PAT WRIGHT LAB - Key Persons
Amanda Rowe is a PhD Candidate co-advised by Dr. Patricia Wright and Dr. Andreas Koenig in the Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA. She is an active board member of WISE Tropics, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts Program in Biological Anthropology / Dept. of Anthropology, Stony Brook University
Job Titles:
- Student - Department of Anthropology
I am a tropical biologist, conservationist and primatologist. My broad interests include biodiversity assessments, conservation biology, population ecology and genetics, and primate hibernation. I am also interested in exploration of new sites and the discovery and documentation of new species. This has led me to carry out field research in Peru, Paraguay, Borneo, East Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Madagascar.
I received my PhD from the City University of New York under the supervision of Warren Kinzey and John Oates. My dissertation was entitled "The Costs and Benefits of Nocturnality for Aotus trivirgatus (the Night Monkey)". Afterwards, during my post-doc in Duke University I studied the reproduction and physiology of two species of tarsiers in
Sharon Pochron has an uncanny affection for the magic of statistics and its ability to elucidate the behavior of living things. She currently teaches in the Sustainability Studies Program at Stony Brook University, covering topics in conservation genetics, demography, epidemiology and ecology. In her earthworm lab, she and her student investigate the role of acid rain, soil pH and soil calcium on earthworm biomass, the role of environmental toxins (like Roundup) on earthworm mortality and fertility, and earthworm life histories.
She received her Bachelors from Franklin and Marshall College in both anthropology and biology. She received her Doctorate from University of New Mexico in anthropology and biology, after following baboons around the savannah for two years, collecting data on their foraging behavior.
As a post-doc for Patricia Wright, Pochron published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers about lemurs, tarsiers and baboons. She also worked as a biostatistician for Dr. Jeff Levinton, helping him publish papers about heavy metal concentrations in local sea life. In her increasingly rare spare time, Dr. Pochron writes about science and animals for Highlights, Science New for Kids, and Muse Magazine.