Current lab members
Chrissy
Veronicca
Courtney
Lesley
Zonke
Christine Grebe
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chrissy is a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at UW-Madison. Chrissy graduated with a B.S. in Zoology and English with a minor in Environmental Studies from UW-Madison in 2016. Chrissy is primarily interested in baboon thermal physiology and behavioral plasticity relating to changing environmental conditions.
Veronicca Khosana
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Veronicca received her National Diploma in Nature Conservation from the Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, in 2018. Veronicca joined the Swebeswebe Primate Project as a volunteer field assistant in August 2020.
Courtney Maiden
University of South Africa
Courtney is a M.Sc. Environmental Management student at the University of South Africa (principal advisor: Maartin Strauss). Courtney’s research is focused on the design of vervet monkey overpass structures to mitigate road-fatalities and encourage habitat connectivity.
Dr. Lesley Marisa
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lesley received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of South Africa in 2020. Lesley's Ph.D. focused on "The nutritional ecology, habitat utilisation and activity scheduling of free-living chacma baboons". Lesley joined the Swebeswebe Primate Project as field site manager in June 2020.
Zonke Mbutho
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Zonke received her National Diploma and BTech in Nature Conservation from the Nelson Mandela University in 2018 and 2020, respectively. Zonke joined the Swebeswebe Primate Project as a volunteer field assistant in August 2020.
