I woke up this morning to the good news that I have a paper accepted in PNAS! This is work I did as a postdoc, in collaboration with Jack Williams, Matt Fitzpatrick, Steve Jackson, and Simon Ferrier. We are springing for open access and I’m also now working to submit the data files to Dryad, so…
This week is spring break, which gives me a chance to reflect on the past few months. I’ve now been at this job for 2.5 months and I’m loving it! Here’s what I’ve been up to recently. Classes started at the end of January at UCM. I am teaching Paleoecology this semester and have a…
I just got back from the International Biogeography Society meetings. It was a great meeting- lots of fantastic talks and fantastic people! I highly recommend this meeting for any biogeographer. My highlights included the paleo symposium, the traits symposium, and many other individual talks. There were two days of invited symposia and one day of…
After missing the last two meetings, I’m headed this week to Miami, FL for my favorite conference: the Biennial meeting of the International Biogeography Society! All of the symposia, talks, and posters look fantastic, but I’m particularly excited about the symposium I’m talking in: The convergence of conservation paleontology and biogeography. This was organized by…
I’m looking for motivated students to join the new lab! If you’re interested in Quaternary paleoecology, phylogeography and/or modeling, check out current opportunities in my lab. The UC Merced deadline is approaching fast: January 15th.