Young Researcher
Himani Nautiyal
Howard University, USA
Current affiliations
Himani Nautiyal is a biological anthropologist and primatologist specializing in primate behavioral ecology, human–wildlife coexistence, and conservation in high-altitude Himalayan landscapes. She holds a PhD from Kyoto University, Japan, and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Howard University, USA. Since 2014, she has directed the Himalayan Langur Project, a long-term field research and community-engagement program in the western Himalayas. Her broader research integrates primate behavior, local ecological knowledge, climate change, and community-based conservation to examine how humans and wildlife adapt within shared socioecological systems.
Recent publications
Nautiyal H, Mathur V, Gajare HK, Teichroeb J, Sarkar D, and Diogo R. (2024) Predatory dogs as drivers of social behavior changes in the Central Himalayan langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus) within human-dominated landscapes. Biology, 13(6): 410. doi: 10.3390/biology13060410
Nautiyal H, Romano V, Tanaka H, and Huffman MA (2024) Direct and indirect social connections as behavioral strategies in Central Himalayan langurs (Semnopithecus schistaceus). American Journal of Primatology. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23655
Nautiyal H, Tanaka H, and Huffman MA (2021) Anti-predator strategies of Central Himalayan langurs (Semnopithecus schistaceus) in a human-dominated landscape. Primates. doi: 10.1007/s10329-023-01061-0
Nautiyal H, Mathur V, Sinha A, and Huffman MA (2020) The Banj oak (Quercus leucotrichophora) as a potential mitigating factor for human-langur interactions in the Garhwal Himalaya, India: People's perceptions and ecological importance. Global Ecology and Conservation. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00985
Nautiyal H and Huffman MA (2018) Interspecific feeding association between Central Himalayan langurs and Himalayan black bears in a temperate forest of the western Indian Himalayas. Mammal Study. doi: 10.3106/ms2017-0033