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Dr Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza

Dinosauria, Macroevolution; Macroecology; Mass extinctions; Biogeography; fossil record quality; terrestrial vertebrates

Royal Society Newton International Fellow

Dr Chiarenza in the field

 

Appointment:

Room:

Royal Society Newton International FellowK. Lonsdale Building, G08

Courses Taught:

non-teaching appointment 
 

Research Group(s):

Royal Society Newton International Fellowship: Extinction, recovery, migration, and adaptation during ancient hyperthermals

Vertebrate Palaeontology 

Email Address:

Telephone Number:

 alfio.chiarenza@ucl.ac.ukMS Teams 

Research Summary

I am a palaeontologist specialising in dinosaur palaeobiology, macroevolution, macroecology, and extinction. Using phylogenetic, biogeographic, statistical, and Earth System Modeling tools, my research focuses on: 

  • untangling physical agents biasing the fossil record to detect genuine biodiversity signals;
  • understanding the interplay between climate change, geography, and biodiversity in macroevolution;
  • investigating the physical drivers of evolutionary adaptations and extinction. 

Podcast: A Treasure Trove of Dinosaur Bones in Italy Rewrites the Local Prehistoric Record: New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago.

Currently, I am a Royal Society Newton International Fellow, exploring dinosaur and other terrestrial tetrapod macroevolution during ancient hyperthermals.

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