Kenneth Chiou | Curriculum Vitae

Education

2017	Ph.D., Physical Anthropology, Washington University.
2012	M.A., Physical Anthropology, Washington University.
2010	B.A. with Honors, Anthropology, New York University.

Professional Appointments

2020-present	Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University.
2017-2020	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Departments of Psychology and Pathology, University of Washington.

Publications

^* = equal author contributions

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]

Grants and Awards

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.

Invited Talks

October 2020	“Insights into aging and age-related disease from the rhesus macaque brain transcriptome.” CEMinar. Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University.
May 2018	“Population genomics reveals signatures of selection and extreme introgression in a natural baboon hybrid zone.” Biological Anthropology Seminar Series. Department of Anthropology, University of Washington.

Conference Papers and Published Abstracts

^* = presenter (if not lead author)

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.

Research Activities

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.

Media Coverage

2017	"Poop May Be the Key to Studying the Most Elusive Animals on Earth". Gizmodo. February 17, 2017.

Teaching Experience

Spring 2016	Darwin and Doctors: Evolutionary Medicine and Health, Washington University: Teaching Assistant.
Fall 2015	Introduction to Human Evolution, Washington University: Teaching Assistant.
Spring 2013	Behavioral Research at the St. Louis Zoo, Washington University: Teaching Assistant.
Fall 2012	Principles of Anatomy and Development, Washington University: Teaching Assistant.
Spring 2012	Public Health Research and Practice, Washington University: Teaching Assistant.
Fall 2011	Anthropology and Public Health, Washington University: Teaching Assistant.

University Service

2012-2013	Graduate Council, Washington University: Graduate Student Representative.
2009-2010	Anthropology Undergraduate Student Association, New York University: President.
2008-2009	Anthropology Undergraduate Student Association, New York University: Vice President.

Professional Activities and Service

Organizer/Co-organizer	2015 National Science Foundation Ethoinformatics Working Group Meeting, University of Texas at Austin · 2013 National Science Foundation Ethoinformatics Working Group Meeting, Olin Library, Washington University
Reviewer	American Journal of Physical Anthropology · American Journal of Primatology · Evolutionary Anthropology · G3: Genes\|Genomes\|Genetics · International Journal of Primatology · MicrobiologyOpen · Molecular Ecology · Molecular Ecology Resources · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Member	American Association of Physical Anthropologists · International Primatological Society · American Association of Anthropological Genetics · Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution · American Aging Association · Animal Behavior Society · Lambda Alpha

Skills

Tech	Perl, Python, Unix shell, sed/awk, R, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, CouchDB, RDF/SPARQL, QGIS, ArcGIS, NetLogo.
Foreign Languages	Spanish (intermediate), Mandarin Chinese (speaking: fluent, writing: basic).

Last update: 14 May 2021