Paleontologist at the University of Michigan interested in sauropod dinosaur evolution, vertebrate paleontology of the Indian Subcontinent, and fossil trackways. Former Fulbright Fellow at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla.
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Jeff Wilson Mantilla
Congratulations to our 2026 Huxley Award recipient, Matheus Januario Lopes de Sousa, for the educational resource: “evolved: an open-source R package designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate instruction in evolutionary biology”! Read more: shorturl.at/1ZdFE@mjanua...
Wonderful interview with Caroline Strömberg on the Scientess podcast discussing her journey as a paleontologist and human. Such a great listen. www.scientess.org
(Lina does all the caricature portraits of the guests, including this one ☟of herself...)
Watched Satyajit Ray's "Charulata" last night. What a gorgeous film. Wonderful soundtrack (composed by Ray) too.
trailer: youtu.be/WJBglRi-IhU?...
Really happy to share I will be joining the Dept. of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University this fall as an assistant professor!!
My lab will focus on ray-finned fish neurocranial evolution, integrating fossils and living species.
DM if you have interest in joining my new research group!
Great poster reception at the E. C. Case year-end celebratory event in the Museum of Paleontology!
The reproducibility crisis in phylogenetic analyses HT @daveyfwright.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ainda tem muito pra trazer de volta. Mas vamos trazer tudo!
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Our paper on turtle origins is finally out in Current Biology, with two major implications for our understanding of reptile evolution 🐢
#Paleontology #Turtles #Evolution
www.cell.com/current-biol...
I urge people to read both what Derek Peterson actually said in his commencement speech -- the whole thing -- and what he says in this article responding to the controversy. www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
I see "done is better than perfect" as writing advice very often. But at best it's not very useful advice; at worst, it can lead writers astray.
"The idea that graduations should be apolitical is ridiculous," University of Michigan history professor Derek Peterson said as a follow-up to his graduation day remarks.
There’s a piece of writing advice that I run across a lot (I’ve even given it). It’s excellent advice, except that it isn’t. Which doesn’t make much sense even to me, so I’m going to try to unpack …
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The latest episode covers paleobotany (me) 🍂🌾, check it out: www.scientess.org/ep-06-caroli...
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