Dr. Rebecca Stumpf
Dr. Stumpf is the co-director of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Endocrinology and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois. She is a primatologist who specializes in female reproductive strategies of the great apes.
Dr. Stumpf's Department of Anthropology Profile
Dr. Kathryn Clancy
Dr. Clancy is the co-director of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois. She is a human reproductive ecologist who specializes in women's health, endometrial function and evolutionary medicine. She blogs at
Context and Variation.
Dr. Clancy's Department of Anthropology Profile
Students and staff
Graduate students
Talia Melber, PhD candidate. I am interested in sexual selection, mate choice, the relationship between hormones and behavior, and cognitive processes. My previous research has included investigating patterns of tool-use acquisition in great apes and studying potential behavioral cues used by female callitrichines to assess male mate quality. In the future I plan to utilize hormonal analyses to provide insight into various aspects of behavior and reproduction in primates.
Rodolfo Martinez-Mota, PhD candidate. Picture and bio coming soon.
Krista Milich, PhD candidate. I am studying the impact of habitat degradation on female red colobus monkey reproductive function in Kibale National Park, Uganda. I am interested in examining how anthropogenic changes to forests influence female reproductive physiologies, behaviors, and hormone concentrations. This project combines my main interests: primates, reproduction, endocrinology, and conservation. I love doing field work in Uganda and hope to continue working in Africa for many more years.
Undergraduates
Dana Ahern. Anthropology and Gender & Women's Studies.
Sophia Bodnar. Anthropology.
Lab alums
Antoine DeJong. Psychology.
Laura Klein. Senior, Integrative Biology Honors, Chemistry Minor. Laura is currently a PhD student in the Harvard Department of Human Evolutionary Biology.
Emily Marzolph. Anthropology.
Katherine Tribble. Senior, Molecular and Cellular Biology Honors. Katie is a medical student at the Loyola School of Medicine.
Ashley Voigt. Ashley is a pharmacy student.
Junior lab members
Annika Polk. V(x). I like monkeys. (pic soon)
Joan Clancy-Harley. V(x). I like spit and pee.
