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| Dr Christopher Coath | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I study the evolution of the early solar system. Isotopic characterisation of primitive meteorites provides insights into... |
| Keywords: | evolution | early solar system | solar system | meteorites | proto-solar nebula |
| Dr John Cunningham | |
| Post(s): | Senior Teaching Associate, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My current research investigates fossilized embryos from the Ediacaran and Cambrian. The key objective is to understand what... |
| Keywords: | fossils | fossilized embryos | Ediacaran | Cambrian | evolution | developmental evolution | animal phyla |
| Professor Philip Donoghue | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Palaeobiology, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research is focused on the relationship between evolution and embryology, integrating living and fossil organisms, developmental... |
| Keywords: | evolution | embryology | fossils | living organisms | fossil organisms | ecdysozoans | vertebrates |
| Dr Mhairi Gibson | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests lie in the field of human behavioural ecology: using concepts from evolutionary biology to explain... |
| Keywords: | human behavioural ecology | evolutionary biology | ecology | evolution | natural selection | child health | population changes |
| Professor Julian Gough | |
| Post(s): | Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science |
| Areas of expertise: | I have a background in protein structure which I use to study molecular evolution by developing bioinformatics tools and... |
| Keywords: | bioinformatics | genomics | computational biology | evolution |
| Dr Daniel Lawson | |
| Post(s): | Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow, Bristol Medical School (PHS) Honorary Research Fellow, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | I am interested in the process of evolution, in understanding the patterns that arise from it and how we can learn about... |
| Keywords: | inference | modelling | complex systems | stochastic models | ecology | evolution | markov chain monte carlo |
| Dr Sean Rands | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research explores how evolution has shaped the behaviour and life histories of animals and plants, using a mixture of... |
| Keywords: | behaviour | evolution | sociality in animals | predation | ecology | decision-making | wildlife biology | behavioural ecology |
| Professor Daniel Robert | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Bionanoscience, School of Biological Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research concentrates on the comparative study of the behavioural biology, biomechanics and evolution of auditory systems.... |
| Keywords: | behavioural biology | biomechanics | evolution | auditory systems | sensory adaptation | hearing | insects |
| Dr Martin Ruecklin | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research focuses on the evolution of early vertebrates. The topic of my current research programme is the evolution and... |
| Keywords: | evolution | early vertebrates | vertebrates | jaw joint | jaws | evolution of teeth | placoderms | fossils |
| Professor Daniela Schmidt | |
| Post(s): | Professor in Palaeobiology, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research primarily employs marine microfossils to study the interrelationships between palaeoclimatic changes and the... |
| Keywords: | ocean acidification | climate change | evolution | palaeoceanography |
| Professor Michael Walter | |
| Post(s): | Professor, School of Earth Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are in high pressure-temperature experimental petrology, geochemistry, and mineral physics. Phase equilibrium,... |
| Keywords: | petrology | experimental petrology | geochemistry | evolution | the Earth | planetary evolution | mantle | magma |
| Dr Feng Yu | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer in Statistics, School of Mathematics |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a probabilist with a background in electrical engineering. Before I became a mathematician, I spent a few years of my... |
| Keywords: | probabilistic methods | biology | genetics | evolution | image processing |
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