Paleontologist specializing on Paleogene mammals|University of Kansas alum|Assistant Professor at ASU|He/him|Beers, bats, Battlestar Galactica.
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30 Jun 2021
I’m happy to announce our new paper out today in Biology Letters describing the first early Eocene bat fossils from Asia! (1/7)
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7 Oct 2024
Interested in pursuing a PhD in paleobiology and want to think more about extinction? Check out the below PhD project! Please get in contact if interested!
earth.ox.ac.uk/disentangling…
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21 Aug 2024
We are accepting applications for our new NIH IRACDA postdoctoral program. Its an awesome program for those that want to pursue research and get some teaching experience.
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14 Aug 2024
The Tsosie Lab for Indigenous Genomic Data Equity and Justice is hiring a Research Technician with an immediate start date at Arizona State University. The position is to assist our Community Engagement Coordinator with outreach projects related to working with Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations. Please consider joining our ever-growing team! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/…
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2 Aug 2024
New paper! @MadlenLang @cernestola @_lschroeder and myself examine shape variation in endocasts across Primates and their close kin.
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30 Jul 2024
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I am looking for a new postdoc in eco/evo starting January 2025.
I am geographically restricted to the southwest part of the country due to family reasons, but am willing to consider opportunities elsewhere. CV: drive.google.com/file/d/1jOx…
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26 Jul 2024
Cool new paper on the possible evolutionary transition between gliding and flying in bats! Congrats to all of the authors!
25 Jul 2024
The #TeamSquirrel triology is complete! Led by undergrad @AbbyEBurtner, we (with D Grossnickle & @SESantanaM) tested the selective regimes acting on mammalian limbs to examine the gliding-to-flying hypothesis in the origin of bat flight.
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Matt Jones, PhD retweeted
25 May 2024
Application begins for the African BioGenome Project @DAISEA_AfricaBP Open Institute East and Central Africa Regional Workshops 2024. Practical locations are available in DR Congo, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. Register to attend:
tinyurl.com/cent-east-africa…
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Matt Jones, PhD retweeted
24 May 2024
Sending on behalf of a friend and colleague who has started this valuable survey as part of her dissertation work. To identify challenges and opportunities for minority early career faculty members:
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23 May 2024
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10 May 2024
Here we go again! Paleo folk apply!!! Do it! All welcome! Questions? For #vertpaleo, contact Curator Stephanie Pierce; for #invertpaleo, contact Curator Javier Ortega-Hernàndez. #FossilFriday
10 May 2024
Applications for the 2025 Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship are now open. Applications are due on September 30 and are open to those pursuing the discovery and formal taxonomic description of Earth’s animal species. bit.ly/3ygxDHO
ALT a black and white image of a skull with antlers, with text over that reads "Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025, Applications due September 30"
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Matt Jones, PhD retweeted
26 Apr 2024
Happy #FossilFriday! #Filikomys translates to “friendly mouse🐭” and groups of this little #Cretaceous #mammal (#MOR10908) discovered at #EggMountain in #Montana (~ 76 mya) represent the earliest record of social behavior in mammals!
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26 Apr 2024
Update: Both Katelyn Cooper and Emilia Martins have received awards at yesterday's Faculty's Women Association award ceremony. Congratulations Katelyn and Emilia!
24 Apr 2024
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Katelyn Cooper and Professor Emilia Martins for being nominated for Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards as part of the Faculty Women’s Association! All nominees will be recognized and award recipients will be announced tomorrow, April 25th.
ALT Assistant Professor Katelyn Cooper is nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Mentor: Early Career Award
ALT Professor Emilia Martins is nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
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Matt Jones, PhD retweeted
25 Apr 2024
Still time to apply to join my @ERC_Research NOVELTEETH @isemevol @CNRS
I am looking for a postdoc in comparative genomics to implement spatial transcriptomics in bats. You'll have the opportunity to develop your own projects and will have up to 4 years of funding 👇
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Matt Jones, PhD retweeted
24 Apr 2024
Another job opening! I am hiring a postdoc in my lab at University College London to work on developing new phylogenetic comparative methods for modeling the evolution of complex phenotypes! Details here: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
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Matt Jones, PhD retweeted
19 Apr 2024
Please share and apply to our Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Position at ASU:
One Health, Many Diverse Genomes
This is a position provides postdoc training and then transitions into a tenure-track appointment at ASU
apply.interfolio.com/144623
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19 Apr 2024
#FossilFriday #FossilAtoZ The pseudocat Hoplophoneus, infamous from the old @SVP_vertpaleo auctions. Mount @NMNH
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18 Apr 2024
Happy #BatAppreciationDay!
Here are two specimens of Icaronycteris gunnelli, a ~52 million year old bat that colleagues and I named almost exactly a year ago. These specimens are in the collections of @AMNH and @ROMtoronto, respectively.
ALT Fossil bat skeleton in rock matrix
ALT Fossil bat skeleton in rock matrix
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17 Apr 2024
Happy Bat Appreciation Day 💚🦇 Peropteryx kappleri 😍
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14 Apr 2024
A CT scan of Barbourofelis fricki, a Miocene cat-like form with dagger-like fangs reveals a stout skull, suggesting it might be a prey killing generalist!
New study by @FigueiridoBorja, @PalaeoStephan et al.: doi.org/10.1002/ar.25451
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@SAMuseum Removing science from this museum is a HUGE mistake. If anything we need to ramp it up. We are in an age of biodiversity crisis and ocean discovery! Australia's marine diversity is AMAZING but still unexplored. science.org/content/article/…
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