Biol Anthropology

Primate evolutionary history

Conservation genetics

Molecular primatology

Biogeography

Intro to Human Evolution (102)

             I am a doctoral student in biological anthropology at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, part of the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP). I am interested in the use of molecular methods to uncover evolutionary processes responsible for patterns of modern primate diversity, and applying this information to develop better strategies for the protection of endangered populations. I am also generally interested in primate evolutionary history and biogeography, especially of the colobine monkeys. My research involves primatological fieldwork (mostly in Africa) and molecular laboratory work (primarily conducted at New York University).

Ting, N. (in press). Mitochondrial relationships and divergence dates of the African colobines: Evidence of Miocene origins for the living colobus monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution.

Ting, N., A.J. Tosi, Y.-P. Zhang, Y. Li, T.R. Disotell (in press). Phylogenetic incongruence between nuclear and mitochondrial markers in the Asian colobines and the evolution of the langurs and leaf monkeys. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PDF

Whittaker, D.J., N. Ting, and D.J. Melnick (2006). Molecular phylogenetic affinities of the simakobu monkey (Simias concolor). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (3): 887-892. PDF