Dr Catherine Sheard
DPhil, Bs
Expertise
I use phylogenetic comparative methods to study the macroevolution of traits, particularly related to behaviour, across a variety of study systems (e.g. birds, mammals, spiders, fish, human languages).
Current positions
Honorary Research Associate
School of Earth Sciences
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Biography
I am currently a Senior Research Associate in the Bristol Palaeo Group, researching tetrapod macroevolution as part of the ERC 'Innovation' project. Prior to this, I was a Research Fellow in the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews. I received my DPhil in Zoology from the University of Oxford in 2016 and my BS in Mathematics and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Yale University in 2012.