Through my time working in academia, I have added various different strings to my bow, and hope to continue my career long into the future in new and diverse areas of research. Within my career I have become interested in a variety of different aspects of biology and palaeontology, including:
Comparative Morphology – variation in shape of biological features
[MacLaren & Nauwelaerts (2017) J. Morph. 278(11), pp. 1517-1535]
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Macroevolution – how animals have changed their biology over geological time
[MacLaren et al. (2017) Paleobiology 43(1), pp.15-33]
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Biomechanics – how animals move, their capabilities and their limitations
[Vangeel (2016) Masters thesis, unpublished]
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Phylogenetics – relatedness of one organism to another
[MacLaren et al. (2018) Zoo. J. Linn. Soc.]
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Biodiversity – the diversity of organisms
[MacLaren (2010) BSc field project; unpublished]
Dr. Jamie A. MacLaren 