Developmental Evolution

BIOGRAPHY

Robert Lanfear is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Max Telford to evaluate the literature relevant to their research interests.

Robert Lanfear also has responsibility for checking the contents of the following journals to ensure that the highest quality research relevant to their own interests within these publications is comprehensively and systematically evaluated for F1000:

- PLoS Biology
- Molecular Biology and Evolution

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Postdoctoral researcher at the Research School of Biology, Australian National University in Canberra

EDUCATION:
- BSc, Durham University
- MSc, University of Sussex
- PhD, University of Sussex 2008

MEMBERSHIPS:
- European Society for Evolutionary Biology
- Australasian Evolution Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
My current research focuses on understanding the evolutionary forces that shape genomes and ecosystems. Most evolutionary processes (such as mutation, selection, substitution and gene duplication) leave traces in the genomes of living organisms. I develop methods to detect and disentangle these traces, and then use them to test evolutionary hypotheses. Right now, I'm working on using molecular phylogenies to understand diversification and community assembly.