Matthew Moreira

I am an Ecologist and Evolutionary Biologist passionate about identifying general evolutionary patterns that may apply to all organisms. I hold a BSc in Biology, a MSc in Applied Ecology and a PhD in Biology and Ecology of Global Changes. My main research interests are in evolutionary ecology, macroevolution and global change, focusing on evolutionary trends, taxonomic diversity and diversity dynamics in land vertebrates. I use bioinformatics, phylogenetic comparative methods (e.g. diversification, trait evolution, trait-dependent diversification), phylogenetic inference and data visualisation applied to large-scale datasets.