Zarin Machanda is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Biology. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 2009 from the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. Zarin has spent almost 25 years working and studying captive and wild chimpanzees. Her research revolves around understanding the factors that shape the quality and development of social relationships among wild chimpanzees. Most recently, her work has focused on an NSF-funded project on the Evolutionary Origins of Leadership, and an NIH-funded project on social aging. Zarin is the Director of Long-term Research at the Kibale Chimpanzee Project, an organization that for the last 38+ years has studied and conserved the Kanyawara community of chimpanzees living in Kibale National Park, Uganda. She is also on the Board of the Kasiisi Project, a community development organization in Uganda that works with over 9000 school children living around Kibale National Park. On this trip, Zarin will share her extensive knowledge of African wildlife, conservation, and why southern Africa is so important for understanding the evolution of our species.