My interests include the diversification of life through time, quality of the fossil record, shapes of phylogenies, age-clade congruence, mass extinctions, Triassic ecosystem evolution, basal diapsid phylogeny, basal archosaurs and the origin of the dinosaurs.
Current research projects focus on the end-Permian mass extinction, the greatest mass extinction of all time, and especially its effects on terrestrial organisms. This involves fieldwork in Russia and China. I am also working on large-scale aspects of dating the tree of life, the use of phylogenetic means to assess the quality of the rock and fossil records, and studying macroevolution using comparative phylogenetics approaches.
Mr Massimo Bernardi Geology (PhD) Tel. (0117) 954 5243 massimo.bernardi@bristol.ac.uk
Mr Martin Chavez Hoffmeister Geology (PhD) Tel. (0117) 954 5496 glmfch@bristol.ac.uk
Mr Alex Dunhill Research Associate Tel. (0117) 3315198 alex.dunhill@bristol.ac.uk
Miss Sasidhorn Khansubha Geology (PhD) Tel. (0117) 954 5432 glysk@bristol.ac.uk
Mr Benjamin Moon Geology (PhD) Tel. (0117) 954 5432 benjamin.moon@bristol.ac.uk
Mr Bruno Pereira Geology (PhD) Tel. (0117) 954 5243 glbmcp@bristol.ac.uk
Mr Thomas Stubbs Geology (PhD) Tel. (0117) 954 5243 tom.stubbs@bristol.ac.uk
Miss Rachel Warnock Geology (PhD) Tel. (0117) 3315198 rachel.warnock@bristol.ac.uk
