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Biography

Martin M Kowalewski currently works at the Estacion Biologica Corrientes, CECOAL (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Litoral)- CONICET-UNNE. Martin does research in Zoology, Evolutionary Biology and Parasitology. Their current project is 'Ecology and Epidemiology of Emerging Wildlife-Borne Diseases in the Tropics'.

Research Interests

I primarily do research on primate behavioral ecology, infectious disease dynamics, tropical forest ecosystems, foraging, mating systems, and primate conservation. My main interest is to understand demographic processes, population dynamics and conservation of  medium size mammals and their habitat. My main study sites are located in Northern Argentina and Paraguay.

Education

2007. Ph.D. in Anthropology. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (UIUC), USA.

2000. Master in Arts in Biological Sciences with Concentration in Applied Ecology. Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY-Sbrook), USA.

1995. “Licenciado” in Biological Sciences. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Grants

  • 2024-2025 Re:Wild. Emergency fund to support the Corrientes Biological Field Station, Argentina PI: M Kowalewski
  • 2021-2024 Proyectos de investigación científica y tecnológica PICT-2021-I-A-01194 FONCyT, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, MINCYT-Argentina: Effects of landscape modification and anthropogenic alteration by fires on black and gold howler monkeys - PI: M Kowalewski
  • 2022-2023 The American Society of Primatologists and Re:wild ‘Saving Primates Where They Live’ Award PI: M Kowalewski
  • 2020-2021 Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC): Primate Action Fund: Rapid responses to forest fires impacts over primates in South America: Assessment and mitigation of forest fires in a long-term study site in Northern Argentina PI: M Kowalewski
  • 2020-2022 COMFAUNA: " Dynamics and conservation of sentinel species in human wild-domestic interface areas of the province of Corrientes, Argentina CO PI: Martin Kowalewski
  • 2020 American Society of Primatologists COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
  • 2019-2020 Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC): Primate Action Fund 2019-2020 “Developing Primatology in Paraguay: Challenges and opportunities.” PI: M Kowalewski2019 La UNNE+Salud Sentinels: a network in action, Res. en trámite, UNNE Director: Dra: V Romero Coordinator: Martin Kowalewski
  • 2019 Primate Action Fund A Conservation Action Plan for Argentinean Primates Grant 5149.020-0211, PAF 18-19. Global Wildlife Conservation.
  • 2017-2020 Wildlife Monitoring “Establishment of active surveillance areas for Yellow Fever in the NE of the Province of Corrientes, Argentina” Dir. Fauna Silvestre y Conservación de la Biodiversidad, Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable, Argentina PI en Corrientes. Martin Kowalewski
  • 2018-2019 La Universidad en el Medio (UNNE). From classrooms to natural environments...let's preserve our Natural Heritage (FACENA) RES. N 109/18 Rectorado-UNNE Director: Dra: V Romero Coordinator: Martin Kowalewski
  • 2016-2020 Proyecto de Investigación – Univ. Nac. del Nordeste PI 16B004. Epidemiological analysis of parasites that affect wild species upon entry to ecological complexes and prior release in the NEA Res. 970/16 PI: Teresita Rigonatto, Co PI: Martin Kowalewski 

Awards and Honors

  • 2023 Travel Grant Re:Wild - Primate Action Fund for International Primatological Society (IPS) and the Malaysian Primatological Society (MPS) meetings en Kuching, Malaysia.
  • 2022. Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award - International Primatological Society
  • 2022 Distinction granted by the legislature of the Province of Corrientes-Argentina to Martín Kowalewski, CONICET researcher and director of the Corrientes Biological Station, who was honored by the International Society of Primatology with the “Charles Southwick” award in the United StatesHonorable Cámara de Diputados, Corrientes. Exp. 16994.
  • 2022 Travel Grant Re:Wild - Primate Action Fund for International Primatological Society/Sociedad Latinoamericana de Primatología Joint Meeting, Quito, Ecuador2022 Support for travel - International Primatological Society for International Primatological Society/Sociedad Latinoamericana de Primatología Joint Meeting, Quito, Ecuador
  • 2019 Support for travel I Congreso Paraguayo de Zoología, Asunción, Paraguay – Asociación de Mastozoología del Paraguay
  • 2019 Support for travel - Fundación Temaiken to assist to Conservation Planning Speciaist Group SSCIUCN meetings, CABA, Argentina.
  • 2019 Support for travel - Colegio Médico Veterinario de la provincia de Córdoba to asist to XXXVIII Jornadas de Actualización en Ciencias Veterinarias, Va Giardino-Córdoba, Argentina. 

Recent Publications

  • 2024. Las unidades de paisaje de las áreas periurbanas de la ciudad de Corrientes [Landscape units of the periurban areas of the city of Corrientes]. Contreras FI, Baruzzo MN, Sabatter L, Gervazoni P, Casco SL, Franceschini MC, Duré M, González C, Di Giacomo AS, Kowalewski M. In: Contreras ... [et al.] (eds.), V Libro de la Junta de Geografía de la Provincia de Corrientes - 1a ed. compendiada. - Corrientes: Pedro Samuel Blanco, pp: 7-23.
  • 2023. Mono aullador rojo (Alouatta guariba clamitans). Oklander L, Kowalewski M, Jerusalinsky L, Fores V. In: Dalia A, Bauni V, Homberg M, Giachinno A (eds.), Dos décadas de trabajo con especies amenazadas de la Argentina1a ed. de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, pp 343-359.
  • 2023. Mono aullador negro y dorado (Alouatta caraya). Okalnder L, Peker S, Kowalewski M. In: Dalia A, Bauni V, Homberg M, Giachinno A (eds.), Dos décadas de trabajo con especies amenazadas de la Argentina1a ed. de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, pp 321-342.
  • 2022. Brown howler monkey, Alouatta guariba (Humboldt 1812). Oklander LI, Buss G, Bicca-Marques JC, Hirano ZB, Chaves OM, Assis Jardim MM, Valença-Montenegro MM, Mendes SL, Neves LG, Kowalewski M, de Melo FR, Rylands AB, Jerusalinsky L. In: RA Mittermeier, KE Reuter, AB Rylands, L Jerusalinsky, C Schwitzer, KB Strier, J Ratsimbazafy and T Humle (eds.), Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2022–2023, pp. 8–10. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, International Primatological Society, Re:wild, Washington, DC
  • 2022. Lice in howler monkeys from the ancient americas: the potential cost of being past hunting games or wild pets. Quijano RF, Gilles DR, Štefka J, Kowalewski M. En: Urbani B, Youlatos D, Antczak AT (eds), World Archaeoprimatology: Interconnections of Humans and Nonhuman Primates in the Past. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.. pp. 183-198