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

• PublishedWidespread 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., Jun 2023, In: Nature Microbiology. 8, 6, p. 1039-1050 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedMethodological confounds of measuring urinary oxidative stress in wild animals
  Melvin, Z., Dhirani, H., Mitchell, C., Davenport, T., Blount, J. & Georgiev, A. V., 17 Jul 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution. 12, 7, e9115.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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., Mar 2022, In: Oryx. 56, 2, p. 268-276 9 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedCD4 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 Mar 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 13
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedEvolutionary 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 May 2020, In: Annals of Human Biology. 47, 2, p. 94-105 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHysterangium 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 Nov 2020, In: Mycologia. 112, 6, p. 1203-1211 9 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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 Jan 2020, (bioRxiv).
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

2019

• PublishedExperimental 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 Jan 2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 1, p. 181415 11 p., 181415.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTwo 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, In: African Primates . 13, p. 57-60
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

2018

• PublishedAllometry 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 Mar 2018, In: mBio. 9, 2, e00319-18.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAlpha 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., Jan 2018, In: Hormones and Behavior. 97, p. 5-13
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMenarcheal 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., Jan 2018, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 39, 1, p. 76-81
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedAndrogen 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., Jun 2017, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 163, 2, p. 317-327
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedBonobos 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 May 2017, In: Journal of Immunology. 198, 9, p. 3480-3493
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIs 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., Nov 2017, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 29, 6, e23047.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIs male rhesus macaque facial coloration under intrasexual selection?
  Petersdorf, M., Dubuc, C., Georgiev, A. V., Winters, S. & Higham, J. P., 13 Nov 2017, In: Behavioral Ecology. 28, 6, p. 1472 1481 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSecond-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., Jul 2017, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 163, 3, p. 437-445
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWild 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., Nov 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 1635.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedBreaking 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, In: Behaviour. 153, 3, p. 325-351
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCospeciation 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 Jul 2016, In: Science. 353, 6297, p. 380-382
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEarly developmental exposures shape trade-offs between acquired and innate immunity in humans
  Georgiev, A. V., Kuzawa, C. W. & McDade, T. W., 15 Aug 2016, In: Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. 2016, 1, p. 256-269
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGenetic 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 May 2016, In: Virus Evolution. 2, 1, vew011.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIs There a Testosterone Awakening Response in Humans?
  Kuzawa, C. W., Georgiev, A. V., McDade, T. W., Agustin, S. S. & Gettler, L. T., Jun 2016, In: Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 2, 2, p. 166-183
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTrade-offs between acquired and innate immune defenses in humans
  McDade, T. W., Georgiev, A. V. & Kuzawa, C. W., 6 Jan 2016, In: Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. 2016, 1, p. 1-16
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedMale quality, dominance rank, and mating success in free-ranging rhesus macaques
  Georgiev, A. V., Muehlenbein, M. P., Prall, S. P. & Maestripieri, D., 9 Mar 2015, In: Behavioral Ecology. 26, 3, p. 763-772
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOxidative 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, In: Journal of Experimental Biology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhat 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 Jan 2015, In: American Journal of Primatology. 78, 1, p. 92-105
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedAfrican 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., Feb 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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., Aug 2014, In: International Journal of Primatology. 35, 3, p. 725-745
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe High Price of Success: Costs of Mating Effort in Male Primates
  Emery Thompson, M. & Georgiev, A. V., Aug 2014, In: International Journal of Primatology. 35, 3-4, p. 609-627
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

2013

• PublishedWhen 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, In: Evolutionary Psychology. 11, 3, p. 678-699
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedSeed predation by bonobos (Pan paniscus) at Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Georgiev, A. V., Thompson, M. E., Lokasola, A. L. & Wrangham, R. W., Oct 2011, In: PRIMATES. 52, 4, p. 309-314
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedNew 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., Sep 2010, In: African Journal of Ecology. 48, 3, p. 849-852
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOrigin 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 Sep 2010, In: Nature. 467, 7314, p. 420-U67
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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

  01/09/2020 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

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

  01/09/2017 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)