Dr Alexander V. Georgiev

Senior Lecturer in Primatology / College Director of Postgraduate Research Studies (College of Science & Engineering)

a.georgiev@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 388288

Dr Alexander V. Georgiev

Wheldon Building, Room 030

Email: a.georgiev@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 388288

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 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) (Module organiser)

Other modules:

BSX-1028 Tutorials (Y1)

BSX-2021 Bioscience Skills (Y2)

BSX-3070 Dissertation in Biological Sciences (Y3)

BSM-4000 Masters Research Project (Y4)

I welcome applications from students to conduct post-graduate research on topics in the general area of primate behavioural ecology, physiology and conservation. See my personal website for more details: https://www.alexandergeorgiev.co.uk/for-potential-students

2023

  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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. & 13 others, 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

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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. & 16 others, 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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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. & 2 others, Sharp, P. M. & Hahn, B. H., Nov 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 1635.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    Georgiev, A. V., Thompson, M. E., Mandalaywala, T. & Maestripieri, D., 2015, In: Journal of Experimental Biology.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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. & 36 others, 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
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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. & 2 others, Rayner, J. C. & Hahn, B. H., 23 Sept 2010, In: Nature. 467, 7314, p. 420-U67
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

  • This proposal outlines how the research expertise of members of the ZRCP and our track-record of working with the Zanzibar red colobus will be leveraged to deliver impact in the form of a policy briefing paper for the Zanzibari government, and how that activity in turn will be the focus of a programme of public engagement initiatives in North Wales and beyond. Translating research into policy on the topic of wildlife-human interactions will be impactful beyond the Zanzibari context given the significant increase in anthropogenic encroachment on the habitat of primates and other wildlife around the world and the growing need to find solutions for co-existence.

    Funding awarded through the 91¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £34,990

    1 Aug 2023 – 31 Jul 2024

    Activity: Other (Contributor)

  • 01/09/2020 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

  • 01/09/2017 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)