PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• Ph.D. August 2004. Department of Ecology and Evolution. The Ecological Basis of Aggression in White-faced Capuchin Monkeys, Cebus capucinus, in a Costa Rican Dry Forest. Advisor: Charles H. Janson. Department of Ecology and Evolution. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.

• B.A. Magna cum laude. Biology with an Environmental Science Concentration. Colby College, Waterville ME

ANCILLARY EDUCATION

• Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ. Visiting Student, Spring Semester

• School for Field Studies, Sustainable Development Program, Costa Rica, Fall Semester

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Socio-ecological Theory, Foraging Theory/Food Competition, Nutritional Ecology, Evolution of Sociality, Primate Social Behavior, Tropical Ecology, Game Theory

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• L.S.B. Leakey Foundation Research Grant (2007-2009)
• National Science Foundation Research Grant (2007-2010)
• L.S.B. Leakey Foundation Research Grant (2005)
• Denver Zoological Foundation Research Grant (2005)
• National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (2001)
• Organization of Tropical Studies Emily P. Foster Fellowship (2001, 1999 )
• L.S.B. Leakey Foundation Research Grant (2000)
• Slobodkin Research Award: Stony Brook University (1999 )
• Sokal Travel Award, Stony Brook University (1999 )
• Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program Fellowship (1999)
• Webster Chester Biology Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Colby College (1995)

HONORS

• 2005 L'ORÉAL-U.S. Based UNESCO for Women in Science Award-Honorable Mention
• 2004 Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Ecology and Evolution
• 2000 Best Student Presentation, Ecology and Evolution Seminar, Stony Brook University
• 1998 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award-Honorable Mention
• 1995 Phi Beta Kappa, Colby College
• 1991 – 1995 Dean’s List, Colby College

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

•Vogel, E.R. 2007. Linking variation in feeding ecology and craniodental morphology in great apes. The Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Invited Lecture.

•Vogel, E.R. 2007. Linking variation in feeding ecology and craniodental morphology in great apes. Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology. Leipzig, Germany. Invited Lecture.

•Vogel, E.R. 2007. The ecological basis of aggression in white-faced capuchin monkeys. The Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Invited Lecture.

•Vogel, E.R. 2006. Linking variation in feeding ecology and craniodental morphology in great apes. The Department of Anthropology, University of Texas – Austin. Invited Lecture.

• Vogel, E.R. 2006. Food: from aggression to culture. The Department of Anthropology, University of California – Davis. Invited Lecture.

• Vogel, E.R. 2006. The ecological basis of aggression in white-faced capuchin monkeys. The Animal Behavior Group Seminar Series, University of California – Davis. Invited Lecture.

• Vogel, E.R. 2005. Energy, fruit, and aggression: understanding contest competition in capuchins. The 3rd Annual UC Santa Cruz-Stanford Species Interaction Workshop. Invited Lecture.

• Vogel, E.R. 2005. Ecological and social correlates of coalition formation in white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus: Why escalate?. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. (S40):215.

•Vogel, E. R., Sengupta, A., Stamatopoulos, G., Sen, D., and Janson, C. H. 2004. A game-theoretic model of within-group coalition formation in non-human primates. The 20th International Primatology Society Meeting. Torino, Italy. (Talk given by C. Janson).

• Janson, C.H. and Vogel, E.R. 2004. Estimating the effects of gut constraints on primate social ecology. Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates. Leipzig, Germany.

• Vogel, E.R. and Janson, C.H. 2004. Rank differences in food consumption in white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus in a Costa Rican dry forest. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Oaxaca, Mexico.

• Vogel, E.R. 2004. The Ecological basis of aggression in white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus). The University of Chicago. Animal Behavior Seminar Series. Invited Lecture.

• Vogel, E.R. 2004. Understanding food related aggression in white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus. Department of Anthropology Seminar Series, Yale University. Invited Lecture.

• van Schaik, C.P., Pandit, S., & Vogel, E.R. 2003. Toward a general model for within-group coalitions among male primates. Cooperation in primates and humans: Mechanisms and Evolution. Göttingen, Germany.

• Vogel, E.R. and Janson, C.H. 2003. The Role of Food Patches in Primate Socio-ecology: A monkey’s eye view. American Society of Primatologists 2003 Annual Meeting.

• Vogel, E.R. 2003. The effect of ecology on aggressive interactions in White-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus, in a Costa Rican dry forest. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting.

• Vogel, E.R. 2002. Madagascar-Eden in flames: A report on the Ranamofana Reforestation Project. American Association of Zoological Horticulture and Association of American Zoo Keepers Joint 2002 National Conference. Kansas City, MO.

• Vogel, E.R. 2002. Understanding capuchin foraging: a game theoretical approach. SUNY at Stony Brook Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series.

• Vogel, E.R. 1995. Observations of winter social behavior of Black-capped Chickadees at two sites in the Colby-Perkins Arboretum. Colby College Conference on Undergraduate Research.

• Vogel, E.R. 1993. The foraging behavior of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the Upper Bay of Fundy: Stereotyped or prey sensitive? Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Conference on Undergraduate Research in Biology.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Vogel, E.R. and Janson, C.H. 2004. The ecological basis of food related aggression and rank differences in food consumption in two species of wild capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus and Cebus apella. Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates, Leipzig Germany.

• Vogel, E.R. 2003. The effect of ecology on aggressive interactions in White-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus, in a Costa Rican dry forest. The 40th Anniversary Symposium for the Organization of Tropical Studies.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE / FIELDWORK

•Factors affecting geographic variation in orangutan diets. Post-doctoral Fellow supported by a Adolph Schultz Foundation Grant to Dr. Carel P. van Schaik (University of Zurich) in collaboration with Dr. Nathaniel Dominy (University of California, Santa Cruz. (July 2005-present).

•The functional significance of the M/L cone opsin polymorphism in New World Primates. Post-doctoral Fellow. University of California at Santa Cruz under Dr. Nathaniel Dominy. (2004-present)

• The ecological basis of aggression in White-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus, in a Costa Rican dry forest. Stony Brook University. PI, dissertation research under Dr. Charles H. Janson. (1999-2004)

• Paternity analysis of Cebus capucinus and Cebus apella using micro-satellite regions of genome DNA. Stony Brook University. Assisted Dr. Patricia Escobar-Paramo. (1998-1999)

• Observations of winter social behavior of Black-capped Chickadees at two sites in the Colby Perkins Arboretum. Senior Thesis Project. PI in collaboration with Dr. Herbert Wilson. (1994-1995)

• Metabolic Responses of Mus musculus to three different temperatures. Senior project in collaboration with Dr. Kevin S. Smith. (1994)

• The effect of prey density on the foraging behavior of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the Upper Bay of Fundy. In collaboration with Dr. W.H. Wilson. (1993)

• The difference in bird species diversity in three sites of different vertical stratification with implications of habitat management. Atenas, Costa Rica. Independent Research Project. PI (1993)

• The effect of altitude on small rodent burrows at three sites in the Mojave Desert, CA. Colby College. In collaboration with Dr. David Firmage. (1993)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Primate Behavior and Ecology
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods
• The Living World: Intro to Biology
• Behavioral Ecology
• New World Primates
• Social World of Humans and Animals
• Fundamentals of Biology: Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Behavioral Ecology Laboratory
• Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems
• Primate Ecology. La Suerte Biological Station, Costa Rica
• Principles of Biology
• Ecological Theory
• Introduction to Ecology

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2002-2004 President, The Behavioral Ecology Student Group, SUNY Stony Brook
• 2000-2004 Director of Costa Rica Programs, including Planting for a Future reforestation program in Costa Rica, For Aiza Biby
• 2002-present Board of Trusties, For Aiza Biby
• 1996-1997 Resident Naturalist and Research Assistant at Ecolodge San Luis and Biological Station, San Luis, Costa Rica
• 1995 Research Assistant for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund's Intrinsic Research Program, New Brunswick, NJ
• 1995 Summer Internship at Big Sur Ornithology Lab, Big Sur, CA
• 1992-1995 Research Assistant for Dr. W.H. Wilson at Colby College

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Board Member Representative for Stony Brook University at 2003 Annual Meeting of the Organization for Tropical Studies

• Reviewer: American Journal of Primatology; Animal Cognition; Biotropica; Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology; National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration; National Science Foundation; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Primates; Quarterly Review of Biology.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Association of University Woman
• Animal Behavior Society
• American Society of Primatologists

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• ENGLISH First Language
• SPANISH Training 4 years high school, 3 years college. Proficient in reading and writing; fluent in speaking
• INDONESIAN Proficient in speaking