Personal profile
Biography
I am a palaeontologist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Further details of my research, publications, and about me, can be found on my website.
Research interests
Details of my research can be found on my website.
My group
External positions
Scientific Associate, Natural History Museum
1 Jun 2012 → …
Areas of expertise
- QE Geology
- QH301 Biology
- QL Zoology
- QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
- Institute for Data Science and AI
- Manchester Environmental Research Institute
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Advancing Paleontology: A Survey on Deep Learning Methodologies in Fossil Image Analysis
Ansari, Y., Ishaq, M., Yusuf, M., Qaiser, Y., Hussain, R., Rabbani, H., Garwood, R. & Seers, T., 6 Jan 2025, In: Artificial Intelligence Review. 58, 83.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A timescale for the evolutionary history of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)
Nava, M., Álvarez-carretero, S., Garwood, R. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Sabroux, R. & Pisani, D., 26 Jan 2025, In: Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society. kzaf001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correlative tomography for polymineralic inclusion composition in sublithospheric diamonds
Rayner, B. D., Kohn, S. C., Garwood, R. J., Burnham, A. D., Bulanova, G. P., Smith, C. B. & Thomson, A. R., 8 Jun 2025, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 52, 11, e2025GL114704.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abiotic Origin of Organics in the Martian Regolith
Goodwin, Z., Schröder, C., Bonsall, E., Garwood, R. & Tartese, R., 1 Dec 2024, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 647, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A review of fossil scorpion higher systematics
Dunlop, J. A. & Garwood, R. J., 6 Dec 2024, In: PeerJ.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Evolutionary mechanisms and dynamics
Walton, C. (PI), Shultz, S. (PI), Sansom, R. (PI), Krasovec, R. (PI), Knight, C. (PI), Gilman, R. (PI), Gifford, D. (PI), Garwood, R. (PI), Brockhurst, M. (PI), Buckley, M. (PI), Sellers, W. (PI) & Jones, K. (PI)
1/08/16 → …
Project: Research
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Molecular Environmental Science - Research Group
Garwood, R. (PI), Shaw, S. (PI), Lloyd, J. (PI), Morris, K. (PI), Polya, D. (PI), Van Dongen, B. (PI), Boult, S. (PI), Coker, V. (PI), Richards, L. (PI), Nixon, S. (PI), Lowe, A. (PI), Robinson, C. (PI), Taylor, K. (PI), Pittman, J. (PI), Neill, T. (PI), Heath, S. (PI) & Livens, F. (PI)
Project: Research
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GeoEnergy and Energy Transition
Taylor, K. (PI), Redfern, J. (PI), Hollis, C. (PI) & Garwood, R. (PI)
Project: Research
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Plants, Soils and Ecosystems
Bardgett, R. (PI), Day, A. (PI), De Vries, F. (PI), Fletcher, W. (PI), Gallois, P. (PI), Garwood, R. (PI), Knight, C. (PI), Johnson, D. (PI), Johnson, G. (PI), Pittman, J. (PI), Semtsenko, M. (PI) & Nicolitch, O. (CoI)
Project: Research
Prizes
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Elected to counciul Palaeontological Association (Web officer)
Garwood, R. (Recipient), 18 Dec 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
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Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship
Garwood, R. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Winner of international palaeontology competition, Paleonturología 12
Garwood, R. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Other distinction
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Activities
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Annual meeting of the Palaeontological Association 2020
Garwood, R. (Co-Organiser) & Sansom, R. (Chair)
2020Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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3rd International Conference on Tomography for Scientific Advancement (TOSCA)
Garwood, R. (Chair)
Sept 2015Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain (External organisation)
Garwood, R. (Member)
2014 → 2016Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
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The Geological Society (External organisation)
Garwood, R. (Academic expert member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
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Palaeontological Association (External organisation)
Garwood, R. (Academic expert member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
Datasets
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Applying neutron tomography to exceptionally preserved fossils with poor X-ray contrast
Rahman, I. (Creator), Garwood, R. (Creator), Burca, G. (Creator) & Spencer, A. (Creator), ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, 2 May 2021
DOI: 10.5286/isis.e.rb1810821, https://data.isis.stfc.ac.uk/doi/STUDY/103197066/
Dataset
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Three-dimensional reconstruction and the phylogeny of extinct chelicerate orders (project)
Garwood, R. (Creator) & Dunlop, J. (Creator), MorphoBank, 10 Feb 2015
DOI: 10.7934/p1274, https://morphobank.org/index.php/Projects/ProjectOverview/project_id/1274
Dataset
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Data for: Olfactory Flow in the Sturgeon is Externally Driven
Garwood, R. J. (Contributor), Behnsen, J. (Contributor), Maclaine, J. S. (Contributor) & Cox, J. P. L. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 29 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.17632/825snb8rfb.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/825snb8rfb
Dataset
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palaeoware/trevosim: TREvoSim v2.0.0
Garwood, R. J. (Creator), Zenodo, 26 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4564524, https://zenodo.org/record/4564524
Dataset
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Data from: Fossils improve phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters
Mongiardino Koch, N. (Creator), Garwood, R. (Creator) & Parry, L. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 20 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4xgxd2585, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.4xgxd2585
Dataset
Press/Media
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VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: Spiders used to have tails says new research
5/02/18 → 6/02/18
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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BBC NEWS ONLINE: Meet the butterflies from 200 million years ago
11/01/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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MAIL ONLINE: Fossils from the first organisms on Earth capable of active movement could upend the timeline of animal evolution
11/09/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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