Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the Milner Centre, University of Bath, with a particular interest in macroevolutionary patterns
South West, England
Joined June 2017
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Darwin Day • February 12th
If you're in or near Bath on the evening of the 12th February, come and hear Ben Garrod talk about extinctions.
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Studentship available at @MilnerCentre with Emma Stone – batconservationresearchlab.c…, and myself, on the *Urban ecology of spotted hyaena*. Doesn't that sound great? findaphd.com/phds/project/ur…
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Busy and fun day today @FestofNature in #Bath with @elliemjarvis and @NPriestLab accompanied by lots of fruit flies in a starring role! 😊
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Evolution of Complexity in Arthropods!
Come to the @MilnerCentre for Evolution @UniofBath, and do a PhD
Just a week left to apply
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PhD project @MilnerCentre for Evolution
Complexity and convergence in arthropod evolution
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Closing date today!
Conservation Lectureship (Assistant Professor) in Bath's
@MilnerCentre
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Conservation Lectureship (Assistant Professor) in Bath's
@MilnerCentre
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🦕 #Dinosaurs: A New Vision. World-leading #palaeontologist Michael J. Benton presents one of three fascinating talks in our Beyond Beastly talks day. youtu.be/LqvPQRja_eE
Tickets 🎟£10- £20
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#brlsi #mythicalbeasts #bath
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@OystonJack & @WillsProf et al. from @MilnerCentre & @UniofBath use biogeographical and phylogenetic data to show that molecular trees fit species geographical data better than trees inferred from morphology. 🧬🌎
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PhD project: How should we teach evolution? The pitfalls of goal-directed thinking
With Ronald Jenner @evolriffs and Dan Wormald, @NHM_London
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How new were Darwin's ideas about Evolution?
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Talks on Evolution for Schools and other groups
In the south of England? Invite us to your school/society (or online) to give a talk @MilnerCentre
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PhD position: in silico modelling of pigment pattern formation in Danio. Based @MilnerCentre @UniofBath Supervised by @bssrnk @kityates @WillsProf @glpcjd Apply by Feb 28. More: tinyurl.com/y596p8fx
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Pleased to share this paper led by @phyloprog which is now available in its final form @systbiol
Thanks to @WillsProf and @willgearty and an anon. reviewer for their helpful comments and also to @Friedman_Lab and @bryanccarstens for editorial feedback.
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Well done Alex--richly deserved for his many fascinating papers on vertebrate evolution!
Congratulations Dr @AlexDunhill for being awarded this year’s Murchison Fund at the @geolsoc 2020 Society Awards, in recognition of exceptional contributions to geoscience by an early-career scientist.
Read more about his achievement ⬇️
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PhD Project up for grabs in Arthropod Phylogeny @MilnerCentre
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@Fi_pinnata, @AlexDunhill et al with #OA paper on the Lagerstätten effect (areas of exceptional preservation influencing our estimates of diversity through time.
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It was great to welcome Lin Richardson, Deputy Chief Executive of @Wolfsonfdn to campus today. Lin met with our @royalsociety Wolfson Merit Award holders, our team at @MilnerCentre and Head of Astrophysics @CGMundell.
