CV


Research Positions

2021-current Researcher
Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences
High-throughput quantification of community evolution in planktonic foraminifera across the K/Pg mass extinction using automated morphometrics and convolutional neural networks
2019-2021 Postdoctoral researcher
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,GeoBio-Center
Developing Bayesian phylogenetic models and methods for gene-tree species-tree estimation in a probabilistic graphical framework (RevBayes)
2016-2019 Postdoctoral researcher
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics
Developing probabilistic models of discrete morphological evolution for phylogenetic tree inference
2014-2016 Postdoctoral associate
Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (formerly Geology & Geophysics)
Automation of 2-D and 3-D community morphometrics using high-throughput light microscopy images of planktonic foraminifera


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Education

2009-2015 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (formerly Geology & Geophysics)
Evolutionary origins of major reptile lineages: Case studies on phylogenetic incongruence and the importance of fossils
2004-2008 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Harvard University
Focus: Organic chemistry and synthesis


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Grants & Awards

2022 The Micropalaeontology Society’s Alan Higgins Award for Applied Micropaleontology
2021 Bolin Centre for Climate Research (RA6: Deep time climate variability) small grant funding
2020 Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) starting grant within natural and engineering sciences: “High-throughput quantification of community evolution in planktonic foraminifera across the K/Pg mass extinction using automated morphometrics and convolutional neural networks” (Principle Investigator)
2019 PeerJ award for open data analysis and publication in palaeontology
2018 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions seal of excellence
2016 Peabody Museum of Natural History George Gaylord Simpson prize
2015 Estwing Hammer Prize for outstanding graduate student in Geology & Geophysics, Yale University
2012 The Jurassic Foundation Research Grant
2012 Mid-America Paleontology Society (MAPS) outstanding student research award
2010, 2011 National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship program, honorable mentions