Curriculum Vitae
Academic Positions
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jul 2017 - current
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading
- Applying Bayesian phylogenetic approaches to answer key questions on the effects of mass extinctions on macroevolution
- Can we detect differences between the survivors and the extinct?
- Does mass extinction alter the course of macroevolution?
- Can we detect signatures of mass extinctions from phylogenetic trees?
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading
- Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Jul 2014 - June 2017
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading
- Applied Bayesian phylogenetic approaches to study macroevolutionary processes of living and extinct animals
- Revealed long-term decline in dinosaurs before their final extinction
- Revealed bite force evolved through multiple bursts of exceptional rapid evolution in amniotes
- Revealed transitions between locomotor modes in mammals are associated with rapid rates of body size evolution
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jan 2010 - Dec 2012
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristo
- Phylogenetics and morphological evolution in living and fossil cats
- Collected and analysed morphometric data in over 400 specimens of cats
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristo
Industry Positions
- Feb 2013 - May 2014: Data Scientist, BrainPad Inc, Tokyo
- Analysed and modelled behavioural responses to multi-media advertisement (web, TV)
- Developed predictive model based on clinical symptom data
Education
- PhD in Palaeobiology, Jan 2009
- University of Bristol
- Thesis title: Bite Force and the Evolution of Biting Performance in Birds, Dinosaurs, and Cats
- MSc in Palaeobiology, Jan 2005
- University of Bristol
- Thesis title: Jaw Biomechanics in Theropod Dinosaurs
- BEng in Biological Science and Technology, Mar 2003
Grants and Awards
- Research Grant, Jul 2017 - Jun 2020
- The Leverhulme Trust
- Named PDRA
- 2017 Research Output Prize for Early Career Researchers, Mar 2017
- University of Reading - £1000 prize
- Research Grant, Jan 2010 - Dec 2012
- BBSRC, Responsive Mode
- Named PDRA
Achievements
- Research paper, Dinosaurs in decline tens of millions of years before their final extinction, 50th on Altmetric’s 100 Top Articles 2016 (www.altmetric.com/top100/2016)
- Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) by University of Michigan on Coursera. Certificate earned on August 31, 2017
Professional Memberships