with the study of primates while researching white-faced capuchin monkeys in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Her dissertation research focuses on the gut microbial differences of the wild orangutan populations living in two disparately anthropogenically disturbed areas of Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Social Media

www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-albert-a1a650127

Awards & Grants

• BU Center for Innovation in Social Science (CISS) Travel Awards. (Summer 2023).
• Department of Anthropology Summer Research Grant. (Summer 2023).
• Fulbright AMINEF. (awarded May 2023).
• Dallas Jewish Community Foundation. (awarded Spring 2023).
• Long-term Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship (GRAF). (awarded Spring 2023). 
• BU Center for Innovation in Social Science William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award. (2022)
• Department of Anthropology Summer Research Grant. (2022).
• William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award to attend 2022 Meeting of American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA). (2022)
• Graduate Committee of the Boston University Department of Anthropology. (2021)
• Boston University Dean’s Fellowship. (Fall 2020, Spring 2021).
• Brandon Family Foundation Fellowship for Research. (2019)

Publications

• forthcoming