Projects 2025

name project
Aarya Phylogenetic signal in environmental temperature and precipitation among European tetrapods
Alref Phylogenetic placement of the Oligocene ‘Bouldnor Softshell Turtle’ (Trionychidae)
Angelo Eusuchia diversity and the impact of Cretaceous thermal and bathymetric changes
Arion How fast can we make a sea monster: evolutionary dynamics of mosasaur body size
Eren Influence of age data variation on topology: a case study using Thyreophorans and Pachycephalosaurs
Filip How fast to make a sea monster: The evolutionary dynamics of mosasaur body size
Jonas Morphological evolution of NudibranchiaMorphological evolution of Nudibranchia
Maibritt Influence of parameters on Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of red algae
Maria Ancestral state reconstruction of sexual behavior traits in primates
Max Impact of the climatic fluctuations on marine gastropods duing the Cenozoic
Sarah Evolution of buoyancy in coleoid cephalopods
Vicente The beginning of a complete (completos) history of hot dogs


Projects 2024

name project
Alissa Do fossil ages improve trees impacted by taphonomic biases?
Christian Constraining the evolution of photosynthetic pathways (CAM)
Jordan Assessing the impact of taxon sampling on PCMs
Katie Redating the origins of horseshoe crabs - implications for habitat transitions
Matias The impact of model choice on the phylogenetic history of sabre tooth tigers
Max The impact of model choice on the phylogenetic history of spinosaurs
Meghan A simulation pipeline for assessing the impact of clock model violation
Victoria Constraining the evolution of manatees


Projects 2023

name project
Bastian Impact of fossil age information on topology: a case study of turtles
Lars Effects of environmental parameters on scleractinian corals through time
Nida Phylogenetic analysis of walruses
Taeya Impact of clock model choice on phylogenetic trees of penguins
Toshiro Reevaluation of the phylogenetic position of the Late Cretaceous hadrosauroid


Projects 2022

name project
Carolin Time-calibrated tree of Devonian fishes revisited
Tim Discrepancies between simulated gene-based and morphology-based trees