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Dr Catherine Sheard
     DPhil, University of Oxford
     BS, Yale University

Catherine uses phylogenetic comparative methods to study trait macroevolution in a variety of taxa, with a particular interest in birds, mammals, and human languages. She comes to Aberdeen after postdoctoral positions at the Universities of St Andrews and Bristol. You can email her, check out her Google Scholar, or find her on Twitter / Mastodon / Bluesky.

PhD students:
  • Tom Munro
    • The causes and consequences of parental care in fish
  • James Tang
    • Evolvability in mammal morphology
  • Celia Aceae
    • The past, present, and future of tea
  • Megan Worsley (lead supervisor: Sue Healy, University of St Andrews)
    • Who builds the nest?
  • Chenyue Yang (lead supervisor: Iliana Medina Guzman, University of Melbourne)
    • The macroevolution of nest building flexibility
MSc students:
  • Miles Darlow
Honours projects:
  • Yasmin Eddy
  • Isabelle Evans
  • Owen Pirie
  • Megan Richards
  • Amanda Simmons
Lab alumni:
Postdocs
PhD students
MSc/MSci students
  • Robert Rodríguez Oterino (co-supervised by Michael Benton)
  • Robert MacDonald (co-supervised by Tim Caro)
  • Jack Hingston (co-supervised by Tom Stubbs, David Button, and Michael Benton)
  • Megan Shields (co-supervised by Tom Stubbs, David Button, and Michael Benton)
  • Harry Berks (co-supervised by Michael Benton)
  • Matteo Battini (co-supervsed by Michael Benton)
  • Nina Skinner (co-supervised by Tim Caro)
  • Alexis Trébaol
  • Natasha Howell (co-supervised by Tim Caro)
  • Charlotte Birkett (co-supervised by Tim Caro)
  • Michael Burgess
  • Rebecca O'Connor (co-supervised by Fiona Jordan)
  • Anita Kristiansen (co-supervised by Joe Tobias)
  • Nicolas Soulages (co-supervised by Joe Tobias and Nathalie Seddon)

Interns, post-baccalaureate researchers, undergraduate students, and research assistants