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Erin Saupe is a palaeobiologist dedicated to investigating the interactions between life and environments over geological time scales. Her research at the Saupe Lab addresses fundamental questions concerning the origin, maintenance, and conservation of biological diversity. Specifically, she integrates biological data with information from the fossil record to elucidate the factors controlling community and species’ responses to environmental change on spatial and temporal scales. Her work also focuses on the emerging field of conservation palaeobiology, applying insights from deep time to current species conservation challenges. Erin’s research questions are driven by the aim to understand various phenomena rather than by specific methodologies; she employs a diverse toolkit that includes environmental reconstruction, genetics, quantitative modelling, and spatial simulations. Current areas of interest encompass conservation palaeobiology, extinction selectivity, and the factors influencing latitudinal diversity gradients and biogeography.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.