Anna H Weyher

Weyher@wustl.edu www.kasankababoonproject.com Department of Anthropology Campus Box 1114 St. Louis, MO 63130 Education Washington University in St. Louis Doctoral Candidate (ABD), Physical Anthropology Masters of Arts, Physical Anthropology, Roehampton University, UK Masters of Science with merit, Primatology Masters Thesis: A Comparison of gastrointestinal parasites in a crop-raiding and a forest-dwelling troop of olive baboons in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria Santa Clara University Bachelor of Science with honors, Anthropology Grants Fulbright Lambda Alpha Graduate Overseas Research Grant American Society of Primatology Small Grant Idea Wild Equipment Grant Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Seed Money Explorers Club Exploration Grant Washington University in St. Louis Travel Grant Roehampton University Student Grant L.S.B. Leakey Trust Small Grant Chester Zoo Zoological/Veterinary Studentship Fellowships P.E.O Scholarship Washington University in St. Louis, Graduate Scholarship Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Anthropology, Graduate Fellowship 2007-Present Spring 2009 2003-2004

1997-2001

2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2008 2008 2004 2004 2004

2011-2012 2008-2010 2007-2008

Publications Weyher, A.H. (2011). A study of the kinda baboon in Zambia. Black Lechwe. Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia, Vol. Issue 1. Weyher, A.H., Phillips-Conroy, J.E., Jolly, C.J. (In prep). Observations of male-female grooming interactions in Kinda Baboons (Papio cynocephalus kindae) in Zambia. Weyher, A.H. (2010). Behavioral observations of Kinda baboons (Papio cynocephalus kindae) in Kafue National Park Zambia. (Abstract). Am. J. Phys. Anth. Suppl. 50: 241-242 Weyher, A.H., Phillips-Conroy, J.E., Fischer, K., Weil, G.J., Chansa, W. and Fischer, P.U. (2010). Molecular identification of Schistosoma mattheei from feces of Kinda (Papio cynocephaluskindae) and grayfoot baboons (Papio cynocephalus griseipes) in Zambia. J. Parasitol.Vol 96:184-190 Phillips-Conroy, J.E., Jolly, C.J., and Weyher, A.H. (2009) Observations of "Kinda" baboons (Papio cynocephalus kindae) in Zambia: adult males as the active partner male-female grooming dyads. Am. J. Primatol, 71(Suppl 1). Pgs: 65

Phillips-Conroy, J.E., Jolly, C.J., Burrell, A., Rogers, and Weyher, A.H. (2009). Genetic and behavioral observations of "Kinda" baboons (Papio cynocephalus kindae) in Zambia. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., Suppl 48:211 Weyher, A.H., Phillips-Conroy, J.E., and Jolly,C.J. (2009) Intestinal Parasites of Zambian Baboons. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., Suppl 48:271 Phillips-Conroy, J.E., Jolly, C.J., Burrell, A., Rogers, J., and Weyher, A.H. (2009) Genetic and Behavioral Observations of " Kinda" Baboons (Papio cynocephalus kindae) in Zambia. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., Suppl 48:211 Weyher, A.H. (2009). Crop raiding: The influence of behavioral and nutritional changes on primate-parasite relationships. In: Primate Parasite Ecology: The Dynamics and study of Host-parasite Relationships. Huffman, M,A. and Chapman, C.A. (eds). Cambridge University Press. Weyher, A.H., Ross, C., and Semple, S. (2006). Gastrointestinal parasites in crop raiding and wild foraging Papio anubis in Nigeria. International Journal of Primatology, Vol 27: 1519-1534. Laboratory Work Department of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine 2009 Project: Molecular identification of parasite DNA from baboon fecal samples 2008 Principal Investigator: Dr. Gary Weil and Dr. Peter Fischer St. Louis Zoo Endocrinology Laboratory, Endocrinology Internship 2008 Training: Instruction in extraction of hormones from fecal samples using radioimmunoassay techniques Principal Investigator: Dr. Joan Bauman, Zoo Endocrinologist Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, parasitological analysis of formalin 2008 preserved fecal samples from Papio kindae, Papio griseipes in the Kafue River basin, Zambia Roehampton University, MS Dissertation 2004 Project: Independent parasitological analysis of olive baboon fecal samples London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. Training: Instruction in formal-ether concentration procedure and iron-haematoxylin staining procedure for the recovery of fecal parasites Koobi Fora Archaeological Project, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi 2001 Duties: Lithic artifact identification, measurement and curation Field Work Formal data collection of kinda baboon group for PhD dissertation, Kasanka, Zambia Habituation of Kinda baboon group for PhD dissertation, Kasanka National Park, Zambia Pilot study for PhD dissertation fieldwork, Kafue National Park, Zambia Preliminary site assessment and baboon fecal sample collection for PhD dissertation, Kafue and Kasanka National Parks, Zambia Data and sample collection for MS Dissertation, Gashaka National Park, Nigeria Project: Collection of fecal samples and complementary behavioral data from two troops of olive baboons Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University Koobi Fora Field School, East Turkana, Field Assistant, Koobi Fora Archaeological Project, East Turkana, Northern Kenya

Present 2010 2009 2008 2004

2002 2001

Professional Organizations American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Animal Behavior Society, Lambda Alpha, American Society of Primatologists Public Service YWCA Sexual Assault Response Team, St. Louis, MO Volunteer; YWCA World Service Council, Member;

YWCA Volunteer, Zambia