Richard Dearden
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRichard Dearden is a postdoctoral researcher with a decade of experience using modern imaging and paleobiological methods to unravel vertebrate evolution, with a specialist focus on sharks, rays and early jawless fishes. He has held research positions across leading UK and European institutions, including Naturalis and the University of Birmingham, and combines museum-based specimen work with high-resolution imaging to publish in cross-disciplinary journals such as Nature and PNAS. A successful grant-writer and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, he builds strong networks with museum professionals and collaborators to enable large comparative projects. Beyond taxonomy and morphology, his work connects deep-time evolutionary questions to functional feeding reconstructions, revealing unexpected insights into how early vertebrates fed.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Palaeobiology, Passed with minor corrections, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Palaeobiology, Passed with minor corrections at Imperial College LondonMaster of Arts - MA, Natural Sciences (Zoology), 2.1, Master of Arts - MA, Natural Sciences (Zoology), 2.1 at University of CambridgeMaster of Science - MSc, Palaeobiology, Distinction, Master of Science - MSc, Palaeobiology, Distinction at University of BristolProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rpdearden/Miscellany
Jul 2017 - Sep 2024
Contributions:64 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 3 months
rpdearden/rpdearden.github.io
Apr 2023 - Oct 2024
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