Meet The Team

My name is Benjamin Daymo and I recently graduated from ASU with bachelor degrees in Anthropology and History. I spent two years doing work for the palaeoecology lab at ASU, in the later year managing a team of students coding camera traps set up here at Issa Valley! I'm interested in human uniqueness and the conditions which brought us to where we are. While at Issa I'm taking on a hybrid research coordinator position where I'll pursue a project exploring primate responses to fire with the hopes of better understanding how enviornemets like Issa played a role in our evolution as a species.

My name is Emma Guimaraes. I am currently doing my Masters in Human Evolution and Behaviour at UCL. My interests lie in adaptation, specifically primate and hominin adaptation to their environments. The link between form and function is super interesting to me, so I'm excited to be able to work with the bone collection at GMERC, creating 3D models of primate cranial morphology in the Issa Valley! I am really grateful to have this unique opportunity.

My name is Tarun and I recently obtained my bachelor’s from LSU in Natural Resource Ecology and Management. I’m interested in ecological monitoring and wildlife responses  to ecological change. I will be working at GMERC these next few months studying the effects of wildfire on soil hydrological processes and its implications for forest regrowth and dietary availability for chimpanzees. I’m excited for the opportunity to develop new skills in primate studies and ecological monitoring.