The people behind
Worms Gone Wild.

Assistant Professor · PI

India Schneider-Crease

I’m a disease ecologist and assistant professor at Arizona State University, and I co-direct the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project, the Zelaki Project, and the Ethiopian Association for Taenia solium (EATS) Working Group. I received my PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology (Duke University) and my BA in Philosophy and French literature (Stony Brook University).

Outside the lab: rock climbing, spending time with monkeys, and working with communities.

PhD student · Global Health

Medhavi Verma

My interests span disease and behavioral ecology, human–wildlife interactions, and conservation. My research background brings together biology, behavior, and evolution.

Outside the lab: cooking, crocheting, reading, and rewatching sitcoms.

PhD student · Evolutionary Anthropology

Sophia Kottke

I study how sociality, stress, and infection shape health in geladas, bringing together molecular biology and primatology.

Outside the lab: running, hiking, house plants, and time with my cat.

PhD student · Global Health · ASU Presidential Graduate Scholar

Belayneh Abebe

My research focuses on the disease ecology, genomics, and conservation of the critically endangered Walia ibex in the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia.

MA student · Global Health

Mya Bugos

I study primate sociality and health.