Ph.D. in Evolutionary Anthropology (2011 – 2017) Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto. Supervisor: Daniel Sellen

M.A. in Anthropology (2009 – 2011) Primatology Concentration, Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary. Supervisor: Pascale Sicotte

B.Sc. Honours, First Class in Primatology (2005 – 2009) Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Canada.

Étudiants diplômés actuels

MSc: Melila Bouarab, Charlotte St-Onge, Emilie Rich Forgues, Lucile Dejeans

PhD: Florence Landry, Marine Larrivaz

Anciens et actuels étudiants de premier cycle, projets indépendants

Université de Montréal: Mathieu Gaudreault (2020, bio), Lisandre Robichaud (2020, bio), Pascale Godin (2020, anthropo), Marianne Laurin-Lalonde (2020, anthropo), Jessica Pitre (2020, bio), Emilie Rich Forgues (2020, anthropo), Maryane Gradito (2019, bio), Catherine Bouchard (2019, anthropo), Juliette Penez (2019, bio), Charlotte St-Onge (2019, anthropo), Melila Bouarab (2018, anthropo), Simon L'Allier (2018, anthropo)

Université Laval: Nadia Lemay (2018, environnement)

University of Toronto: Cassandra Curteanu (2018, anthro), Deandra Chipilliquen (2016, anthro)

University of Calgary: Katie Carmichael (2010, anthro)

Journal Articles

Badescu I, Watts DP, Katzenberg MA, Sellen DW (2022) Maternal lactational investment is higher for sons in chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76:44

Stead SM, Badescu I, Boonstra R (2022) Of mammals and milk: how maternal stress affects nursing offspring. Mammal Review. 52:129-147

Stead SM, Badescu I, Raboin DL, Sicotte P, Rothman JM, Baden AL, Teichroeb JA (2021). High levels of infant handling by adult males in Rwenzori Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) compared to two closely related species, C. guereza and C. vellerosus. Primates. 62:637-646

Badescu I, Sicotte P, Sandel AA, Desruelle KJ, Curteanu C, Watts DP and Sellen DW. (2020). Premasticated food transfer by wild chimpanzee mothers with their infants: Effects of maternal parity, infant age and sex, and food properties. Journal of Human Evolution. 143: 102794. 

Badescu I, Katzenberg MA, Watts D, Sellen D. (2017). A novel fecal stable isotope approach to determine the timing of age-related feeding transitions in wild infant chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 162: 285-299.

Badescu I, Watts D, Katzenberg MA, Sellen D. (2016). Alloparenting is associated with reduced maternal lactation effort and faster weaning in wild chimpanzees. Royal Society Open Science. 3(160577).

Badescu I, Wikberg EC, Macdonald LJ, Fox SA, Vayro JV, Crotty A, Sicotte P. (2016). Infanticide pressure accelerates infant development in a wild primate. Animal Behaviour. 114: 231-239.

Badescu I, Sicotte P, Ting N, Wikberg EC. (2015). Female parity, maternal kinship, infant age and sex influence natal attraction and infant handling in a wild colobine (Colobus vellerosus). American Journal of Primatology. 76: 376-387.

Sicotte P, Teichroeb JA, Vayro JV, Fox SA, Badescu I, Wikberg EC. (2015). The influence of male takeovers on female dispersal in Colobus vellerosus. American Journal of Primatology. 79

Wikberg EC, Teichroeb JA, Badescu I, Sicotte P. (2013). Individualistic female dominance hierarchies with varying strength in a highly folivorous population of black-and-white colobus. Behaviour. 150: 295-320.

Teichroeb JA, Wikberg EC, Badescu I, Macdonald LJ, Sicotte P. (2012). Infanticide risk and male quality influence optimal group composition for Colobus vellerosus. Behavioral Ecology. 23(6): 1348-1359.

Book Chapters

Badescu I. (2018). The attainment of independence from the mother in primates and its implications for the evolution of cooperative breeding in hominins. Luef E, Marin M. The talking species: Perspectives on the evolutionary, neuronal, and cultural foundations of language. : 165-191. Uni-Press Verlag, Graz, Austria.

Badescu D, Roman H, Badescu I. (2018). Southern Carpathians: Pârgavului Cave. Ponta GM, Onac BP. Cave and Karst Systems of Romania. : 143-148. Published, Springer, Cham, Switzerland.

Encyclopedia Entries

Stead S, Mucha S and Badescu I. (2020). Alloparental Care. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. : 1-7. Springer International Publishing (Cham), Editors: J. Vonk & T. Shackelford.