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John C. "Jack" Winans
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Bücklestraße 5a
78467 Konstanz
Germany
Email: jwinans at ab.mpg.de
Education
Stony Brook University, PhD (2018 - 2024)
Dissertation: "Individual variation within the collective: bottom-up and top-down social processes in wild baboon groups."
Dissertation Committee: Catherine Markham (Advisor), Susan Alberts, Andreas Koenig, Heather Lynch
George Washington University, BS, Biological Anthropology (2014 - 2018)
Thesis: "Mixed evidence for ecological risk aversion in wild juvenile chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania."
Thesis Advisors: Carson Murray, Kaitlin Wellens
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
Animal Behavior Society Graduate Student Travel Award ($380; 2022)
Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($8,701; 2022 - 2023)
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant ($29,652; 2022 - 2024)
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research ($3,800; 2021)
Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant ($1,500; 2021)
American Society of Primatologists Small Research Grant ($1,500; 2020)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ($138,000; 2018 - 2023)
Graduate Council Fellowship ($50,000; 2018 - 2024)
Jane B. Hart Award, George Washington University ($300; 2018)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Wellens, KR, Lee, SM, Winans, JC, Pusey, AE, & Murray, CM (2022). Female chimpanzee associations with male kin: Trade-offs between inbreeding avoidance and infanticide protection. Animal Behaviour 190: 115-123.
Conference Presentations
Winans, JC, Archie, EA, Tung, J, Gesquiere, LR, Alberts, SC, Markham, AC (2023). From populations to groups to individuals and back again: group living and fitness in a highly social primate. 2023 Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. Portland, OR. Podium (invited symposium).
Winans, JC, Alberts, SC, & Markham, AC (2022). High lactational synchrony decreases survival odds and increases infanticide risk for infant baboons. 2022 Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. San José, Costa Rica. Podium.
Winans, JC, Alberts, SC, & Markham, AC (2021). High synchrony of female lactation within groups decreases survival odds for infant savannah baboons. 7th Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists (NEEP), Boston, MA. Podium.
Winans, JC, & Markham, AC (2020). Social factors predict global and local measures of female olive baboon (Papio anubis) spatial position. 6th Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists (NEEP), Virtual. Podium.
Winans, JC, & Markham, AC (2019). Predictors of spatial proximity in wild female savannah baboons: The effect of habitat openness. 5th Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists (NEEP), Amherst, MA. Poster.
Winans, JC, Wellens, KR, Lonsdorf, EV, & Murray, CM (2018). Mixed evidence for ecological risk aversion in juvenile wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 80(S1): 61. Podium.
Teaching Experience
Co-Instructor, Stony Brook University (Spring 2023):
Science and Technology Entry Program: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University:
Introduction to Human Biology (Spring 2024)
Evolution of Human Behavior (Fall 2023; Fall 2018)
How We Eat (Fall 2019)
What Makes Us Human (Spring 2019)
Field Experience
Amboseli, Kenya (Spring 2019; Summer 2019; Summer 2021; Summer-Fall 2022; Summer 2023)
Primate Studies Field School, Rwanda (Summer 2016)
Outreach
Social Media Volunteer, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University (2019 - 2020)
Member, Shutterbug Science (2018 - Present)
Service
Secretary, Behavioral Ecology Group, Stony Brook University (2023 - 2024)
Ad hoc Reviewer (2022 - Present): Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Master's Admissions Committee Member, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University (2020 - 2021)
Treasurer, Behavioral Ecology Group, Stony Brook University (2019 - Present)
John C. "Jack" Winans
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Bücklestraße 5a
78467 Konstanz
Germany
Email: jwinans at ab.mpg.de
Education
Stony Brook University, PhD (2018 - 2024)
Dissertation: "Individual variation within the collective: bottom-up and top-down social processes in wild baboon groups."
Dissertation Committee: Catherine Markham (Advisor), Susan Alberts, Andreas Koenig, Heather Lynch
George Washington University, BS, Biological Anthropology (2014 - 2018)
Thesis: "Mixed evidence for ecological risk aversion in wild juvenile chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania."
Thesis Advisors: Carson Murray, Kaitlin Wellens
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
Animal Behavior Society Graduate Student Travel Award ($380; 2022)
Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($8,701; 2022 - 2023)
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant ($29,652; 2022 - 2024)
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research ($3,800; 2021)
Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant ($1,500; 2021)
American Society of Primatologists Small Research Grant ($1,500; 2020)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ($138,000; 2018 - 2023)
Graduate Council Fellowship ($50,000; 2018 - 2024)
Jane B. Hart Award, George Washington University ($300; 2018)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Wellens, KR, Lee, SM, Winans, JC, Pusey, AE, & Murray, CM (2022). Female chimpanzee associations with male kin: Trade-offs between inbreeding avoidance and infanticide protection. Animal Behaviour 190: 115-123.
Conference Presentations
Winans, JC, Archie, EA, Tung, J, Gesquiere, LR, Alberts, SC, Markham, AC (2023). From populations to groups to individuals and back again: group living and fitness in a highly social primate. 2023 Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. Portland, OR. Podium (invited symposium).
Winans, JC, Alberts, SC, & Markham, AC (2022). High lactational synchrony decreases survival odds and increases infanticide risk for infant baboons. 2022 Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. San José, Costa Rica. Podium.
Winans, JC, Alberts, SC, & Markham, AC (2021). High synchrony of female lactation within groups decreases survival odds for infant savannah baboons. 7th Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists (NEEP), Boston, MA. Podium.
Winans, JC, & Markham, AC (2020). Social factors predict global and local measures of female olive baboon (Papio anubis) spatial position. 6th Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists (NEEP), Virtual. Podium.
Winans, JC, & Markham, AC (2019). Predictors of spatial proximity in wild female savannah baboons: The effect of habitat openness. 5th Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists (NEEP), Amherst, MA. Poster.
Winans, JC, Wellens, KR, Lonsdorf, EV, & Murray, CM (2018). Mixed evidence for ecological risk aversion in juvenile wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Primatology 80(S1): 61. Podium.
Teaching Experience
Co-Instructor, Stony Brook University (Spring 2023):
Science and Technology Entry Program: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University:
Introduction to Human Biology (Spring 2024)
Evolution of Human Behavior (Fall 2023; Fall 2018)
How We Eat (Fall 2019)
What Makes Us Human (Spring 2019)
Field Experience
Amboseli, Kenya (Spring 2019; Summer 2019; Summer 2021; Summer-Fall 2022; Summer 2023)
Primate Studies Field School, Rwanda (Summer 2016)
Outreach
Social Media Volunteer, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University (2019 - 2020)
Member, Shutterbug Science (2018 - Present)
Service
Secretary, Behavioral Ecology Group, Stony Brook University (2023 - 2024)
Ad hoc Reviewer (2022 - Present): Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Master's Admissions Committee Member, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University (2020 - 2021)
Treasurer, Behavioral Ecology Group, Stony Brook University (2019 - Present)