Grantee Spotlight: Stephen Magohe
Stephen Magohe in the lab at the University of Calgary.
Stephen Magohe is a geologist and assistant lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam who is pursuing his PhD at the University of Calgary. In 2024, Magohe received a prestigious Francis H. Brown African Scholarship for his project “Investigating early Homo habitat through geoscience at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania.” His
Grantee Spotlight: Margaret Furtner
Learn about Margaret Furtner, a Leakey Foundation grantee using new technology to explore for fossil sites in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind.
Grantee Spotlight: Kakamega Monkey Project
Learn about the Kakamega Monkey Project, one of the longest continuous studies of wild primates in the world.
Grantee Spotlight: Clara Mariencheck
Learn about Clara Mariencheck, a PhD Candidate in the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology at the George Washington University whose research explores primate genetics, immunogenetics, and sociality. She received a Leakey Foundation grant in 2024 for her project called “How an extra X chromosome may enhance immunity.”
Grantee Spotlight: Amy E. Clark
Amy Clark is an archaeologist whose field research is focused on the Middle Stone Age in Morocco. She received a Leakey Foundation grant in 2020, for archaeological excavations at Jorf el Hamam in southwest Morocco.