Team Bio

Our multidiscplinary team consists of a passionate research student interested in primatology (Abdullah Langgeng), two associate professors at KUPRI, including a behavioral ecologist and parasitologist (Dr. Andrew MacIntosh) and a primate ecologist (Dr. Goro Hanya), and a professor at KUPRI who specializes in cellular and molecular parasitology (Prof. Munehiro Okamoto). Bonded by a common interest in studying primates, our diverse backgrounds should propel this project to completion!

Abdullah Langgeng

I am currently a research student at Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan. I am about to be enrolled as a master student at the institute in April 2020.

Previously, I worked as a research assistant at the Little Fireface Project, West Java, Indonesia, to help further understand the behavior and ecology of critically endangered nocturnal Javan slow loris. Under the same NGO, I was also hired as a Wildlife Trade Officer to investigate the trade of wildlife (including tropical birds and mammals) in Java and Bali and in social media.

I am fascinated to study and work with non-human primates. I have broad interests in any fields of Primatology, from primate behavior, ecology, physiology, wildlife trade, to conservation.

Andrew MacIntosh

I am a behavioral ecologist working mainly on the intersection between animal behavior and parasitism. My work has taken me to field sites in Central America, West Africa, East and Southeast Asia and even Antarctica, where I have studied mainly primates but also seabirds (penguins) and a few other animal species over the years. I also teach a variety of courses related to behavioral biology and am a strong proponent of critical thinking, analytical reasoning and the communication of science. Toward the latter, I host a podcast called The PrimateCast, which is dedicated to the study and conservation of primates and other wildlife around the world.