Jennifer Siani
Advisor: Dr.
James Dietz
Previous Education:
B.S. Pennsylvania State University
major - Animal Bioscience, minor -Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Research Interests:
My primary research interests include parental investment,
allocaregiving, animal communication and sibling rivalry.
I am conducting a field study on golden lion tamarins to determine
the costs and distribution of providing infant care. Specifically,
my research will determine how tamarins allocate resources
based on offspring sex, how that investment affects caregiver
body mass and activity budgets, and when infants can increase
the quantity of investment.
Location of Research:
Poço das Antas Biological Reserve, Rio de Janeiro State,
Brazil
Publications:
Jambunathan, N., Siani, J. M. and T. W. McNellis. 2001. A
humidity sensitive Arabidopsis copine mutant exhibits precocious
cell death and increased disease resistance. The Plant
Cell. 13: 2225-2240.
Siani, J. M., Bales, K.L., Baker, A.J., and J. M. Dietz. 2004. Relationships
between age, weight and sex ratio in wild golden lion tamarins
(Leontopithecus rosalia). Abstract/Poster presentation.
American Society of Primatologists Meeting June 7-12, 2004.
Siani, J. M. 2005. Parent-Offspring Conflict in wild golden
lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia): Research
Grant Report. American Journal of Primatology. September
Newsletter:7.
Coleman, S.W., Patricelli, G.L., Coyle, B., Siani, J. and G. Borgia. 2007. Female preferences drive the evolution of mimetic accuracy in male sexual displays. Biology Letters. 3: 463-466.
Funding Sources:
2008 Darwin Fellowship
2006 Darwin Fellowship
2006 Goldhaber Travel Grant
2005 L.S.B. Leakey Research Grant
2005 American Society of Mammalogists Grant-In-Aid of Research
2005 Animal Behavior Society Research Grant
2005 University of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Grant
2004 American Society of Primatologists Small Research Grant
2002 Biology of Small Populations Research Training Grant
Awards:
2007 Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland
2007 College of Chemical and Life Sciences Travel Award
2004 University of Maryland College of Life Sciences Travel
Award
2003 Nagel Travel Grant to Poço das Antas Biological Reserve,
Brazil
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