Biography

I am a palaeontologist studying dinosaur palaeobiology, macroecology, and extinction. To investigate these topics, I use phylogenetic, biogeographic, statistical, and Earth System Modelling tools. 

Currently, my main research topics include: 1) the relationship between physical agents shaping the fossil record and disentangling their role in order to detect genuine biodiversity signals in deep time; 2) the interplay between changing climate, geography, and biodiversity in controlling  macroevolution and macroecological patterns; 3) the physical drivers behind evolutionary adaptations and extinction.

For my PhD I focused on Late Cretaceous dinosaur macroecology and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. I have also studied Mesozoic marine reptiles from the Tethyan margin, crocodylomorph palaeodiversity, and theropod dinosaurs.

In March 2021 I joined Dr Sara Varela as an ERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Vigo, Spain, to investigate deep-time diversification dynamics. 

In February 2022 I started a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowship (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spanish Government) in the same lab.

GOOD NEWS! 18/10/2023
Thrilled to have been awarded a Newton International Fellowship by The Royal Society and excited to be returning to London, where I will join UCL starting from March 2024.

I can't wait to explore new field areas and dive into research questions about terrestrial tetrapod macroevolution (with a strong dinosaurian focus) during ancient hyperthermals in the coming years!

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