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Lisa Dorrington

  Lisa Dorrington (born Elizabeth Dorrington on April 30, 1986) is a German primatologist and currently a graduate instructor at the University of Southern California. Working under the guidance of professor Craig Stanford (known for his chimpanzee studies in central Africa), she has traveled to areas frequented by primate researchers such as Jane Goodall. Dorrington is expected to fund the establishment of a primate research center at the university, comparable to the Jane Goodall Center, within the next two years.

Lisa Dorrington was born in Berlin, Germany in 1986 to Frank Dorrington, a water-treatment specialist, and Julie Churchill, an investigative journalist. She moved to America where she attended the University of Southern California with a concentration in environmental studies. Capitalizing on the opportunities to study abroad, Dorrington traveled to Kenya, encountering the chimpanzees for the first time in person and initiating her research on the interactions of the species.