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Curriculum vitae

PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
Hasan S, Biswas S, Islam J, Tasnim M, Roos C, Pozzi L, Ahmed T, Habib KA, Muzaffar SB. A New Species of Ingerana (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Northeastern Bangladesh. Submitted to Journal of Natural History.

​Miller E, Pozzi L. (in review) Palaeoecological niche modeling challenges previous hypotheses for the biogeography of two closely related nocturnal primates. Submitted to Journal of Mammalogy.

Miller E, Pozzi L. (in review) Climate Change Will Have Limited Impact on Future Habitat Suitability for Two Closely Related East African Nocturnal Primates. Submitted to Folia Primatologica

36. Miller E, Pozzi L. (2026). Weak Association Between Ecological Niche Divergence and Speciation in Galagos (Primates: Galagidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147, 4, April 2026, blag020 https://doi-org.libweb.lib.utsa.edu/10.1093/biolinnean/blag020

35. Everson KM, Pozzi L, Barrett MA, Blair ME, Donohue ME, Kappeler PM, ... & Weisrock DW (2025). Multiple bursts of speciation in Madagascar’s endangered lemurs. Nature Communications 16, 7070. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62310-y

34. Grueter CC, Pozzi L (2025). Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between-group interactions in primates. Biological Reviews https://doi-org.libweb.lib.utsa.edu/10.1111/brv.70046

33. Penna A, Wallace M, Clark LT, Krupa LS, Macey SK., Pozzi L, Blair ME (2025). Designing a conservation genomics project incorporating DNA from museum specimens. Lessons in Conservation, 14(1): 160–176. https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.linc.14.1.9

32. Orkin J, Kuderna L, Hermosilla-Albala N, Fontsere C, Aylward M, Janiak M, Andriaholinirina N, Balaresque P, Blair M, Fausser JL, Gut I, Gut M, Hahn M, Harris A, Horvath J, Keyser C, Kitchener AC, Le M, Lizano E, Merker S, Nadler T, Perry G, Rabarivola C, Raveendran M, Roos C, Wu DD, Zaramody A, Zhang G, Zinner D, Pozzi L, Rogers J, Kai-How Farh K, Marques-Bonet T (2025). Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9, 42–56.

31. Cuozzo FP, Sauther ML, Pozzi L, Dalton J (2024). Introduction to the special issue on what they do in the shadows: New perspectives on Africa’s nocturnal bushbabies. International Journal of Primatology, 45, 1309-1319.

30. Penna A, Blair ME, Lui HL, Peters E, Kistler L, Pozzi L (2024). Overcoming challenges to extracting and sequencing historical DNA to support primate evolutionary research and conservation, with an application to galagos. International Journal of Primatology, 45, 1375-1403.

29. Penna A, Pozzi L (2024). Hidden in the Dark: A review of galagid systematics and phylogenetics. International Journal of Primatology, 45, 1320–1353

28. Miller E, Luhrs A, Mancini A, Blair ME, Pozzi L (2024). Assessing ecological divergence and speciation scenarios of the Paragalago zanzibaricus species complex through climatic niche modeling. International Journal of Primatology, 45, 1354–1374

27. Penna A, Dillon R, Bearder SK, Karlsson J, Perkin A, Pozzi L. (2023). Phylogeography and evolutionary lineage diversity in the small-eared greater galago, Otolemur garnettii (Primates; Galagidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 198, 131–148.

26. Pozzi L, Voskamp M, Kappeler PM (2022). The effects of body size, activity, and phylogeny on primate sleeping ecology. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24640

25. Pozzi L, Penna A. (2022) Rocks and clocks revised. New promises and challenges in dating the primate tree of life. Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21940

24. Pozzi L, Penna A, Bearder SK, Karlsson J, Perkin A, Disotell TR. (2020) Cryptic diversity and species boundaries within the Paragalago zanzibaricus species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,150,106887 

23. Pozzi L, Roos C, Blair M. (2020) Molecular Advances in Lorisid Taxonomy and Phylogeny. In K. Nekaris & A. Burrows (Eds.), Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 57-66.

​22. Kappeler PM, Pozzi L. (2019) Evolutionary transitions towards pair living in non-human primates as stepping stones towards more complex societies. Science Advances, 5(12), eaay1276DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aay1276 

21. Pozzi L, Disotell TR, Bearder SK, Karlsson J, Perkin A, Gamba M. (2019) Species boundaries within morphologically cryptic galagos:  evidence from acoustic and genetic data. Folia Primatologica, 90(5),279-299.

20. Bonadonna G, Torti V, De Gregorio C, Valente D, Randrianarison RM, Pozzi L, Gamba M, Giacoma C. (2019) Evidence of genetic monogamy in the lemur Indri indri. American Journal of Primatology, e22993.

​19. 
Torti V, Bonadonna G, De Gregorio C, Valente D, Randrianarison RM, Friard O, Pozzi L, Gamba M, Giacoma C. (2017) An intra-population analysis of the indris’ song dissimilarity in the light of genetic distance. Scientific Reports,7:10140.

18. Masters JC, Pozzi L, Godfrey LR (2017). Evolution of Modern Strepsirhines. In The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, edited by Agustin Fuentes, Wiley Blackwell Publishers. DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0487

17. Masters JC & Pozzi L. (2017). Phylogenetic inference. In The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, edited by Agustin Fuentes, Wiley Blackwell Publishers DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0419

16. Masters JC, Génin F, Couette S, Groves CP, Nash SD, DelPero M, Pozzi L (2017). A new genus for the eastern dwarf galagos (Primates: Galagidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 181: 229–241.

​15. 
Pozzi L. (2016). The role of forest expansion and contraction in species diversification among galagos (Primates: Galagidae). Journal of Biogeography, 43: 1930–1941

​14. Schneider TC, Kappeler PM, Pozzi L. (2016). ​Genetic population structure and relatedness in the narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata), a social Malagasy carnivore with sexual segregation. Ecology and Evolution,
6(11): 3734-3749.

13. Zinner D, Keller C, Nyahongo JW, Butynski TM, de Jong YA, Pozzi L, Knauf S, Liedigk R, Roos C.  (2015). ​Distribution of mitochondrial clades and morphotypes of baboons Papio spp. (Primates: Cercopithecidae) in eastern Africa. Journal of East African Natural History , 104(1&2):143–168.
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12. Pozzi L., Nekaris K.A.I., Perkin A., Bearder S.K., Pimley E.R., Schulze H., Streicher U., Nadler, T., Kitchener A., Zischler H., Zinner D., Roos C. (2015). Remarkable Ancient Divergences Amongst Neglected Lorisiform Primates. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175: 661-674.

11. Pozzi L., Disotell T.R., Masters J.C. (2014). A multilocus phylogeny reveals deep lineages within African galagids (Primates: Galagidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 2014 14: 72. 

10. Pozzi L., Hodgson J.A, Burrell A.S., Sterner K.N., Raaum R.L., Disotell T.R. (2014). Primate phylogenetic relationships and divergence dates inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 75: 165-183.

9. Pozzi L., Bergey, C.M., Burrell A.S. (2014). The use (and misuse) of phylogenetic trees in comparative behavioral analyses. International Journal of Primatology, 35: 32-54.

​8. 
Bergey, C.M, Pozzi, L., Disotell, T.R., Burrell, A.S. (2013). A new method for genome-wide marker development and typing holds great promise for molecular primatology. International Journal of Primatology, 34(2): 303–314

7. Pozzi L., Gamba M. & Giacoma C. (2013). The use of Artificial Neural Networks in studying lemur vocal communication. In Masters, Gamba, Genin (Eds) “Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology” (Developments in Primatology series by Springer Science). pp. 305-313.

​6. 
Pozzi L., Hodgson, J.A., Burrell A.S., Disotell, T.R. (2011). The stem Catarrhine Saadanius does not inform the timing of the origin of crown Catarrhines. Journal of Human Evolution, 61: 209-210

5. Chiou K.L., Pozzi L., Lynch Alfaro J.W., Di Fiore A (2011). Pleistocene diversification of living squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) inferred from complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59: 736–745

​4. 
Pozzi L., Gamba M., Giacoma C. (2010). The use of artificial neural networks to classify primate vocalizations: a pilot study on black lemurs. American Journal of Primatology, 72: 337–348.

​3. Tirelli T.,
Pozzi L., Pessani D. (2009). Use of different approaches to model presence/absence of Salmo marmoratus in Piedmont (North-Western Italy). Ecological Informatics, 4: 234-242.

​2. Masters J.C., Boniotto M., Crovella S., Roos C.,
Pozzi L., DelPero M. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships among the lorisoidea as indicated by craniodental morphology and mitochondrial sequence data. American Journal of Primatology 69: 6-15.

1. DelPero M.,
Pozzi L., Masters J.C. (2006). A composite molecular phylogeny of living lemuroid primates. Folia Primatologica 77(6): 434-445.​​

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