Dr Andrew Meade
Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Andrew Meade is currently working as a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Major Responsibilities: Lecturer • Computational biology research Research: • Funding from BBSRC, NERC • High performance computing • Comparative methods • Phylogenetic inference • Bayesian modelling • Linguistics Member of the Evolution Research Group Impact, Enterprise and Outreach: • Development of BayesTraits • Development of BayesPhylogenies Teaching: • Part 2: Introduction to Bioinformatics & Computational Biology • Part 3: Research Topics in Ecology and evolution
Research Interest
• High performance computing • Comparative methods • Phylogenetic inference • Bayesian modelling • Linguistics
Publications
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Cooper, N., Thomas, G. H., Venditti, C., Meade, A. and Freckleton, R. P. (2016) A cautionary note on the use of Ornstein Uhlenbeck models in macroevolutionary studies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118 (1). pp. 64-77. ISSN 0024-4066 doi: 10.1111/bij.12701
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Baker, J., Meade, A., Pagel, M. and Venditti, C. (2016) Positive phenotypic selection inferred from phylogenies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118 (1). pp. 95-115. ISSN 0024-4066 doi: 10.1111/bij.12649
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Tobias, J. A., Sheard, C., Seddon, N., Meade, A., Cotton, A. J. and Nakagawa, S. (2016) Territoriality, social bonds, and the evolution of communal signaling in birds. Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 4. 74. ISSN 2296-701X doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00074
