- Researcher, Evolutionary Biology, University of Zurich
I have a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, specialising on early vertebrates, particularly placoderms. I am now in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, doing some collaborations with Prof. Kirstin Brink's lab. I have research papers in both the vertebrate and invertebrate world. Other than research, I performed taphonomical decay experiments for my MSc, preparation work during my PhD, and have extensive experience in segmentation (Mimics) and fieldwork in remove areas.
Experience
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2019–2023PhD student, University of Zurich
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2023–2023Assistant researcher, University of Zurich
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2018–2018Research Intern, University of Zurich
Education
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2023Palaeontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, PhD
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2018School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, MSc
Publications
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2023Broad snouted cladoselachian with sensory specialization at the base of modern chondrichthyans, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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2022A new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline and its ecomorphology, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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2021Experimental taphonomy of organelles and the fossil record of early eukaryote evolution, Science Advances
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2021A large Middle Devonian eubrachythoracid ‘placoderm’(Arthrodira) jaw from northern Gondwana, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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2021The swimming trace Undichna from the latest Devonian Hangenberg Sandstone equivalent of Morocco, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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2020First African thylacocephalans from the Famennian of Morocco and their role in Late Devonian food webs, Scientific Reports
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- Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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