Wheldon Building, Room 030

Email: a.georgiev@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 388288

https://www.alexandergeorgiev.co.uk

https://www.zanzibarredcolobusproject.org

I am a behavioural ecologist and biological anthropologist specialising in research on primate reproductive ecology, physiology and conservation. I direct the Zanzibar Red Colobus Project, a new long-term study of an endangered and endemic primate. Together with my students, in Zanzibar we study how these animals are coping with human-induced changes to their habitat and how anthropogenic disturbance affects their behaviour, physiology, and reproduction.

• PhD: Human Evolutionary Biology
  Harvard University, 2012
• BSc: Biology
  The University of Sofia, 2005

At Bangor, I am co-director of the BSc/MZool Zoology with Primatology degree and I teach across several modules:

Primatology-related modules:

BSX-2042 Introduction to Primatology (Y2) (Module organiser)

BSX-2033 Primatology Field Course (Y2) (Module organiser)

BSX-3163 Advances in Primatology (Y3)

Other modules:

BSX-1028 Tutorials (Y1)

BSX-2021 Bioscience Skills (Y2)

BSX-3070 Dissertation in Biological Sciences (Y3)

BSM-4000 Masters Research Project (Y4)

For details of my current postgraduate research student supervision activity see my website. 

2023

• CyhoeddwydWidespread extinctions of co-diversified primate gut bacterial symbionts from humans
  Sanders, J. G., Sprockett, D. D., Li, Y., Mjungu, D., Lonsdorf, E. V., Ndjango, J-B. N., Georgiev, A. V., Hart, J. A., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Peeters, M., Hahn, B. H. & Moeller, A. H., Meh 2023, Yn: Nature Microbiology. 8, 6, t. 1039-1050 12 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

• CyhoeddwydMethodological confounds of measuring urinary oxidative stress in wild animals
  Melvin, Z., Dhirani, H., Mitchell, C., Davenport, T., Blount, J. & Georgiev, A. V., 17 Gorff 2022, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 12, 7, e9115.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe implications of vehicle collisions for the Endangered endemic Zanzibar red colobus Piliocolobus kirkii
  Olgun, H., Mohammed, M. K., Mzee, A. J., Green, M. E. L., Davenport, T. R. B. & Georgiev, A. V., Maw 2022, Yn: Oryx. 56, 2, t. 268-276 9 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

• CyhoeddwydCD4 receptor diversity represents an ancient protection mechanism against primate lentiviruses
  Russell, R. M., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Liu, W., Sherrill-Mix, S., Li, Y., Connell, J., Loy, D. E., Trimboli, S., Smith, A. G., Avitto, A. N., Gondim, M. V. P., Plenderleith, L. J., Wetzel, K. S., Collman, R. G., Ayouba, A., Esteban, A., Peeters, M., Kohler, W. J., Miller, R. A., François-Souquiere, S., Switzer, W. M., Hirsch, V. M., Marx, P. A., Piel, A. K., Stewart, F. A., Georgiev, A. V., Sommer, V., Bertolani, P., Hart, J. A., Hart, T. B., Shaw, G. M., Sharp, P. M. & Hahn, B. H., 26 Maw 2021, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 13
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

• CyhoeddwydEvolutionary life history theory as an organising framework for cohort studies : insights from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey
  Kuzawa, C. W., Adair, L., Bechayda, S. A., Borja, J. R. B., Carba, D. B., Duazo, P. L., Eisenberg, D. T. A., Georgiev, A. V., Gettler, L. T., Lee, N. R., Quinn, E. A., Rosenbaum, S., Rutherford, J. N., Ryan, C. P. & McDade, T. W., 20 Mai 2020, Yn: Annals of Human Biology. 47, 2, t. 94-105 12 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydHysterangium bonobo: A newly described truffle species that is eaten by bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  Elliott, T., Georgiev, A. V., Lotana Lokasola, A. & Smith, M., 1 Tach 2020, Yn: Mycologia. 112, 6, t. 1203-1211 9 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe impact and implications of vehicle collisions on the endangered and endemic Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii)
  Olgun, H., Mohammed, M. K., Mzee, A. J., Green, M. E. L., Davenport, T. R. B. & Georgiev, A. V., 17 Ion 2020, (bioRxiv).
  Allbwn ymchwil: Papur gweithio › Rhagargraffiad

2019

• CyhoeddwydExperimental evidence that female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) perceive variation in male facial masculinity
  Rosenfield, K. A., Semple, S., Georgiev, A. V., Maestripieri, D., Higham, J. P. & Dubuc, C., 30 Ion 2019, Yn: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 1, t. 181415 11 t., 181415.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTwo cases of dead-infant carrying by female Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, Zanzibar
  Georgiev, A., Melvin, Z. E., Warkentin, A-S., Winder, I. C. & Kassim, A., 2019, Yn: African Primates . 13, t. 57-60
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Llythyr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

• CyhoeddwydAllometry and Ecology of the Bilaterian Gut Microbiome
  Sherrill-Mix, S., McCormick, K., Lauder, A., Bailey, A., Zimmerman, L., Li, Y., Django, J-B. N., Bertolani, P., Colin, C., Hart, J. A., Hart, T. B., Georgiev, A. V., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Atencia, R., Cox, D., Muller, M. N., Sommer, V., Piel, A. K., Stewart, F. A., Speede, S., Roman, J., Wu, G., Taylor, J., Bohm, R., Rose, H. M., Carlson, J., Mjungu, D., Schmidt, P., Gaughan, C., Bushman, J. I., Schmidt, E., Bittinger, K., Collman, R. G., Hahn, B. H. & Bushman, F. D., 27 Maw 2018, Yn: mBio. 9, 2, e00319-18.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydAlpha male status and availability of conceptive females are associated with high glucocorticoid concentrations in high-ranking male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) during the mating season
  Milich, K. M., Georgiev, A. V., Petersen, R. M., Thompson, M. E. & Maestripieri, D., Ion 2018, Yn: Hormones and Behavior. 97, t. 5-13
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydMenarcheal timing is accelerated by favorable nutrition but unrelated to developmental cues of mortality or familial instability in Cebu, Philippines
  Kyweluk, M. A., Georgiev, A. V., Borja, J. B., Gettler, L. T. & Kuzawa, C. W., Ion 2018, Yn: Evolution and Human Behavior. 39, 1, t. 76-81
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2017

• CyhoeddwydAndrogen receptor polyglutamine repeat length (AR-CAGn) modulates the effect of testosterone on androgen-associated somatic traits in Filipino young adult men
  Ryan, C. P., Georgiev, A. V., McDade, T. W., Gettler, L. T., Eisenberg, D. T. A., Rzhetskaya, M., Agustin, S. S., Hayes, M. G. & Kuzawa, C. W., Meh 2017, Yn: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 163, 2, t. 317-327
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydBonobos Maintain Immune System Diversity with Three Functional Types of MHC-B
  Wroblewski, E. E., Guethlein, L. A., Norman, P. J., Li, Y., Shaw, C. M., Han, A. S., Ndjango, J-B. N., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Georgiev, A. V., Peeters, M., Hahn, B. H. & Parham, P., 1 Mai 2017, Yn: Journal of Immunology. 198, 9, t. 3480-3493
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydIs early postnatal growth velocity, a proxy of minipubertal androgen action, related to adult second-to-fourth digit (2D:4D) ratios in men? A test in Cebu, Philippines
  Georgiev, A. V., Ryan, C. P., Borja, J. B. & Kuzawa, C. W., Tach 2017, Yn: American Journal of Human Biology. 29, 6, e23047.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydIs male rhesus macaque facial coloration under intrasexual selection?
  Petersdorf, M., Dubuc, C., Georgiev, A. V., Winters, S. & Higham, J. P., 13 Tach 2017, Yn: Behavioral Ecology. 28, 6, t. 1472 1481 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSecond-to-fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) is unrelated to measures of somatic reproductive effort among young men from Cebu, the Philippines
  Georgiev, A. V., Ryan, C. P., Gettler, L. T., McDade, T. W. & Kuzawa, C. W., Gorff 2017, Yn: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 163, 3, t. 437-445
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydWild bonobos host geographically restricted malaria parasites including a putative new Laverania species
  Liu, W., Sherrill-Mix, S., Learn, G. H., Scully, E. J., Li, Y., Avitto, A. N., Loy, D. E., Lauder, A. P., Sundararaman, S. A., Plenderleith, L. J., Ndjango, J-B. N., Georgiev, A. V., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Peeters, M., Bertaolani, P., Dupain, J., Garai, C., Hart, J. A., Hart, T. B., Shaw, G. M., Sharp, P. M. & Hahn, B. H., Tach 2017, Yn: Nature Communications. 8, 1635.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

• CyhoeddwydBreaking the succession rule: the costs and benefits of an alpha-status take-over by an immigrant rhesus macaque on Cayo Santiago
  Georgiev, A. V., Christie, D., Rosenfield, K. A., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Maldonado, E., Thompson, M. E. & Maestripieri, D., 2016, Yn: Behaviour. 153, 3, t. 325-351
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydCospeciation of gut microbiota with hominids
  Moeller, A. H., Caro-Quintero, A., Mjungu, D., Georgiev, A. V., Lonsdorf, E. V., Muller, M. N., Pusey, A. E., Peeters, M., Hahn, B. H. & Ochman, H., 22 Gorff 2016, Yn: Science. 353, 6297, t. 380-382
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEarly developmental exposures shape trade-offs between acquired and innate immunity in humans
  Georgiev, A. V., Kuzawa, C. W. & McDade, T. W., 15 Awst 2016, Yn: Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. 2016, 1, t. 256-269
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydGenetic diversity of STLV-2 and interspecies transmission of STLV-3 in wild-living bonobos
  Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Lunguya-Metila, O., Mbenzo-Abokome, V., Butel, C., Inogwabini, B-I., Omasombo, V., Muyembe-Tamfum, J-J., Georgiev, A. V., Muller, M. N., Ndjango, J-B. N., Li, Y., Delaporte, E., Hahn, B. H., Peeters, M. & Ayouba, A., 25 Mai 2016, Yn: Virus Evolution. 2, 1, vew011.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydIs There a Testosterone Awakening Response in Humans?
  Kuzawa, C. W., Georgiev, A. V., McDade, T. W., Agustin, S. S. & Gettler, L. T., Meh 2016, Yn: Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 2, 2, t. 166-183
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTrade-offs between acquired and innate immune defenses in humans
  McDade, T. W., Georgiev, A. V. & Kuzawa, C. W., 6 Ion 2016, Yn: Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. 2016, 1, t. 1-16
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2015

• CyhoeddwydMale quality, dominance rank, and mating success in free-ranging rhesus macaques
  Georgiev, A. V., Muehlenbein, M. P., Prall, S. P. & Maestripieri, D., 9 Maw 2015, Yn: Behavioral Ecology. 26, 3, t. 763-772
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydOxidative stress as an indicator of the costs of reproduction among free-ranging rhesus macaques
  Georgiev, A. V., Thompson, M. E., Mandalaywala, T. & Maestripieri, D., 2015, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydWhat cortisol can tell us about the costs of sociality and reproduction among free-ranging rhesus macaque females on Cayo Santiago
  Maestripieri, D. & Georgiev, A. V., 16 Ion 2015, Yn: American Journal of Primatology. 78, 1, t. 92-105
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2014

• CyhoeddwydAfrican origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax
  Liu, W., Li, Y., Shaw, K. S., Learn, G. H., Plenderleith, L. J., Malenke, J. A., Sundararaman, S. A., Ramirez, M. A., Crystal, P. A., Smith, A. G., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Ayouba, A., Locatelli, S., Esteban, A., Mouacha, F., Guichet, E., Butel, C., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., Inogwabini, B-I., Ndjango, J-B. N., Speede, S., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Gonder, M. K., Kranzusch, P. J., Walsh, P. D., Georgiev, A. V., Muller, M. N., Piel, A. K., Stewart, F. A., Wilson, M. L., Pusey, A. E., Cui, L., Wang, Z., Farnert, A., Sutherland, C. J., Nolder, D., Hart, J. A., Hart, T. B., Bertolani, P., Gillis, A., LeBreton, M., Tafon, B., Kiyang, J., Djoko, C. F., Schneider, B. S., Wolfe, N. D., Mpoudi-Ngole, E., Delaporte, E., Carter, R., Culleton, R. L., Shaw, G. M., Rayner, J. C., Peeters, M., Hahn, B. H. & Sharp, P. M., Chwef 2014, Yn: Nature Communications. 5
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe Foraging Costs of Mating Effort in Male Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
  Georgiev, A. V., Russell, A. F., Thompson, M. E., Muller, M. N. & Wrangham, R. W., Awst 2014, Yn: International Journal of Primatology. 35, 3, t. 725-745
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe High Price of Success: Costs of Mating Effort in Male Primates
  Emery Thompson, M. & Georgiev, A. V., Awst 2014, Yn: International Journal of Primatology. 35, 3-4, t. 609-627
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Golygyddiad › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2013

• CyhoeddwydWhen Violence Pays: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Aggressive Behavior in Animals and Humans
  Georgiev, A. V., Klimczuk, A. C. E., Traficonte, D. M. & Maestripieri, D., 2013, Yn: Evolutionary Psychology. 11, 3, t. 678-699
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2011

• CyhoeddwydSeed predation by bonobos (Pan paniscus) at Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Georgiev, A. V., Thompson, M. E., Lokasola, A. L. & Wrangham, R. W., Hyd 2011, Yn: PRIMATES. 52, 4, t. 309-314
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2010

• CyhoeddwydNew observations of the terrestrial holoparasite Chlamydophytum aphyllum Mildbr. and its consumption by bonobos at Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of Congo
  Georgiev, A. V., Lokasola, A. L., Nkanga, L., Lokondja, A., Nsala, J., Likenge, J., Ilanga-Bomanga, A. & Likenge, J-P., Medi 2010, Yn: African Journal of Ecology. 48, 3, t. 849-852
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydOrigin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in gorillas
  Liu, W., Li, Y., Learn, G. H., Rudicell, R. S., Robertson, J. D., Keele, B. F., Ndjango, J-B. N., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Locatelli, S., Gonder, M. K., Kranzusch, P. J., Walsh, P. D., Delaporte, E., Mpoudi-Ngole, E., Georgiev, A. V., Muller, M. N., Shaw, G. M., Peeters, M., Sharp, P. M., Rayner, J. C. & Hahn, B. H., 23 Medi 2010, Yn: Nature. 467, 7314, t. 420-U67
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

• The impact of human disturbance on habitat selection and social behaviour in Manitoba elk

  01/09/2020 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

• The oxidative stress of reproduction in the endangered Zanzibar red colobus monkey

  01/09/2017 – 01/08/2019 (Wedi gorffen)