Selected recorded talks

15,000 Skeletons, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Phenotype

Event: 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology
Date: 2024-07-30
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

Description
Jake attended the 2024 Evolution meeting, where he gave a talk on his research into applications of computer vision to studies of bird skeleton evolution. His talk, titled (in jest) '15,000 Skeletons, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Phenotype'.

Tempo and Mode: Applying Phyogenetic Natural History to Integrate Micro- and Macrovolution

Event: Invited Seminar
Date: 2023-03-23
Location: University of Toronto

Description
In this talk, I present research which applies concepts from 'Phylogenetic Natural History' to examine macroevolutionary patterns, integrating across different scientific disciplines. I concentrate on the effects of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction on genome evolution, using data science methods to understand evolutionary changes in surviving species. Specifically, I investigate how shifts in bird development, size, and metabolism correspond to genomic evolution, providing insights into the broader impacts of the end-Cretaceous transition on biodiversity.

EARTH 437 Lecture - Modern Birds

Event: Guest Lecture
Date: 2021-12-07
Location: University of Michigan

Description
A general overview of the history of bird systematics, presented as a guest lecture for the University of Michigan Paleobiology course