Damiana Runcio

I joined the Capuchinos de Taboga research group in October 2025, moving from Italy after completing my Master’s degree at the University of Florence. My background began with an ecological focus on birds and bats, and later expanded into cognitive research on social learning in parrots for my Master’s thesis, during which I spent a […]

Addison Earley

I recently graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Vertebrate Zoology. My interest in primate cognition and behavior led me to connect with Dr. Marcela Benitez at Emory University, whose research on cognition, behavior, and same-sex sexual behavior in non-human primates closely aligns with my own interests. Through this connection, I was introduced […]

Lindsey Weyant

I am a field assistant at Capuchinos de Taboga project working with platform experiments regarding cognition processes. Interested in habitat fragmentation and life history, I have worked with a variety of species and biomes, most recently working with owl monkeys (Aotus azerae) in the Argentinean Chaco. I have also worked with acoustic signalling in the Soprano […]

Isabelle Dugan

My name is Isabelle and I am the current Cognition Assistant at Capuchinos de Taboga. I graduated from the University of Michigan in May, 2025 with a double major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience as well as a minor in Environmental Science! During my time at Michigan, I worked with […]