Manabu Sakamoto

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

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.

Computational Biology Evolutionary Studies Paleontology

Editorial Board Member

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Bristol

University of Reading

Work details

Senior Lecturer in Zoology

University of Lincoln

January 2020

School of Life Sciences

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Reading

July 2014 - 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?