Kurtén Club 22.5.

Dear All,

Next week in Kurtén club, Dr Chris Venditti will be giving a talk in the club, titled:

Understanding the evolutionary paths to morphological diversity

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 22.5.2012, C108 Physicum

Chris is a lecturer in evolutionary biology from the University of Hull (UK). His research focuses on understanding large scale patterns and processes underlying phenotypic evolution across organismal groups. His research utilizes phylogenetic trees of both extant and extinct taxa, and involves understanding, assessing and developing phylogenetic and comparative methods.

His recent publications include:

Venditti, C., Meade, A. and Pagel, M. Multiple routes to animal diversity. 2011. Nature, 479:393-396.
Capellini, I., Venditti, C. and Barton, R. A. 2010. Phylogeny and metabolic scaling in mammals. Ecology, 91:2783–2793

Venditti, C., Meade, A. and Pagel, M. 2010. Phylogenies reveal new interpretation of speciation and the Red Queen. Nature, 463:349-352

Venditti, C. and Pagel, M. 2010. Speciation as an active force in promoting genetic evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25(1):14-20

Welcome!