Research
Research interests
- Palaeobiology and Palaeoecology - evolution of life and its interactions with the environment.Behavioural Palaeontology - the study of ancient organisms' behaviors using fossils.
Current research
In my PhD, I am using a novel proxy based on the stable carbon isotope compositions of carbonate biominerals, to reconstruct field metabolic rates in modern and fossil marine animals. We aim to use our proxy to determine metabolic rates across taxa and to quantify how sensitive animal physiology is to temperature change. We plan to use the proxy on modern otoliths, fossil otoliths and fossil ammonites.