In review |
Chiou, K.L., Bergey, C.M., Burrell, A.S., Disotell, T.R., Rogers, J., Jolly, C.J., Phillips-Conroy, J.E. Genomic signatures of extreme body size divergence in baboons. |
In review |
Watowich, M., Chiou, K.L., Montague, M.J., Simons, N.D., Horvath, J.E., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N. Natural disaster accelerates immunological aging in a nonhuman primate model. |
In review |
DeLacey, P.M., Perlman, R.F., Sen, S., Schneider-Crease, I., Chiou, K.L., Lemma, A., Ayele, F., Higham, J.P., Lu, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J. Assessing male gelada chest patches: color measurement and physiological mechanisms. |
2021 |
Chiou, K.L., Bergey, C.M., Burrell, A.S., Disotell, T.R., Rogers, J., Jolly, C.J., Phillips-Conroy, J.E. Genome-wide ancestry and introgression in a Zambian baboon hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 30, 1907-1920. |
2021 |
Chiou, K.L., Blair, M.E. Modeling niches and mapping distributions: progress and promise of ecological niche models for primate research. In F.L. Dolins, C.A. Shaffer, L.M. Porter, J.R. Hickey, N.P. Nibbelink (Eds.), Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology: Applying GIS at Varying Scales (pp. 315-348). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. |
2020 |
Chiou, K.L., Montague, M.J., Goldman, E.A., Watowich, M.M., Sams, S.N., Song, J., Horvath, J.E., Sterner, K.N., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N. Rhesus macaques as a tractable physiological model of human ageing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375, 20190612. |
2020 |
Schneider-Crease, I., Chiou, K.L., Snyder-Mackler, N., Bergman, T.J., Beehner, J.C., Lu, A. Beyond infant death: the hidden costs of male immigration in geladas. Animal Behaviour, 159, 89-95. |
2018 |
Melin, A.D., Webb, S.E., Williamson, R.E., Chiou, K.L. Data collection in field primatology: a renewed look at measuring foraging behaviour. In U. Kalbitzer, K.M. Jack (Eds.), Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability - Essays in Honour of Linda M. Fedigan (pp. 161-192). Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. New York, NY: Springer. |
2018 |
Tsukayama, P., Boolchandani, M., Patel, S., Pehrsson, E., Gibson, M.K., Chiou, K.L., Jolly, C.J., Rogers, J., Phillips-Conroy, J.E., Dantas, G. Characterization of wild and captive baboon gut microbiota and their antibiotic resistomes. mSystems, 3, e00016-18. |
2018 |
Chiou, K.L.*, Bergey, C.M.* Methylation-based enrichment facilitates low-cost, noninvasive genomic scale sequencing of populations from feces. Scientific Reports, 8, 1975. |
2017 |
Melin, A.D., Chiou, K.L., Walco, E.R., Bergstrom, M.L., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L.M. Trichromacy increases fruit intake rates of wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, 10402-10407. |
2017 |
Lima, M.J.M., Buckner, C.J., Silva, J.S., Aleixo, A., Martins, A.B., Boubli, J.P., Link, A., Farias, I.P., da Silva, M.N., Rhe, F., Queiroz, H., Chiou, K.L., Di Fiore, A., Alfaro, M.E., Lynch Alfaro, J.W. Capuchin monkey biogeography: understanding Sapajus Pleistocene range expansion and the current sympatry between Cebus and Sapajus. Journal of Biogeography, 44, 810-820. |
2012 |
Lynch Alfaro, J.W., Boubli, J.P., Olson, L.E., Di Fiore, A., Wilson, B., Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G.A., Chiou, K.L., Schulte, M., Neitzel, S., Ross, V., Schwochow, D., Nguyen, M., Farias, I., Janson, C., Alfaro, M.E. Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 272-288. |
2011 |
Chiou, K.L., Pozzi L., Lynch Alfaro, J.W., Di Fiore, A. Pleistocene diversification of living squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) inferred from complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59, 736-745. [preprint] [alignment - nexus format] |
2018-present |
Biological Anthropology Grant, National Science Foundation (with Noah Snyder-Mackler). “Functional genomics of high-altitude adaptation in a nonhuman primate model.” $394,352. |
2017-2020 |
NIH T32 Genetic Approaches to Aging Training Grant, University of Washington. |
2016-2017 |
Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University. |
2016 |
NGS Discovery Project Grand Prize, NGX Bio (with Christina Bergey). “Whole-genome sequencing from noninvasive samples.” $5,000. |
2014-2016 |
General Research Grant, The Leakey Foundation. “Population genomics of a baboon hybrid zone in Zambia.” $13,270. |
2013-2016 |
Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Research (BCC-SBE/EHR), National Science Foundation (with Anthony Di Fiore, Tom Igoe, and Jane Phillips-Conroy). “Ethoinformatics: developing data services and a standard ‘etho-grammar’ for behavioral research.” $474,512 ($121,909 to Washington University). |
2013-2016 |
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation. “Population genomics of a baboon hybrid zone in Zambia.” $24,138. |
2013 |
Summer Research Award, Washington University. “Baboon hybridization at the crossroads of behavior, ecology, and evolution.” $4,700. |
2012 |
Summer Research Award, Washington University. “Species-specific signaling and recognition in a baboon contact zone.” $5,300. |
2011 |
Graduate Research Travel Award, National Science Foundation. Travel award to participate in summer research with the Kafue National Park Baboon Research Project in Chunga, Kafue National Park, Zambia. $1,000. |
2010-2015 |
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation. |
2010 |
Conference Grant, New York University. Travel grant for 79th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Albuquerque, NM. $450. |
2009 |
Young Explorers Grant, National Geographic Society. “Fecal analysis of ovarian sex steroid hormones of lowland woolly monkeys (Lagothrix poeppigii) in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador.” $2,702. |
2009 |
Collegiate Research Scholar Grant, New York University. “Fecal analysis of ovarian profiles.” $2,000. |
2008 |
Barnet and Phyllis Liberman Research Scholar Grant, New York University. “Phylogeny and phylogeography of Central and South American squirrel monkeys.” $1,900. |
2008 |
College of Arts & Science Parents Research Scholar Grant, New York University. “Strategies for survival: an analysis of behavioral defense mechanisms among sympatric primate populations in Costa Rica.” $2,000. |
2021 |
Zintel, T.M., Chiou, K.L., Spurrell, C.H., Gogate, A.A., Starita, L.M., O'Day, D.R., Pliner, H.A., Bauman, S.E., Compo, N.R., Martinez, M.I., Brent, L.J.N., Gonzalez, O., Bohlen, M.O., Montague, M.J., Higham, J.P., Platt, M.L., Shendure, J., Snyder-Mackler, N. A comprehensive single-cell atlas of the adult rhesus macaque brain. Cold Spring Harbor Labs Biology of Genomes Meeting. Virtual due to COVID-19. |
2021 |
Chiou, K.L., Janiak, M.C., Melin, A.D., Lu, A., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Snyder-Mackler, N. Adaptations to high altitude in the gelada genome. Cold Spring Harbor Labs Biology of Genomes Meeting. Virtual due to COVID-19. |
2020 |
Watowich, M.M., Chiou, K.L., Montague, M.J., Ruiz-Lambides, A.V., Martínez, M.I., Horvath, J.E., Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N. Natural disaster accelerates age-associated immune system dysregulation. Cold Spring Harbor Labs Mechanisms of Aging Meeting. Virtual due to COVID-19. |
2020 |
Snyder-Mackler, N., Chiou, K.L., Janiak, M.C., Melin, A.D., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Lu, A. High altitude adaptations in gelada monkeys (Theropithecus gelada). Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Los Angeles, California. |
2020 |
Goldman, E.A., Chiou, K.L., Montague, M.J., Mercer, A., Sams, S., Martinez, M.I., Horvath, J.E., Brent, L.J.N., Platt, M.L., Sterner, K.N., Snyder-Mackler, N. Investigating age-related variation in the methylome of rhesus macaques. Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Los Angeles, California. |
2020 |
DeCasien, A.R., Chiou, K.L., Montague, M.J., Sherwood, C.C., Platt, M.L., Martinez, M.I., Bauman, S.E., González, O., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P. Sex-biased gene expression in the rhesus macaque brain. Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Los Angeles, California. |
2020 |
Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Montague, M.J., Bauman, S.E., Compo, N.R., González, O., Pliner, H.A., Spurrell, C.H., Starita, L.M., Brent, L.J.N., Higham, J.P., Martinez, M.I., Shendure, J., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N. The rhesus macaque brain cell census reveals heterogeneity in aging across cell types. Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Los Angeles, California. |
2019 |
Chiou, K.L., Janiak, M.C., Melin, A.D., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T.J., Lu, A., Snyder-Mackler, N. Adaptations to high altitude in the gelada monkey genome. Non-human primates – novel insights into evolution and medicine meeting, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. |
2019 |
Janiak, M.C., Chiou, K.L., Lu, A., Bergman, T.J., Beehner, J.C., Snyder-Mackler, N., Melin, A.D. Digestive and sensory adaptations for the grass-eating niche: insights from the gelada (Theropithecus gelada) genome. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(Suppl. 68), 113. |
2019 |
Goldman, E.A., Chiou, K.L., Brent, L.J.N., Montague, M.J., Platt, M.L., Horvath, J.E., Sams, S., Sterner, K.N., Snyder-Mackler, N. An epigenetic measure of biological aging in rhesus macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(Suppl. 68), 88. |
2019 |
Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Montague, M.J., Sherwood, C.C., Platt, M.L., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N. Transcriptional signatures of the aging nonhuman primate brain. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168(Suppl. 68), 41. |
2019 |
Chiou, K.L. (discussant). Visualizing plants: productive ways to present archaeobotanical data (C.A. Hastorf, chair). Annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
2018 |
Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Martinez, M., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Montague, M.J., Sherwood, C.C., Platt, M.L., Brent, L.J.N., Higham, J.P., Snyder-Mackler, N.* Social environmental influences on the aging brain and immune system in rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago. Annual meeting of the Latin American Association of Biological Anthropology (La Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología Biológica). Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. |
2018 |
Snyder-Mackler, N., Chiou, K.L.. Genomic signatures of high-altitude adaptation in gelada monkeys (Theropithecus gelada). Annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Yokohama, Japan. |
2018 |
Chiou, K.L., DeCasien, A.R., Montague, M.J., Sherwood, C.C., Platt, M.L., Snyder-Mackler, N. Single-cell transcriptional signatures of the aging nonhuman primate brain. Annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Yokohama, Japan. |
2018 |
Chiou, K.L., Bergey, C.M., Disotell, T.R., Rogers, J., Jolly, C.J., Phillips-Conroy, J.E. Genome-wide signatures of differential introgression in a Zambian baboon hybrid zone. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(Suppl. 66), 48. |
2017 |
Melin, A.D., Chiou, K.L., Walco, E.R., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L.M. Red-green colour vision increases fruit intake rates of wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator). Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology. Edmonton, Alberta. |
2016 |
Chiou, K.L., Bergey, C.M. An inexpensive methylation-based enrichment method enables genomic-scale population-level genotyping of animals from their feces. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists. Chicago, Illinois. [slideshow] |
2016 |
Di Fiore, A., Chiou, K.L., Chevett, M., Overstreet, R., Igoe, T. Ethoinformatics II: developing open-source software and digital data services for primatology. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists. Chicago, Illinois. [poster] |
2016 |
Chiou, K.L., Di Fiore, A., Overstreet, R., Chevett, M., Igoe, T. Ethoinformatics I: developing a community-informed standard vocabulary and data model for primatology. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists. Chicago, Illinois. [poster] |
2016 |
Walco, E.R., Chiou, K.L., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L.M., Melin, A.D. Color vision and age affect fruit foraging rates of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in Sector Santa Rosa. Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists. Chicago, Illinois. |
2016 |
Di Fiore, A., Chiou, K.L., Chevett, M., Overstreet, R., Igoe, T. Ethoinformatics II: developing open-source digital data services for behavioral field research. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(Suppl. 62), 130-131. [slideshow] |
2016 |
Chiou, K.L., Di Fiore, A., Overstreet, R., Chevett, M., Igoe, T. Ethoinformatics I: developing a standard vocabulary and data model for behavioral field research. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(Suppl. 62), 115-116. [slideshow] |
2015 |
Walco, E.R., Chiou, K.L., Melin, A.D. Juvenile foraging efficiency in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus): assessing the impact of color vision. Annual meeting of the Midwestern Primate Interest Group. St. Louis, Missouri. |
2013 |
Chiou, K.L. A pilot description and categorization of Kinda baboon vocalizations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(Suppl. 56), 98. [poster] |
2013 |
Weyher, A.H., Chiou, K.L. Adult Kinda baboon (Papio kindae) behavior: preliminary results from a two year study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(Suppl. 56), 289. |
2010 |
Chiou, K.L., Hodgson, J.A., Pozzi, L., and Di Fiore, A. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences lend insight into the evolutionary history and biogeography of Central American squirrel monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 141(Suppl. 50), 80-81. [poster] |
2009 |
Chiou, K.L. Determining the home range of a mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) group of Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua. Inquiry: A Journal of Undergraduate Research, 13, 187. |
2017-present |
Functional genomics of high-altitude adaptation in geladas, University of Washington. With Noah Snyder-Mackler. |
2017-present |
Social influences on the epigenomic landscape of the aging nonhuman primate brain, University of Washington. With Noah Snyder-Mackler. |
2019-present |
Kasanka Baboon Project. Co-Director. With Anna Weyher, India Schneider-Crease, Megan Petersdorf, Benjamin Mubemba, and Jason Kamilar. |
2013-2017 |
Population genomics of a baboon hybrid zone in Zambia, Washington University: Ph.D. Dissertation. Advisor Jane Phillips-Conroy. |
2013-2017 |
Ethoinformatics: developing data services for behavioral research, Washington University. With Anthony Di Fiore, Tom Igoe, and Jane Phillips-Conroy. |
2011-2015 |
Ecological niche modeling of Central American squirrel monkeys, Saimiri oerstedii, Washington University. With Mary Blair. |
2012 |
Comparative acoustics and vocal recognition of Kinda (Papio kindae) and gray-footed chacma (Papio ursinus griseipes) baboons of Kafue National Park, Zambia, Washington University. |
2011-2012 |
Zambian baboon capture and release project, Kafue National Park, Zambia: Team Member. |
2011-2012 |
The Kinda baboon (Papio kindae) gut microbiome, Jeffrey Gordon Lab, Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, Washington University: Visiting Researcher. |
2009-2010 |
“Wired monkeys” project: developing physical computing products for wildlife biology, New York University: Team Member. |
2009-2010 |
The phylogenetic and phylogeographic history of squirrel monkeys, genus Saimiri, New York University: B.A. Thesis. Advisor Anthony Di Fiore. |
2009-2010 |
Proyecto Primates, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador: Team Member. |
2008-2010 |
Intern supervisor, Molecular Primatology Laboratory, New York University. |
2009 |
Reproductive endocrinology of female lowland woolly monkeys, Lagothrix poeppigii, New York University. |
2009 |
Population genetics of Zambian baboons, genus Papio, Molecular Primatology Laboratory, New York University: Research Assistant. |
2008-2009 |
Population genetics of white-bellied spider monkeys, Ateles belzebuth, and lowland woolly monkeys, Lagothrix poeppigii, Molecular Primatology Laboratory, New York University: Research Assistant. |
2008 |
Patterns of home range use in mantled howler monkeys, Alouatta palliata, Ometepe Biological Field Station, Nicaragua: Field School Student. |