Pitheciine Action Group
The Pitheciine Action Group (PAG) exists to promote the study
and effective conservation of the genera
Pithecia, Chiropotes,
Cacajao and Callicebus
© Liza M. Veiga & Sarah A. Boyle
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PAG PEOPLE
Executive Committee
Liza M. Veiga
Adrian A. Barnett
Stephen Ferrari
Marilyn A. Norconk
Bruna Bezerra
Sarah A. Boyle
PAG Members - Bios
Ph.D. Student, Centre for Research in Evolutionary
Anthropology, Roehampton University, UK

Email: Adrian.Barnett1[at]gmail.com

Research Interests: Evolutionary and dietary ecology of the
genus
Cacajao. Primate biogeography, foraging ecology, and
animal-plant interactions in general. Broader aspects of tropical
ecology, including dietary and community ecology of bats, rats,
and birds.
Adrian Ashton Barnett
Researcher, Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development,
Amazonas, Brazil


Email:
nayara[at]mamiraua.org.br or
nayara_cardoso[at]yahoo.com.br


Web Page:
www.mamiraua.org.br

Research Interests: Ecology and conservation of primates
(particularly
Cacajao calvus): feeding behavior, and seed
dispersal
.
Sarah A. Boyle
Professor, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil

Email: ferrari[at]pitheciineactiongroup.org

Research Interests: Behaviour, conservation, ecology,
evolution, genetics, habitat fragmentation, and taxonomy.
Species of interest:
Callicebus spp. (titi), Callithrix spp.
(marmoset), and
Chiropotes spp. (bearded saki).

CV Link:
http://lattes.cnpq.br/3447608036151352
Liza M. Veiga
Ph.D. Student, School of Biological Science, University of
Bristol, UK

Email: bruna.bezerra[at]bristol.ac.uk;
bruna[at]pitheciineactiongroup.org

Web Page:
www.bio.bris.ac.uk/people/staff.cfm?key=1198

Research Interests: Primate behaviour, social ecology, foraging
strategies, and bioacoustics.
Bruna Bezerra
Professor, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do
Sul, Brazil, and Research Associate at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Research Interests: Primate ecology, behavior, cognition, and
biodiversity conservation.

CV Link:
http://lattes.cnpq.br/8217693225258734
Júlio César Bicca-Marques
Post-doctoral Fellow/Lecturer, Emilio Goeldi Museum and
Federal University of Pará, Brazil

Email: lizaveiga[at]pitheciineactiongroup.org

Web Page:
www.ufpa.br/ppgzool

Research Interests: Primate ecology, behaviour and
conservation; pitheciid primates; endangered primate
species in eastern Brazilian Amazonia; habitat
fragmentation. Inventory and monitoring of terrestrial
vertebrates (particularly medium and large mammals) using
line transect census and camera-traps.

CV Link:  
http://lattes.cnpq.br/4423233175920315
Stephen Ferrari
Professor, Kent State University, USA

Email: mnorconk[at]kent.edu

Web Page:
www.personal.kent.edu/~mnorconk/index_flash.html

Research Interests: Platyrrhine feeding ecology, community
relations, and saki social behavior.
Marilyn A. Norconk
Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University, USA

Email: lmporter[at]niu.edu

Web Page:

http://www3.niu.edu/anthro/people/faculty/porter.htm

Research Interests: Platyrrhines, conservation, ecology, and
allocare.
Leila M. Porter
Postdoctoral Researcher, Living Links to Human Evolution
Research Centre, Edinburgh Zoo, Department of Psychology,
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and Honorary Research
Associate, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology,
University of Kent, UK

Email: mtb21[at]st-andrews.ac.uk

Web Pages:
www.living-links.org/          
www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology/dice/dicestaff/bowler.html
www.uakari.co.uk

Research Interests: Behaviour and ecology of Cacajao calvus,
conservation of Amazonian primates, public engagement with
science in the fields of biology and evolution. Red Uakari
Monkey Project.
Mark Bowler
Nayara de A. Cardoso
Assistant Professor, Rhodes College, USA

Email: boyles[at]rhodes.edu

Web Page:
www.rhodes.edu/academics/1945_16095.asp

Research Interests: Ecology, behavior, conservation biology,
GIS and remote sensing, anthropogenic habitat disturbance,
urbanization, and forest fragmentation.