Check out our new paper in Science

about an interesting trapping mechanisms in plants!

You can access the paper here

ggplot2

Tutorial com informações básicas de ggplot2 😄

Tutorial de ggplot2

Check out our paper with networks and macroevolution

Last paper from my PhD!

You can access the paper here

Or go look at my other publications

about the birds and the b… I mean, the snakes

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Gustavo Burin

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Durham University

Biography

I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University (UK), working with macroevolutionary patterns of mutualism breakdowns in plants. My main interests are related to how biological interactions affect the diversification dynamics of different groups. I am also interested in how other biotic and abiotic factors affect the diversification of vertebrates. Moreover, I’m interested in method development and performance testing. Lastly, I am an open science enthusiast, and want to start blogging about it, general science and my personal interests in the near future.

Interests

  • Macroevolution
  • Macroecology
  • Species Interactions

Education

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2021-2023

    Natural History Museum London

  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology, 2018-2020

    Universidade de São Paulo

  • PhD in Ecology, 2017

    Universidade de São Paulo

  • MSc. in Botany, 2012

    Universidade de São Paulo

  • BSc in Biology, 2008

    Universidade de São Paulo

Recent Posts

After a very, VERY long delay the site is finally updated!

I have finally updated the site!
Last updated on Sep 3, 2024 3 min read

The latest paper of my dissertation is finally published!

Our paper was finally published, after almost 4 years of work!
Last updated on Sep 3, 2024 1 min read

My new paper is out @ Systematic Biology!

My second paper was published in Systematic Biology!
Last updated on Sep 3, 2024 1 min read

Our new paper is out!

Our paper was published today on the cover of Proceedings B.
Last updated on Sep 3, 2024 1 min read

My first paper is available

My first paper is out and available in open access
Last updated on Sep 3, 2024 1 min read paper
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Recent Publications

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A quantitative test of the 'Ecomorphotype Hypothesis' for fossil true seals (Family Phocidae)

The fossil record of true seals (Family Phocidae) is mostly made up of isolated bones, some of which are type specimens. Previous …
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Charting the course of pinniped evolution: insights from molecular phylogeny and fossil record integration

Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, walruses, and their fossil relatives) are one of the most successful mammalian clades to live in the …
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Mutualisms drive plant trait evolution beyond interaction-related traits

Mutualisms have driven the evolution of extraordinary structures and behavioural traits, but their impact on traits beyond those …
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Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution

Composite traits involve multiple components that, only when combined, gain a new synergistic function. Thus, how they evolve remains a …
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The dynamic adaptive landscape of cetacean body size

Adaptive landscapes are central to evolutionary theory, forming a conceptual bridge between micro- and macroevolution. Evolution by …
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Body size, shape and ecology in tetrapods

Body size and shape play fundamental roles in organismal function and it is expected that animals may possess body proportions that are …
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Multilocus phylogeny, natural history traits and classification of natricine snakes (Serpentes: Natricinae)

Natricine snakes are geographically widespread, species rich (with ~250 extant species) and both morphologically and ecologically …
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Macroevolutionary stability predicts interaction patterns of species in seed dispersal networks

Assessing deep-time mechanisms affecting the assembly of ecological networks is key to understanding biodiversity changes on broader …
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How Well Can We Estimate Diversity Dynamics for Clades in Diversity Decline?

The fossil record shows that the vast majority of all species that ever existed are extinct and that most lineages go through an …
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Arboreality constrains morphological evolution but not species diversification in vipers

An increase in ecological opportunities, either through changes in the environment or acquisition of new traits, is frequently …
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Omnivory in birds is a macroevolutionary sink

Diet is commonly assumed to affect the evolution of species, but few studies have directly tested its effect at macroevolutionary …
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Recent & Upcoming Talks

My defense presentation

Here are the slides for my defense presentation
Sep 28, 2017 14:05

My talk @ Evolution Meeting, 2017

The video from my talk at the Evolution meeting in Portland is online!
Jun 23, 2017 14:05

My first paper is available

My first paper is out and available in open access
May 24, 2016 14:05

Skills

R

90%

Statistics

80%

Music

20%

Photography

20%

Cooking

40%

Running

40%

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Durham University

Apr 2024 – Present Durham
BREAKDOWN: The regulation of breakdown of cooperation among species
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Leverhulme

Natural History Museum

Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 London
Back to the Water: Body size evolution in marine mammals.
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellow

USP

Jun 2018 – Dec 2020 São Paulo
Environmental changes in deep time and the diversification of terrestrial vertebrates.
 
 
 
 
 

PhD student

USP

Jul 2013 – Oct 2017 São Paulo
The roles of diet, speciation and extinction on bird diversification and frugivory network assembling.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Scholar - Young Scientists Summer Program

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Jun 2011 – Aug 2011 Laxenburg - Austria
 
 
 
 
 

MSc. student

USP

Mar 2009 – Apr 2012 São Paulo
Dendroclimatological analysis of cedro (Cedrela fissilis L. - Meliaceae) for the reconstruction of recent environmental scenario from São Paulo, SP

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