People
Principal Investigator
Christy Anna Hipsley
Associate Professor
Section for Ecology & Evolution, Department of Biology
University of Copenhagen
I combine state-of-the-art bioimaging with molecular phylogenetics to reconstruct evolutionary transformations in vertebrate history. I am also active in science communication, using examples from my own work to illustrate biological processes such as reproduction and morphogenesis. In addition to leading the Evolutionary Morphology group at University of Copenhagen, I am co-PI on the Villum Synergy funded project Stochastic Morphometry, for which we founded the Center for Computational Evolutionary Morphometry.
My first love was lizards, but I work on pretty much anything with bones (and sometimes without).
PhD Students
Dominika Bujnáková
Domi explores wolverine genetics and wolf morphology, using her research to raise awareness of the importance of these controversial, yet ecologically important carnivores. Co-supervised by Laura Kvist & Jouni Aspi (University of Oulu, Finland).
MSc & Honours students
Carolina Paiva
Carolina uses 3D CT combined with geometric morphometrics to compare and describe the skulls of two species of South American amphisbaenians, or worm lizards. Co-supervised by Henrique Costa (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil).
Nathaniel Nguyen
Nat is a keen environmentalist and aspiring conservationist, using camera traps to determine if prey species like wallabies react to models of the extinct thylacine on Tasmania. Co-supervised by Prof Andrew Pask (University of Melbourne).