Kaustabh Moni Baruah

• 2021-present: Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) (Student Member)
• 2021-present: American Primatological Society (APS) (Student Member)
• 2021-present: International Primatological Society (Student Member)
• 2022-present: Association for the Study of Animal Behavior (Student Member)
• 2022-present: Society for the Study of Ecology and Evolution (Member)

• Baruah, K. M., Sinha, A., Call, J., Seed, A.M. (in prep). Capuchins Can Cooperate: Role Sensitivity, Social Dynamics, and Individual Variation in a Strategic Cooperative Task.
• Baruah, K. M., Sinha, A., Seed, A.M., Call, J. (in prep). Cooperation in the City: Social, Individual, and Cognitive Predictors of Partner Choice in Free-Ranging Urban Rhesus Macaques.
• Baruah, K. M., Call, J., Seed, A.M. (in prep). Do Macaques Know When They Need a Partner? A Cooperative Task with Captive Japanese Macaques.

    Conference presentation

    Baruah, K. M. (2025, August). Understanding Cooperation in Capuchin Monkeys: A Comprehensive Study Using the Stag Hunt Paradigm.

   Oral presentation accepted at Behaviour 2025, Kolkata, India.

• Teaching Assistant, University of St Andrews, UK (July–September 2024)
• Assisted in preparing and designing presentation materials for undergraduate Neuroscience lectures.
• Helped translate complex neurophysiological content into accessible slide decks and visual teaching aids.
• Collaborated with the course instructor to enhance pedagogical clarity and engagement.
• Field Supervisor, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), India (2024–2025)
• Supervised MSc and MA students as part of their Master’s dissertation research on urban monkey behavior and human-wildlife coexistence in Guwahati, Assam.
• Provided guidance on field methodologies, behavioral sampling techniques, and ethical data collection.
• Supported students in data analysis (using R), project framing, and scientific writing.
• Helped students align their individual projects with broader research goals of the field site.

• 2021-2024: Handsel Tuition Fee Scholarship, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews, UK.
• 2023-2024: University of St. Andrews postgraduate research fieldwork bursary fund
• 2024-2025: Fieldwork Grant, Private Sponsorship via NIAS

     Funded by Shobha Punukollu and Debashis Dutta Gupta for PhD fieldwork on the project “Monkeys of a Feather? Cooperation amongst         Synurbic, Free-ranging Rhesus Macaques in Guwahati, Assam”

• 2016-present: People for Animals (PFA), Member
• Conduct various awareness programs to elicit the voluntary and involuntary abuses that animals face from humans.
• 2015-2017: Involucre, the Botanical Society of Sri Venkateswara College, Vice-president
• Conducted workshops, events and awareness programs to engage more people in various botanical activities.
• 2014-2015: Bhumi (NGO), Committee Member
• Conducted free food and cloth donation drives for the elevation of the economically weaker sections of the society and providing basic needs to orphaned children.

• IT Skills: MS-Office, R Studio, BORIS, ERDAS IMAGINE, Arc GIS, SPSS, JASP, and Python.
• Other Skills: Data collection, Data Analysis and Statistical Analysis, Teaching assistance, Research Designing and Development, Teamwork and collaboration, Fieldwork, Research paper writing, Community engagement
• Awards: Winner of National Cyber Olympiad, 2007; Winner of “Bharat ko Jano” National level quiz,2010, Sports Authority of India (SAI) Table Tennis Fellowship (AIPSSPB Sports Scholarship Scheme, 2005-2011).

Professor Josep Call, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, KY16 9JP, email id: jc276@st-andrews.ac.uk, +44 (0)1334 46 3608

Professor Amanda Seed, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, KY16 9JP, email id: ams18@st-andrews.ac.uk, +44 (0)1334 46 2054

Professor Anindya Sinha, School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India, email id: anindya.rana.sinha@gmail.com