Roger Close

RogRoger Closeer is an ERC Research Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. He received his Bachelor of Arts/Science (Hons) and PhD from Monash University in Victoria, Australia. Roger has research interests in the systematics of a diverse range of animal groups, including Mesozoic mammals, birds, and acanthomorph fishes. However, his principal research focus is on elucidating large-scale macroevolutionary and macroecological patterns, and he is currently using the Paleobiology Data Base to address key questions about the diversification of tetrapods during the Phanerozoic.

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT