Ndume CV

Publications

• Vitolo, J.M., Ndume, and Hayes, J.J. (2003) Castration as a Viable Alternative to Zeta Male Propagation. J. Primate Behavior [in press].
• Vitolo, J.M., Ndume, and Hayes, J.J. (2003) Identification of POZM-A Novel Protease That is Essential for Degradation of Zeta-Male Protein. Nature [in press].
• Vitolo, J.M., Ndume, and Gorilla, T.T. (2001) A Critical Review of the Color Pink and Anger Management. J. Primate Behavior, 46: 8012-8021.
• Ndume, and Gorilla, T.T. (2001) Escalation of Dominance and Aberrant Behavior of Alpha-Males in the Presence of Alpha-Females. J. Primate Behavior, 45: 7384-7390.
• Ndume, Koko, Gorilla, T.T. (2001) The ëPound Head with Fistí is the Preferred Method of Establishment of Dominance by Alphamales in Gorilla Society. J. Primate. Behavior, 33: 3753-3762.
• Graueri, G., Ndume, and Gorilla, E.P. (1996) Rate of Loss of Banana Peel Pigmentation after Banana Consumption. Anal. Chem., 42: 1570-85.

Education

2000 - Ph.D. in Behavioral Biology
Gorilla Foundation Cincinnati, OH.

1998 - M.S. in Behavioral Etiquette
Sponge Bob University for Primate Temperament Training. 
*Discharged from program for non-compliance.

1997 - Ph.D. in Chemistry 
Silverback University, Zaire

? - 1995 - B.S. in Survival and Chemical Synthesis
The Jungle, Zaire

Research Experience

2001 - Present 
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey J. Hayes

2000 - 2001
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey J. Hayes

1997 - 2000
Department of Behavioral Biology, Gorilla Foundation, Cincinnati OH
Ph.D. Research
Advisor: Two Ton Gorilla, D.M.D., Ph.D.

1995 - 1997
Department of Chemistry, Silverback University, Zaire
Undergraduate research
Advisor: Dr. Eight Hundred Pound Gorilla

1994 - 1995
The Jungle, Zaire
Trials of Married Life
Advisor: Koko

1996 - 1998
The Jungle, Zaire
Department of Chemistry, Silverback University, Zaire

Awards and Honors

2002 - GIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

2001 - Two-time recipient of the societyís highest honor for the elimination of Sponge Bob, John Wayne He-Man Society

2000 - First Gorilla awarded the societyís highest honor for the discovery and knock-out of the gene responsible for Zeta Male syndrome, John Wayne He-Man Society

1996 - The Michael Graduate Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Silverback University, Zaire