with mentee, Mauricette Rajaobelina
Dr. Abigail Ross is a primate behavioral ecologist and the Founder and Executive Director of The Dr. Abigail Ross Foundation for Applied Conservation (TDARFAC). She graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, M.A. in Biological Anthropology from Northern Illinois University, and Ph.D. in Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of Toronto, Canada. She has conducted fieldwork and participated in conservation research projects in Costa Rica, Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, and Madagascar. Her research broadly focuses on maternal care, environmental endocrinology, and nutritional ecology in lemurs.
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