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Manabu Sakamoto
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Summary
I am an evolutionary biologist, focusing on how biodiversity waxes and wanes through Earth history over millions of years, with special interest in various groups of vertebrates including dinosaurs. I use phylogenetic comparative methods to investigate patterns and processes of speciation, extinction and the evolution of form and function, across phylogeny and through time and space.
I also have industry experience as a data scientist, mainly working on multimedia (TV, online) advertisement exposure and product purchasing behaviour, as well as browser usage type categorisation.
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Lecturer in Zoology
University of Reading
January 2024
School of Biological Sciences
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Reading
July 2014
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January 2020
School of Biological Sciences
Applying Bayesian phylogenetic approaches to answer key questions on the effects of mass extinctions on macroevolution
Can we detect differences between the survivors and the extinct?
Does mass extinction alter the course of macroevolution?
Can we detect signatures of mass extinctions from phylogenetic trees?
Senior Lecturer in Zoology
University of Lincoln
January 2020
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January 2024
School of Life Sciences
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