Science in Strange Times: A Pandemic Presentation on Primate Obesity and COVID-19

Dr. Christopher Schmitt, Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, Boston University

Dr. Christopher Schmitt is an Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, and co-director with Dr. Eva Garrett of the Sensory Morphology and Genomic Anthropology Lab (SMGAL) at Boston University. Dr. Schmitt’s central research questions involve primate development and life history and incor- porate techniques from behavioral ecology, morphology, and genomics in two primate models: New World atelins and Old World vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus spp.).