Emily Briggs
Emily Briggs is a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences who is broadly interested in the ecology, evolution, and behavior of Neotropical primates. Her research examines how human activities such as deforestation and agricultural encroachment impact the distribution of wild primate species in the Gran Chaco of South America. She is particularly interested in examining the impacts of land-use change on owl monkey (Aotuz azarae) populations in northern Argentina and Paraguay.