Description
Marie Goddette Collantes
1321 Inman Ct
Norcross, Georgia
30093
Telephone: 404-918-6924 / e-mail: mgoddette@gmail.com
GRADUATE EDUCATION
2015/2016 University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA Courses taken: Wildlife Habitat Management, Parasitology, Comparative Physiology
2010/2013 Emory University, Atlanta, GA Courses taken: Culture and Cognition, Cognition and Development
2011 Maderas Rainforest Conservancy, Ometepe, Nicaragua Primate Behavior and Ecology Field Course
Dr. Amy Schreier
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
2004/2006 West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA BS. Biology, Minor Psychology
2002/2003 University of Maine, Orono, ME Biology Major
CERTIFICATIONS
2012 Gwinnett County Community College
Spanish 1 and 2 Certification
2011 American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
Laboratory Animal Technician Certification
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2014 The Wildlife Society
2012 American Society of Primatologists
2012 International Primatological Society
CONFERENCES
2015 American Society of Primatology, Bend, OR
2015 Southeastern Ecology and Evolution, Athens, GA
2014 American Society of Primatology, Atlanta, GA
2010 Animal Behavior Society, Williamsburg, VA
PAPERS
2016 Lisa A. Parr, Lauren Murphy, Eric Feczko, Jenna Brooks, Marie Collantes, Thomas R. Heitz. Experience-dependent changes in the development of face preferences in infant rhesus monkeys. Developmental Psychobiology. 2016, 9999: 1-17. DOI10.1002/dev.21434
2016 Jana Muschinski, Eric Feczko, Jenna M. Brooks, Marie Collantes, Thomas R. Heitz, Lisa A. Parr. The development of visual preferences for direct versus averted gaze faces in infant macaques (Macaca mulatta). Developmental Psychobiology. 2016, 9999: 1-11. DOI10.1002/dev.21421
PRESENTATIONS
2015 American Society of Primatology
Developmental Changes in Social Attention in Infant Macaques
Marie Collantes, Eric Feczko, Jenna Brooks, Tom Heitz, Lisa Parr
WORK EXPERIENCE
9/2017 – present John’s Creek Veterinary Clinic
John’s Creek, GA
Veterinary Assistant
· Assist veterinarians and technicians, provide medications
· Perform kennel husbandry
1/2017 – 6/2017 World Organization-Rescue Me Dog Rescue
Watkinsville, GA
Animal Caretaker
· Perform animal care husbandry and provide oral medication
· Provide additional care to animals with various medical conditions
8/2016 – 11/2016 Universidad Veracruzana
Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico
PI: Dr. Pedro A.D. Dias
Volunteer Laboratory Assistant
· Assist in monitoring free-range mantled howler monkeys and collect fecal and urine samples in Dr. Pedro A.D. Dias’ lab
· Assist in labeling, measuring, and locating trees used by the monkeys
· Conduct phenology weekly on trees in 3 transects of forest
10/2015 – 12/2015 Emory University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center,
Atlanta and Lawrenceville, GA
PI: Dr. Mar Sanchez
Research Specialist
· Assist in monitoring and behavioral testing of rhesus macaques in Dr. Mar Sanchez’s lab
· Assist in timed accesses, blood draws, and puberty assessments of the subjects
1/2012 – 10/2015 Emory University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center,
Atlanta and Lawrenceville, GA
PI: Dr. Lisa Parr
Research Specialist
· Responsible for monitoring and behavioral testing of rhesus macaques in Dr. Lisa Parr’s lab
· Monitor and conduct daily rounds/census on assigned subjects at up to seven compounds
· Collect eye-tracking data on infant rhesus for use on an NIH Autism Center for Excellence (ACE) related project
· Access animals in compounds using principles of classical conditioning. Animals were trained to run into boxes to be safely transported to behavioral testing areas
· Familiar with chemical restraint via intramuscular injections (Telazol, Ketamine)
· Handle a Canon EOS 50D for photography of animals in compounds. Utilize Photoshop (CS3, CS6) to create a collection of photographs of rhesus for use in eye-tracking videos and behavioral analysis
· Handle a Canon 3CCD XL1 for videography of animals in compounds. Utilize Noldus Observer to analyze behavioral videos/data of infant rhesus.
· Assist Dr. Mar Sanchez’s laboratory in timed accesses, blood draws, and spinal taps of their subjects
11/2008 – 1/2012 Emory University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center,
Atlanta and Lawrenceville, GA
Animal Care Technician I
· Responsible for the daily routine care of rhesus macaques, pig-tailed macaques, sooty mangabeys, and chimpanzees
· Daily animal care responsibilities (cleaning, feeding and enriching primates)
· Trained new employees in animal care responsibilities, coordinated tasks between departments, conducted personal and animal safety
· Trained chimpanzees for simple husbandry related tasks, monitored and recorded swelling data daily
· Learned skills such as femoral blood draws (rhesus) and behavioral data collection (chimpanzees) while cross-training with Yerkes Colony Management and Dr. Frans de Waal’s laboratory
5/2008 – 8/2008 North Cobb Animal Clinic, Kennesaw, GA
Kennel Technician
· Kept records on and medicated pets, gave Bordatella immunizations
· Performed animal care responsibilities and maintained sanitization in kennels, offices, and surgery rooms
