mireya mayor
Stony Brook, NY - Stony Brook Ph.D. student, Mireya Mayor, from the Department of Anthropology was named in the 2007 class of the National Geographic Emerging Explorers program. [1]
The inaugural speaker in the STEMM Speaker Series will be National Geographic Explorer Mireya Mayor. [2]
It all started when Mireya Mayor’s college anthropology class began studying primates. [3]
Primatologist Mireya Mayor brings a passion for primates and a newfound knack for adventure to the Ultimate Explorer team. [4]
As a two-time Emmy Award-nominated field correspondent for the National Geographic Channel, Mireya Mayor has reported to audiences worldwide on pertinent wildlife and habitat issues. [5]
Primatologist Mireya Mayor shares the remarkable story of how she discovered Earth’s tiniest primate in a remote forest — a discovery that led to the creation of a national park. [6]
Primatologist and National Geographic correspondent Mireya Mayor found her destiny in the palm of her hand. [7]
‘It’s true that I was a cheerleader who had grown up taking ballet and piano lessons,’ Mayor says, ‘but I was seized by the fact that some of these incredible animals on the verge of extinction had never been studied and that in some cases not even a mere photograph existed to show their existence. [2]
A Fulbright scholar and former Miami Dolphins cheerleader, Mayor is currently obtaining her Ph.D. in anthropology from Stony Brook University in New York, is a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow and was awarded W.G. Burnhardt Turner Minority Graduate Fellowship. [4]
Speaking before a crowd of 4,000 at the opening ceremonies, Mayor showed Intel ISEF attendees what it means to live with no boundaries, no limits’the theme of the evening’s event. [7]
Mayor has since dedicated her life to solving that mystery, studying rare primates in the wild throughout the world and working closely with local populations. [...] “But I was seized by the fact that some of these incredible animals on the verge of extinction had never been studied, and that in some cases not even a mere photograph existed to show their existence. [3]
After discovering that there was little research on many species of endangered primates, she applied for and received a grant to study the rare brown-bearded saki and white-faced saki in Guyana, South America. [...] She is studying the effect of forest fragmentation and isolation on two lemurs found only in Northern Madagascar - silky sifakas and Perrier’s sifakas. [1]
Today, Mayor is a Fulbright scholar and National Science Foundation Fellow, dividing her time between research in Madagascar, appearing as a correspondent on the National Geographic Ultimate Explorer television series, and completing a Ph.D. in anthropology. [3]
Sources:
[1] The Graduate Review - The Newsletter of the Stony Brook University …
[2] University of Cincinnati Kicks Off STEMM Speaker Series with National …
[3] Mireya Mayor, Primatologist Information, Facts, News, Photos …
[4] Mireya Mayor- Other- BC.com
[5] National Geographic Events - Mireya Mayor
[6] PRI.ORG | Primatologist Mireya Mayor on ‘National Geographic World Talk’
[7] Intel Education: Highlights From Intel ISEF 2006 - Mireya Mayor