Research
The tempo and mode of evolution across time, space and lineages:
- Major transitions in evolution: evolution of complexity & generation of novelty
- Radiation: timing and mechanisms of diversity generation
- Extinction: past patterns and future risks
- Biodiversity: patterns of species richness in time and space
- Predictability: how chance and contingency influence biodiversity generation and loss
The record of evolutionary change in:
- Geochemistry
- Palaeontology
- Archaeology
- Genomes
- Phylogenies
- Biodiversity
The tools of the trade of macroevolution & macroecology:
- Models of ecological and evolutionary processes in time and space
- Comparative method: reading the signal of evolutionary processes in phylogenies
- Confirmation and confidence: the relationship between evidence and hypothesis testing in ecological and evolutionary sciences