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  • PhD Thesis
  • Evolution & Ecology Publications
  • Healthcare Simulation & Modelling Publications
  • Selected Talks & Invited Seminars
  • Media Coverage & Public Engagement

Publications & Outputs

PhD Thesis

  • Tyler, J. (2023). Phylogenetic Diversity, Morphological Disparity and Niche Adaptation in Seabirds. University of Bath. [PDF]

Evolution & Ecology Publications

  1. Tyler, J., Hocking, D. & Younger, J. (2023). Intrinsic & extrinsic drivers of shape variation in the Albatross compound bill. Royal Society Open Science, 10: 230751. [DOI]
  2. Tyler, J. & Younger, J. (2023). How we found three new species of penguins. Frontiers for Young Minds - Biodiversity. [DOI]
  3. Janis, C.M., Franklin, E., Baird, C.N. & Tyler, J. (2023). The Miocene Browsing Horses: Another Way to Be a Successful Large Equid. In: Prins, H.H.T., Gordon, I.J. (eds) The Equids. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. [DOI]
  4. Tyler, J. & Younger, J. (2022). Diving into a dead-end: Asymmetric evolution of diving drives diversity and disparity shifts in Waterbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289: 20222056. [DOI]
  5. Bibi, F. & Tyler, J. (2022). Evolution of the bovid cranium: Morphological diversification under allometric constraint. Communications Biology, 5: 69. [DOI]
  6. Tyler, J., Bonfitto, M.T., Clucas, G.V., Reddy, S. & Younger, J.L. (2020). Morphometric and genetic evidence for four species of gentoo penguin. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 13836–13846. [DOI] | [Altmetric Summary]

Healthcare Simulation & Modelling Publications

  1. Tyler, J., Murch, B.J., Vasilakis, C. & Wood, R.M. (2022). Improving uptake of simulation in healthcare: User-driven development of an open-source tool for modelling patient flow. Journal of Simulation, 17: 1-18. [DOI]
  2. Tyler, J., Pratt, A.C., Wooster, J., Vasilakis, C. & Wood, R.M. (2021). The impact of increased outpatient telehealth during COVID-19: Retrospective analysis of patient survey and routine activity data from a major healthcare system in England. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36: 1338-1345. [DOI]
  3. Wood, R.M., Murch, B.J., Moss, S.J., Tyler, J., Thompson, A.L. & Vasilakis, C. (2021). Operational research for the safe and effective design of COVID-19 mass vaccination centres. Vaccine, 39: 3537-3540. [DOI]

Selected Talks & Invited Seminars

  • Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania (Aug 2022) | Diversity, Disparity & Dead-Ends? Macroevolutionary patterns in Waterbirds.
  • Bristol Naturalists’ Society (Mar 2021) | Spot the difference! Understanding morphological variation in birds and the implications for cryptic species.
  • Milner Centre for Evolution (Mar 2021) | Hidden biodiversity in Gentoo penguins and other avian morphometric mysteries.
  • Evolution Conference (Online, 2021) | Morphometric and genetic evidence for four species of gentoo penguin. (Talk)
  • IPC, Paris, France (2018) | Investigating the role of competition and biotic interaction on the evolution of African bovids. (Talk)

Media Coverage & Public Engagement

  • Gentoo Penguin Species Discovery: Covered by BBC News, the Naked Scientists Podcast, Ecology & Evolution Blog, and featured in a Conversation Article.
  • Albatross Bill Shape Evolution: Featured in a Conversation Article.
  • Penguin Research Feature: Interviewed on Midnight Meets with Colin Murray (BBC Radio 5 Live).

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  • Interdisciplinary Researcher in Data Science