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Dr Alexander V. Georgiev

Lecturer in Primatology / Director of Teaching and Learning

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ORCID: 0000-0001-5622-3826

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Wheldon Building, Room 030

Email: a.georgiev@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 388288

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.

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  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Widespread 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

  3. 2022
  4. Published

    Methodological 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

  5. Published

    The 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

  6. 2021
  7. Published

    CD4 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

  8. 2020
  9. Published

    Hysterangium 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

  10. Published

    Evolutionary 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

  11. Published

    The 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

  12. 2019
  13. Published

    Experimental 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

  14. Published

    Two 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

  15. 2018
  16. Published

    Allometry 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

  17. Published

    Alpha 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

  18. Published

    Menarcheal 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

  19. 2017
  20. Published

    Is 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

  21. Published

    Is 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

  22. Published

    Wild 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

  23. Published

    Second-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

  24. Androgen 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

  25. Published

    Bonobos 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

  26. 2016

  27. Early 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

  28. Cospeciation 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

  29. Is 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

  30. Genetic 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

  31. Trade-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

  32. Breaking 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

  33. 2015

  34. Male 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

  35. What 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

  36. Oxidative 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

  37. 2014

  38. The 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

  39. The 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

  40. African 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

  41. 2013

  42. When 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

  43. 2011

  44. Seed 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

  45. 2010

  46. Origin 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 Sept 2010, In: Nature. 467, 7314, p. 420-U67

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  47. New 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., Sept 2010, In: African Journal of Ecology. 48, 3, p. 849-852

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review