BONOBO RECONSTRUCTION
BONOBO RECONSTRUCTION
EXPLORE VISIBLE APE CONTENT
The Visible Ape Project offers several anatomy visualization modes for 6 extant ape species: Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Gorillas, Orangutans, Gibbons and Siamangs as well as for humans. Types of visualization include Dissection Photography, Brain MRIs, CT scan based 3D Models, Artist Rendered Anatomical Reconstructions, and Scientific Illustrations.
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CORE TEAM
Rui Diogo, Ph. D.
Principal Investigator
Rui is the principal investigator of the Visible Ape Project (NSF-BCS 1856329). To learn more about Rui's lab and work as a researcher and disseminator, please visit the following links:
José Saúl Martín
MSc Student
Saúl provided 3D illustrations for the Visible Ape Project. He is a biologist and scientific illustrator with experience in biological and anatomical illustrations for papers, guides, and scientific communication projects.
Luis E Gomez
UX/UI Designer
Luis is the Web Designer for the Visible Ape Project. He is an industrial designer with a background in web / UX / UI design, he specializes in user research, interactive design, and web app development.
PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS
Eve K. Boyle, Ph. D.
Project Manager 2019-2020
Eve was the project manager for the Visible Ape Project in its first year. She is a biological anthropologist with over six years of experience in comparative anatomy research, science communication, and public engagement.
Marli Richmond
Visual Designer
Marli is the founding Visual Media Designer for the Visible Ape Project. She is user experience designer and artist who specializes in portraiture, illustration, graphic design and education-based media development.
Julia L. Molnar, Ph. D.
Professor of Anatomy
Julia provided illustrations for the Visible Ape Project. She is a comparative morphologist and medical illustrator who has created illustrations and animations for textbooks, manuscripts, popular science publications, and museum exhibits.
Alexander Průcha
Nicole Barger, Ph. D.
Project Manager
Ph.D. Candidate
Laura Martínez-Íñigo, Ph.D.
Lab Coordinator, Postdoctoral Researcher
Nicole is the project manager. She is a biological anthropologist who endeavors to utilize her experience in comparative anatomy, neuroscience, and mental health to increase public engagement with and recognition of the importance of great apes.
Alexander dissected specimens for the Visible Ape Project and helped to process 3D models.
Laura provided Spanish translations of the educational materials and helped coordinate school visits in the DC area. She is a primatologist with vast fieldwork experience.
Latonya Aaron
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Latonya Aaron is a biology major at Howard University from Brooklyn, New York. As an undergraduate research assistant for the VAP, she helped to create the glossary and species info pages. She is also involved in K-12 outreach efforts for the VAP. Latonya is expected to graduate in May 2021 and is interested in epidemiology in both animals and humans.
Carol E. Underwood
Scientific Illustrator
Carol is an artist specializing in scientific illustration. She provided illustrations of the orangutan musculoskeletal system. Carol holds a degree in biological anthropology, and is co-author and illustrator of the book Ape Anatomy and Evolution.
Erin Adams
MD Candidate 2021
Erin dissected specimens for the Visible Ape Project.
Félix de Paz, Ph. D.
Bernard Wood, Ph. D.
Professor of Anatomy
University Professor of Human Origins
Josep Potau, Ph.D
Professor
Professor, Dep. Anatomy, Univ. Valladolid
Professor, Dep. Anthropology, GWU
Tah-jai Sharpe
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chris Spohn
Illustrator
@artjerk on Twitter
Boyani Moikobu
Research Assistant
Boyani Moikobu is a biology major at Howard University. As a research assistant for the VAP she participated in a soft tissue dissection of a preserved chimpanzee and assisted with the creation of the species info pages. Boyani is graduating from Howard in May 2021 and is interested in pursuing degrees in public health and epidemiology.
Melissa Cerritos
Visual Designer
Carina Phillips
Royal College of Surgeons
Carina is Head of Museum Collections at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She is an osteoarchaeologist and museum curator, and is currently researching the specimen collections of primatologist W. C. Osman Hill as part of a PhD with UCL and the Natural History Museum, London. She has provided some CT scans of these specimens for the Visible Ape Project.
Melissa is the Former Designer for the Visible Ape Project. She is a UX Architect who specializes in user research, interactive design, and media development.
Professor, Dep. Anatomy and Embryology, Univ. Barcelona
Francisco Pastor, Ph. D.
Professor of Anatomy
Professor, Dep. Anatomy, Univ. Valladolid