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  • Graduate Student (EEB), Fitzpatrick Lab

Research Interests

  • Life History
  • Primate Behavioral Ecology
  • Reproductive Ecology
  • Sexual Selection

Educational Background

  • B.A. Anthropology, concentration in Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species, cum laude, Columbia University 2017-2021
  • Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Texas A&M University, 2023-Present

Selected Publications

  • Publications:

    Petersdorf M, et al. (2024). Multimodal sexual signals are not precise indicators of fertility in female
    Kinda baboons. Hormones and Behavior, 165, 105632.

    Mustill RL, et al. In press. Female parity, sexual signaling, and sexual behavior in the Kinda baboon.
    In: Wallis J, editor. Baboons: behavior, ecology, and taxonomy. Cambridge University Press.

    Presentations:

    Presented at the Third Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Montreal, QC, Canada. July 2024

    Presented at the Texas A&M Department of Biology Student Postdoc Research Conference (SPRC), College Station, TX. January 2025