PhD Student, Anthropology
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Zoe Albert is a Ph.D. student in the anthropology department. Her research interests the gut microbiome, evolutionary theory, female primates and human women, hormones, genetics, conservation, menstruation, and sexual coercion. To learn more about Albert’s research and publications, visit her webpage.
In Spring 2023, Albert received travel funding attend Genomics in the Jungle, a course taught by expert primate geneticists in the Peruvian Amazon. This will serve to enhance her methodological skills prior to her doctoral dissertation research entitled: Environment, energetics and diet as modulators of the gut microbiome of Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) Living in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Learn more in our featured article.