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Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København Ø
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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My research uses integrative techniques to reconstruct morphological transformations in the 500-million year history of vertebrate life, including bioinformatic, molecular, ecological, paleoclimatic and morphological approaches. In particular, I use X-ray computed tomography, or CT, to generate three-dimensional models of fossil and living organisms for comparison in an evolutionary framework, often using geometric morphometrics. I currently apply these methods to diverse groups such as primates, canids, marine mammals, marsupials, turtles and other reptiles, with the goal of understanding how Cenozoic climate change has shaped morphological and taxonomic variation, and to identify the contexts under which biodiversity is generated and destroyed.
Evolutionary biology
Vertebrate paleontology
Herpetology
Phenotypic convergence
3D shape analysis
Palæontologi (Pal)
Evolutionary Ecology
ORCID 0000-0002-5740-9363
Date of birth December 23, 1977, USA
CONTACT +45 52617701; [email protected]
EDUCATION
Aug 2012 PhD Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Nov 2003 MS (with Honours) Animal Ecology, Lund University, Sweden
Dec 1999 BS (Cum Laude) Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences, North Carolina State University, USA
SCIENTIFIC FOCUS AREAS
3D bioimaging integrated with multiomic data. High throughput phenotyping. Herpetology, evolutionary biology, vertebrate paleontology, ecomorphology. Landmark-based geometric morphometrics. Comparative anatomy. Phylogenetic comparative analyses.
POSITIONS
Jan 2023- Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan 2022- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2018-2021 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow, University of Melbourne (UM)
2015- Research Associate, Melbourne Museum
2015-2017 Research at Melbourne Acceleration Program (RAMAP) Postdoctoral Fellow, UM
2012-2014 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Postdoctoral Researcher, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany
2011-2012 CT Laboratory Technician, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
2003-2004 Molecular Laboratory Technician, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, USA
2002-2003 Molecular Laboratory Technician, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden
ACADEMIC AWARDS & HONORS (AMOUNTS IN DKK)
2023 Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF) Project 1 (2,847,513)
2021 Villum Synergy Grant (co-PI) on Stochastic Morphometry (2,140,000, administered by Department of Computer Science, KU)
2018 Research Grant Support Scheme, University of Melbourne (67,826)
2018 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (Team), University of Melbourne
2018 Boden Research Conference Award, Australian Academy of Science (45,217)
2018 BioSciences ECR Research Summit, Best Presentation Award (1,492)
2017 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (1,650,697)
2017 University of Melbourne Establishment Grant (222,108)
2017 Michael Mavrogordato Award for the Classification of Australian Animals (7,235)
2016 Early Career Researcher Grant, University of Melbourne (180,870)
2016 Dyason Fellowship, University of Melbourne (22,609)
2015 Ian Potter Foundation Conference Program Award (22,609)
2014 Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Gov. Dept. of Education (113,043)
2010 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects Award (992,68)
2010 Hammett Award, Environmental Studies Department, UCSC (6,617)
2008-2010 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research & Travel Award, UCSC (6,617)
2010 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Award (6,617)
2009-2010 Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Travel Award (14,909)
2009 Graduate Student Association Travel Award, UCSC (3,309)
TEACHING
Evolutionary Ecology, Paleobiology, Animal Structure and Function, Paleobiology and Evolution of Vertebrates, Undergraduate Research in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Behavioral Ecology, Invertebrate Zoology, Development and Physiology, Evolution, Ecology and Evolution, Ecological Field Methods, Human Demographics
STUDENT SUPERVISION
2023- Michael Lind Severinsen (PhD, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen)
2021- Merin Joji (integrated MSc/PhD, University of Copenhagen)
2021- Stine Keibel Blom (MSc, University of Copenhagen)
2021- Dominika Bujnakova (PhD, Oulu University)
2019- Marco Camaiti (PhD, Monash University)
2018-2022 Till Ramm (PhD, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne)
2019-2021 James Sun (MSc, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne)
2016-2018 Axel Newton (PhD, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne)
2016-2017 Sakib Kazi (MSc, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne)
REVIEWER AND GRANT EVALUTATION ACTIVITIES
Senior Editorial Board Member: BMC Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Journal reviewer: Journal of Zoology, PLoS ONE, African Journal of Herpetology, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Biology Letters, Evolution, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Journal of Anatomy, Salamandra, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Nature Communications, Science Advances
Grant evaluator: Australian Research Council, European Research Council
SELECTED OUTREACH
BIBLIOMETRICS (as of June, 2023)
41 peer-reviewed papers
Google Scholar: H-index 18, Citations 1748
Published papers as first author: 8; as senior author: 2
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (CURRENT KEY COLLABORATORS)
Johannes Mueller, Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin, Germany; Hussam Zaher, Sao Paolo, Brazil; Jane Melville, Melbourne Museum, Australia; Rocio Aguilar, Melbourne Museum, Australia; Tom Gilbert, Globe Institute, UCPH; Stefan Sommer, Dept. Computer Science, UCPH; Rasmus Nielsen, Globe Institute, UCPH; Sarah Flanagan, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Nikhil Whitaker, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Center for Herpetology, India; Karthikeyan Vasudevan, Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES), India
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, PhD, University of California at Santa Cruz
Dimissionsdato: 31 aug. 2012
Animal Ecology, MSc, Lund University
Dimissionsdato: 14 nov. 2003
Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences, BSc, North Carolina State University
Dimissionsdato: 15 dec. 1999
Research Associate, Museum Victoria, Melbourne
Honorary Fellow, School of BioSciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Vic. Australia.
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