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Biography
Qualifications
PhD. Imperial College London, UK. Nov 2007 – ongoing.
MRes Biosystematics (Distinction). Imperial College London, UK. Oct 2006 – Sep 2007.
BA (Honors). Swarthmore College, PA, USA. Major in Biology, Minor in Computer Science.
Sep 1995 – May 1999.
Employment history
Consultant. Cartesian LTD, London, UK. Jul 2006 – Aug 2007
Computational Biologist. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, USA.
Mar 2004 – Apr 2006.
Customer Support Engineer & Software Developer. LION bioscience AG, Heidelberg, Germany. Jan 2002 – Dec 2003.
Consultant (Euro-Migration Specialist). EDS Italia, Rome, Italy. Jul 2001 – Nov 2001.
Technical Support Engineer. Lucent Technologies, Munich, Germany. Jul 2000 – Jul 2001.
Assistant Teacher of Computer Science. Munich International School, Starnberg, Germany.
Aug 1999 – Jun 2000.
Professional Activities
Awards
At the World Congress of Malacology in Antwerp
- Award of the Systematics Association. Natural History Museum Student Conference. Apr 2010.
- Best Poster Presentation. World Congress of Malacology. Jul 2007
- Best Talk Runner-Up. Natural History Museum Postgraduate Research Day. Feb 2007.
Grants
- Student Travel Grand. Unitas Malacologica. Mar 2010.
- Student Research Award. Unitas Malacologica.
Sep 2008. - Travel Grant. The Malacological Society of London. Feb 2008.
- Natural History Museum Studentship. Apr 2007.
- Imperial College Deputy Rector's Studentship.
Apr 2007.
Collecting in Guam
Conferences
- World Congress of Malacology, Phuket, Thailand. Jul 2010. (Talk)
- Evolution 2010, Portland, OR, USA. Jun 2010. (Talk)
- Molluscan Forum, Natural History Museum. Nov 2009. (Organizer)
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, MA, USA. Jan 2009. (Poster)
- Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Ponta Delgado, Portugal. Sep 2008. (Talk)
Playa Piñuela, a field site in Costa Rica
- World Congress of Malacology, Antwerp, Belgium. Jul 2007. (Poster)
- LERN Conference, Natural History Museum, London. Sep 2006. (Talk)
- Postgraduate Research Day, Natural History Museum, London. Feb 2006. (Talk)
Affiliations
- Unitas Malacologica
- The Malacological Society of London
- Systematics Association
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Sigma Xi
Collecting in the cold for a change
Research
PhD Research
Fieldwork in Malaysia
The global radiations of rapanine and ergalataxine marine snails: vicariance, dispersal and diet
Project Summary
In order to understand current patterns of species richness, distribution and morphological disparity, it is necessary to investigate paleogeographic events, modern dispersal events and species ecology. If ancient tectonic events are responsible for modern diversity patterns, we would expect that phylogenetic breaks between clades should correlate in time and space with tectonic events that have caused vicariance.
Using phylogenetics to test hypotheses of divergence
Furthermore, similar patterns should appear across unrelated taxa, irrespective of life history. If, on the other hand, relatively recent dispersal has shaped diversity patterns, we would not expect a priori that patterns in different taxa should be congruent, although we might expect similar patterns in groups with similar life histories. Alternatively, if ecological effects have been important, we might expect a key innovation to be followed by an adaptive radiation.
Maps of Global Paleogeography
Model Organisms
Drupa morum
Molluscs are useful for studies of diversification because of the large volume of taxonomic, biogeographic and paleontological information available; they are well studied, have a good fossil record, are reasonably species-rich, and occur worldwide in various habitats. The carnivorous marine snails in the muricid subfamilies Rapaninae and Ergalataxinae fit these criteria. Thus, the Rapaninae and Ergalataxinae are excellent models for studies of vicariance, dispersal and ecological speciation in the sea.
PhD Supervisors
- Professor Tim Barraclough, Imperial College London
- Dr. David Reid, NHM
- Dr. Suzanne Williams, NHM
Publications
2010
- Barco A, Claremont M, Reid DG, Houart R, Bouchet P, Williams ST, Cruaud C, Couloux A, Oliverio M. ( 2010 ) A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Muricidae, a diverse family of carnivorous gastropods. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 : 1025-1039 . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.008
2008
- Claremont M, Reid DG, Williams ST. ( 2008 ) A molecular phylogeny of the Rapaninae and Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 74 : 215-221 . Journal of Molluscan Studies | doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn005
2007
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Higgins ME , ClaremontM ,Major JE ,Sander C, Lash AE. ( 2007 ) CancerGenes: a gene selection resource for cancer genome projects. Nucleic Acids Research 35 : D721-D726 . Nucleic Acids Research | doi:10.1093/nar/gkl811