CHES Graduate Affiliate
- Stéphie Raveloson
- Advisor: Dr. Christina Bergey
- Focus Area: Non-Human Primates
- Email:
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I hold both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Biological Anthropology and Evolution from the University of Antananarivo. My research has concentrated on the roles of environment, genetics, and evolutionary history in shaping modern humans. Initially, I studied the environmental influences on human biology, and later I focused on the population genetic structure and Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) within the population of Madagascar.
I joined the PhD program in Anthropology at Rutgers University in the Fall of 2025.
- CURRENT PROJECTS:
My doctoral research will investigate children's susceptibility to acute respiratory diseases in Madagascar. I aim to explore how evolutionary history and biology, together with environmental factors, influence disease susceptibility using omics.
- RESEARCH INTERESTS:
evolutionary biology, natural selection, metagenomics, population genetics, respiratory diseases, and infectious diseases.