Shan Huang
@msshanhuang.bsky.social
Hybrid of paleo and neo biologist, macroecology & macroevolution, biodiversity in space and time, mammals, clams, symbionts…all over the place. Mostly in Birmingham, sometimes in Berlin. She/her but it doesn’t matter if you speak Chinese.
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Shan Huang
@msshanhuang.bsky.social
· Oct 24
2026-B19 Marine biodiversity and its future under environmental changes and exploitation – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
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I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
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🔹 Post-doctoral Researcher (3 years): to lead interdisciplinary work integrating paleontology, geology, geochemistry and modelling. Application deadline: 12 Nov 2025.
• Post-doctoral: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
• Post-doctoral: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Paleobiology, Faculty of Humanities
We are now seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mammal Paleobiology / Earth System Evolution to join the Department of Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu. The posi
oulunyliopisto.varbi.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🔹 Post-doctoral Researcher (3 years): to lead interdisciplinary work integrating paleontology, geology, geochemistry and modelling. Application deadline: 12 Nov 2025.
• Post-doctoral: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
• Post-doctoral: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Such an interesting (though also hard) project led by Andrew (Thank you!) - specialisation/generalisation trade-offs are really fun to think about in general, and parasites just provide a very good lens to potential mechanisms.
Really enjoyed linking parasite phylogenetic specialism to metrics of adaptation. Principal hosts of specialists have higher population density, prevalence & intensity. Auxiliary quality hosts of specialists are relatives, whereas for generalists they overlap in space & diet doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Costs of parasite generalism revealed by abundance patterns across mammalian hosts | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Most parasites are able to infect several host species, yet generalism is anticipated
to be a costly strategy. Parasite abundance provides an important indicator of fitness
because it is promoted by l...
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Such an interesting (though also hard) project led by Andrew (Thank you!) - specialisation/generalisation trade-offs are really fun to think about in general, and parasites just provide a very good lens to potential mechanisms.
A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
2026-B19 Marine biodiversity and its future under environmental changes and exploitation – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
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🎓 Fully funded PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences starting Autumn 2026! CENTA Scholarships for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) UK applicants now open. Stipend, fees & research support included. Apply now 👉 centa.ac.uk/apply/
#PhD #Scholarship #EnvironmentalScience
#PhD #Scholarship #EnvironmentalScience
Apply – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🎓 Fully funded PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences starting Autumn 2026! CENTA Scholarships for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) UK applicants now open. Stipend, fees & research support included. Apply now 👉 centa.ac.uk/apply/
#PhD #Scholarship #EnvironmentalScience
#PhD #Scholarship #EnvironmentalScience
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🎓 Looking for a fully funded PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences starting Autumn 2026? CENTA DTP has projects across the NERC remit, with stipend, fees & research support.
Explore projects and apply now: centa.ac.uk/apply/
#PhD #EnvironmentalScience #CENTA
Explore projects and apply now: centa.ac.uk/apply/
#PhD #EnvironmentalScience #CENTA
Apply – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🎓 Looking for a fully funded PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences starting Autumn 2026? CENTA DTP has projects across the NERC remit, with stipend, fees & research support.
Explore projects and apply now: centa.ac.uk/apply/
#PhD #EnvironmentalScience #CENTA
Explore projects and apply now: centa.ac.uk/apply/
#PhD #EnvironmentalScience #CENTA
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[1/n] New paper co-lead by @emmadnn.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social and I: we combined fossil occurrences, biogeography and climate modelling to investigate the origins and early evolution of pterosaurs 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
[1/n] New paper co-lead by @emmadnn.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social and I: we combined fossil occurrences, biogeography and climate modelling to investigate the origins and early evolution of pterosaurs 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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📚 Also on The Conversation for a #scicomm breakdown: theconversation.com/how-pterosau...
How pterosaurs learned to fly: scientists have been looking in the wrong place to solve this mystery
New findings may have solved the debate around why scientists have never found the missing link between dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
theconversation.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📚 Also on The Conversation for a #scicomm breakdown: theconversation.com/how-pterosau...
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🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨
35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Please get in touch with questions!
35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Please get in touch with questions!
May 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨
35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Please get in touch with questions!
35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Please get in touch with questions!
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YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGcF...
Note we were still faffing with the cameras in this one, it gets better I think…
Note we were still faffing with the cameras in this one, it gets better I think…
Josh has questions about waxy whale earplugs... | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep1
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGcF...
Note we were still faffing with the cameras in this one, it gets better I think…
Note we were still faffing with the cameras in this one, it gets better I think…
Excited to see this inspiring work (by @spissatella.bsky.social and others) on the ecological consequences of (end-Cretaceous) mass extinction, also highlighting an excellent model system: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
The end-Cretaceous mass extinction restructured functional diversity but failed to configure the modern marine biota
The end-Cretaceous mass extinction permanently disrupted the distribution of biodiversity among ecological functions.
doi.org
May 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Excited to see this inspiring work (by @spissatella.bsky.social and others) on the ecological consequences of (end-Cretaceous) mass extinction, also highlighting an excellent model system: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Reposted by Shan Huang
🌍 Happy World #BiodiversityDay!
What better way to celebrate than by exploring biodiversity through data?
📊 Join our course "Biodiversity in Time and Space Using R" this June with @msshanhuang.bsky.social & @joeflansan.bsky.social
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
What better way to celebrate than by exploring biodiversity through data?
📊 Join our course "Biodiversity in Time and Space Using R" this June with @msshanhuang.bsky.social & @joeflansan.bsky.social
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
May 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🌍 Happy World #BiodiversityDay!
What better way to celebrate than by exploring biodiversity through data?
📊 Join our course "Biodiversity in Time and Space Using R" this June with @msshanhuang.bsky.social & @joeflansan.bsky.social
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
What better way to celebrate than by exploring biodiversity through data?
📊 Join our course "Biodiversity in Time and Space Using R" this June with @msshanhuang.bsky.social & @joeflansan.bsky.social
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
Public (hybrid) lecture on fossil insights of climate impact on biodiversity (please register here: billetto.co.uk/e/climate-an...)
January 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Public (hybrid) lecture on fossil insights of climate impact on biodiversity (please register here: billetto.co.uk/e/climate-an...)
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For anyone looking for PhDs in the UK starting October 2025 in ecology, evolution, environment etc. The new Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLAs) recently got announced so lots of people will be adverting PhDs with January deadlines. Check out findaphd.com to search for ones that interest you!
PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe
FindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees
findaphd.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:09 PM
For anyone looking for PhDs in the UK starting October 2025 in ecology, evolution, environment etc. The new Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLAs) recently got announced so lots of people will be adverting PhDs with January deadlines. Check out findaphd.com to search for ones that interest you!
I have a 6-mo postdoc position open, which has to end by July 31st. The specific project could be determined by shared interests (macroevolution, biogeography, biodiversity dynamics in space and time) and I'm seeking further funding to extend the position. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Fellow - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 104815 - Grade 7
To contribute to the research on biodiversity in space and time by analysing large, interdisciplinary datasets of fossil and modern biodiversity in relation to environmental changes within the broad r...
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I have a 6-mo postdoc position open, which has to end by July 31st. The specific project could be determined by shared interests (macroevolution, biogeography, biodiversity dynamics in space and time) and I'm seeking further funding to extend the position. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
I will be discussing some interesting patterns (e.g. LDG, extinction, etc.) and popular theories as motivations for the practicals, which will be full of elegant tricks for data analyses thanks to Joe!
🚨Registrations are now open for the course "Analysing Biodiversity Through Time and Space using R" with @JoeFlanSan and @msshanhuang.bsky.social
🚀For more info: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
🚀For more info: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
March 18, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I will be discussing some interesting patterns (e.g. LDG, extinction, etc.) and popular theories as motivations for the practicals, which will be full of elegant tricks for data analyses thanks to Joe!
(Prepping) teaching is humbling. However, confidence was boosted 100% by Wordle 992 2/6 🤣
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March 7, 2024 at 9:31 PM
(Prepping) teaching is humbling. However, confidence was boosted 100% by Wordle 992 2/6 🤣
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I plan to submit something, not that I could say anything as grand as the session title 😅
Pleased to announce that we are organizing a session at the upcoming 2024 NAPC to celebrate the scientific legacy of the late Jim Valentine —if you plan to attend the meeting and do research in one of the many areas influenced by Jim's work, please consider submitting an abstract!
December 13, 2023 at 10:44 PM
I plan to submit something, not that I could say anything as grand as the session title 😅
Already overwhelmed by social media AND a conference app before the conference starts 😳
December 11, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Already overwhelmed by social media AND a conference app before the conference starts 😳