Recent News
September 2023
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Dr. Ballare began a position as Laboratory Manager managing the Laboratory for Primate Dietary Ecology and Physiology.
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February 2022
January 2022 |
Dr. Ballare was awarded an Early Career Fellowship Award from Duke University to attend and present at the Energetics in Anthropology Workshop, May 2-3, 2022 in Durham, North Carolina.
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Dr. Ballare became a Visiting Scientist at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA.
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May 2021
Dr. Ballare was selected to be a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She will be working with Primary Investigator Dr. Thibaud Gruber as part of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences as well as the Bugoma Primate Conservation Project beginning September 2021.
May 2021
Congratulations Dr. Ballare and the Class of 2021!!!
Dr. Ballare was virtually hooded today during Rutgers University's virtual graduation ceremony. Congratulations Elizabeth and all the graduates on their much earned success.
March 2021
Congratulations Dr. Ballare!!!
Elizabeth successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled "Health effects of rehabilitation and release in Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)" today.
Advisor: Dr. Erin R. Vogel
Committee Members: Dr. Henry John-Alder, Dr. Julie Lockwood, Dr. Lyle (Linc) Moldawer
May 2019
Elizabeth received a TA/GA Professional Development Award for her continued excellence in teaching.
February 2019
Elizabeth was asked to be a part of the CORE Borneo team and is now Treasurer of the Nonprofit Organization.
May 2018
Elizabeth received a TA/GA Professional Development Award for her continued excellence in teaching.
April 2018
Elizabeth was awarded a Conference Travel Award from the School of Graduate Studies at Rutgers University in support of her podium presentation at the 87th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists Conference. April 11-14, 2018. Austin, TX.
November 2017
Elizabeth won second place in recognition of an outstanding poster presentation in the first annual STEM Community Outreach Symposium at Rutgers University.
Photo Credit: Erin R. Vogel
Photo Credit: Erin R. Vogel
October 2017
Elizabeth was awarded a Conference Travel Award from the School of Graduate Studies at Rutgers University in support of her podium presentation at the 3rd Annual Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists Conference. November 27-28, 2017. Hartford, CT.
May 2017
July 2017 |
Elizabeth was awarded an Albert Fellows Dissertation Research Award from the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies at Rutgers University in support of laboratory work for her dissertation research. |
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Elizabeth received a TA/GA Professional Development Award for her continued excellence in teaching. |
June 2016
February 2016 |
Elizabeth received a grant from the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation in support of field and laboratory work for her dissertation research. |
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Elizabeth was awarded a grant from the Riverbanks Zoo & Garden Conservation Support Fund in support of field and laboratory work for her dissertation research. |
February 2016
January 2016 |
Elizabeth's proposal "Health effects of rehabilitation and release in Indonesian orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)" was awarded funding from Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Zoological Society conservation grants program. |
October 2014
October 2014 |
Elizabeth has raised almost $3,000 in CrowdSourcing for field and laboratory work related to her dissertation research. A big THANK YOU to everyone who has donated so far! Interested in donating? Click Here Elizabeth received a Critical Language Enhancement Award (CLEA), a feature of the U.S. Student Fulbright Program. She was one of ten Fulbright U.S. Student grantees to receive three months of intensive language study in Indonesia as an enhancement to her Fulbright grant and dissertation project. The purpose of the CLEA is to cultivate higher levels of language proficiency prior to and during the Fulbright grant period and beyond, Photo Credit: Erin Poor |
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Elizabeth received a 2014-2015 U.S. Fulbright Institute for International Education Student Research Scholarship. Elizabeth will be one of 1,800 U.S. citizens to travel abroad for the 2014-2015 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential. Photo Credit: Muhammad Rizqi Arifuddin |
April 2013
February 2013 |
Elizabeth received a grant from the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies at Rutgers University in support of a pilot study for her dissertation research. |
Elizabeth was awarded a Conference Travel Award from the School of Graduate Studies at Rutgers University in support of her poster presentation at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 9-13. Knoxville, TN.