If you're interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral (or any other) fellowship to come work with me
@es-ucl.bsky.social on sauropod dinosaurs, crocodiles, fossil birds, past biodiversity patterns, and/or vertebrate conservation palaeobiology, please get in touch
Were dinosaurs and other terrestrial vertebrates capable of long-distance transoceanic dispersal? Through a new mechanistic energetic model, our new paper suggests this was possible: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Fabulous week with UCL Earth Sciences @es-ucl.bsky.social students in Dorset. Weather was lovely and the geology as always amazing!
New paper on the internal anatomy of the skull of the Early Cretaceous crocodyliform Pholidosaurus, with evidence for oceanic capability, led by Sapienza Università di Roma PhD student Leonardo Barbini, with @palaeoburke.bsky.social (@es-ucl.bsky.social): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Meet Galahadosuchus jonesi, a new crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic of the UK, described by @es-ucl.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social PhD student Ewan Bodenham (with @stephanspiekman.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & Paul Upchurch): anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨
#UCL200 #LoveUCL
Text reads: UCL ranked #3 in Europe. QS World University Rankings Europe 2026.
UCL has risen two places to be named third best university in Europe according to the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026. 🥉 This achievement reflects our extensive European partnerships across research, education, and innovation.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3LHcuxz
Our friend @pavementgeology.bsky.social also featured in a similar BBC article before Xmas
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Great to see a friend of the GA Dr Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social in the spotlight for her geological walking tour of London
Check out the website of London Pavement Geology for more information: www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
#Graduate open events are taking place this Jan & Feb:
🟣 online open days;
🟣 in-person open evening;
🟣 risk, disaster & humanitarian careers event.
Browse/register now: bit.ly/4pt3PMM.
@uclrdr.bsky.social @stsucl.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @statisticsucl.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social
These roles are now live! 🚨
Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social.
Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Closing date: 18-Jan-2026
New paper in Environmental Research Communications led by former MSc student Sirui Huang! The study is important for understanding how the properties of Arctic snow are affected as salt migrates in from the sea ice. lnkd.in/erkffTtA
🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨
We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social.
- Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP
- Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn
On Day 24 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share a selection of photos from the #Canadian #Arctic! 🐻❄️ Earlier this year an @es-ucl.bsky.social team went to Resolute Bay, #Nunavut, to test out a KuKa band #radar with different polarisations and a range of other equipment: cpom.org.uk/testing-kuka...
#snow #ice
"Wave bureau" A short movie for Ocean Physics and Climate Change #GEOL0022 by Fjodors Aleksejevs with amazing photography, music and humour reminding of me of the late David Lynch www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uTB...
This one deserves a price! @es-ucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
Microscope image of silica droplets, or microspherules, found in the rock
Day 13 of #MAPSAdvent2025 🪨 Former MSc Geosciences student Natalie Cheng & Prof @bridgetwade.bsky.social (@es-ucl.bsky.social) studied sediments under the microscope to reveal a layer of microspherules (pictured) from the #Chesapeake impact which hit eastern North America about 36 million years ago.
Dinosaur soft toy wearing a Santa hat attached to Haas TL-1 CNC lathe in the Instrumentation Development Workshop of UCL Earth Sciences department
#MAPSAdvent2025 Day 18: Santa-saurus at @es-ucl.bsky.social exploring Haas TL-1 CNC lathe in the Instrumentation Development Workshop, which is used to manufacture components for the research labs! 🦖🎅
A collage of MAPS Digital Student Ambassadors and some of their project titles
On Day 10 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share the work of our creative Digital Student Ambassadors! 😊 Get advice on starting university, exam tips, explore STEM power couples & more exciting content: bit.ly/48yMw6w.
#UniversityStudent #UniversityLife #UniStudent @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social
On Day 9 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we bring attention to a unique collaboration between @bas.ac.uk & @es-ucl.bsky.social, where #Antarctic #ice undergoes a series of destructive crush experiments under the watchful eye of earthquake & rock physicist Prof Tom Mitchell: www.newscientist.com/video/249090...
Great way to start the week! Our notosuchian from Villaggio del Pescatore is out in @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Congrats Marco Muscioni for another great PhD paper & to all the VdP team🥂🐊 Stay tuned for more croc news in the future! @piginatutu.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social
Some coverage from the BBC on our Santorini swarm paper in Science (www.science.org/doi/full/10....). Features an interactive slider graphic showing the imaged magma dike intrusion using @alomaxnet.bsky.social's Coulomb-based seismicity-stress (CoulSeS) method.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A mysterious swarm of earthquakes that occurred near the Greek island of Santorini early this year was caused by molten rock smashing through Earth’s crust more than 10km below the seafloor, finds a new study involving Dr @seismo-steve.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
Our paper re-evaluating the notosuchian Eremosuchus elkoholicus is out now! This work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis, and sheds some light on the complex evolutionary history of sebecid crocodyliforms 🐊🌎
@es-ucl.bsky.social
Great to have the chance to talk about the conservation palaeobiology of Cuban crocodiles at #2025SVP in Birmingham last week and also to see so many fantastic talks and posters from the other members of the @es-ucl.bsky.social palaeo group! 🦴🐊
New Mexico dinosaurs including Alamosaurus watch the asteroid hit the Yucatán about 3,000 kilometres away, 66 million years ago
New paper today in @science.org: we date the Naashoibito Member (New Mexico) to 66.4–66.0 Ma, coeval with the Hell Creek, with important remarks on pre-extinction dinosaur diversity & regionalisation in North America 🦖🦕☄1/
Art: @nataliajagielska.bsky.social
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Over the moon to receive this certificate and honourable mention from @uclopenscience.bsky.social for 'Open Science & Scholarship' 😁
Thank you for the nomination @es-ucl.bsky.social!
New paper @journalsystpal.bsky.social with Drew Moore @stonybrooku.bsky.social re-evaluating diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur phylogeny + biogeography, including illustrating synapomorphies, with implications for the early evolution of the major lineages: doi.org/10.1080/1477... @es-ucl.bsky.social
A new year of teaching Ocean Physics and Climate Change @ucl.ac.uk @es-ucl.bsky.social and the students are already producing some gems as part of their flipped classroom assignments.
Radiative Forcing by Elizabeth Goodwin:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8bT...
The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the interior of the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new study co-led by Professor Yang Li @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social @pku1898.bsky.social of rock samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission
