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Dr. Ming Khan

@ming-tfk27.bsky.social
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Postdoc at PalaeoFAU Germany, currently studying range shifts in forams. From Bangladesh, previously at University of Cambridge Zoology & British Antarctic Survey (PhD) studying Antarctic benthic ecology; PalaeoFAU (MSc); and Cornell University (BS).

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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Check out my blog post on my latest Maastrichtian paper, on doing Antarctic Science, museums, and scientific access!
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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
For #fossilfriday, The New York Times has written a good article about the Paleontological Research Institution, what the museum means to the field of Paleontology, and its current financial situation (much improved even from a few weeks ago). 🧪🦑⚒️🦣 #paleontology www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...
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An Engine of Fossil Discovery Fights Its Own Extinction
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
New preprint! 🚨 doi.org/10.64898/202... We tested the hypothesis that deglacial poleward range shifts (equatorial extirpations at trailing edges) - a mechanism consistent with marine responses under climate warming - drove the emergence of the bimodal LDG in planktonic forams. Spoilet alert: no.
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📢New paper alert! Museum collections reveal secrets of prehistoric seafloor🐟ecosystem, according to new paper by Dr Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social, Dr @egmitchell.bsky.social and Prof Andrea Manica. Read more: bit.ly/4j4EK9F @bas.ac.uk
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Deep Time Ecology group @deeptimeecology.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Brilliant talk from Emily on constraining the lifespan of early animals of the Ediacaran! #PalAss2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
New paper alert! 🚨 🐌 We studied historic Antarctic fossils from the Zinsmeister Collection to assess whether the K-Pg extinction, as recorded on Seymour Island, was sudden or gradual. We found that benthic life thrived in the 4 million years before the K-Pg. doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Wayyyyyyy too long! Below is an example of the kind of complex imagery we annotated, which went on to become part of the training dataset for the Antarctic seafloor project!
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
“Why didn’t you use AI to get the data” was the question I was asked most during my PhD. There was no Antarctic dataset on which an AI model could learn. & it took me an average of 8 hours per photo to label everything. @camerontrotter.bsky.social’s new model can do it in a matter of seconds.
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Cameron Trotter @camerontrotter.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
🇦🇶 Our new paper detailing the automated detection of Antarctic benthic organisms using high-res in situ imagery has been accepted to the #ICCV2025 Joint Workshop on Marine Vision! 📄 Read the preprint now: arxiv.org/abs/2507.21665 🧵1/4
An example output from our framework. An image of the Antarctic seafloor, with hundreds of organisms on it. The organisms each have a bounding box around them, a class label, and a confidence score produced by our framework.
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Octism Queen @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Photoshopping @lastweektonight.com John Oliver onto fossils until the Paleontological Research Institution secures their funding! Fossil shell of the ammonite Grossouvrites sp. from the Cretaceous Lopez de Bertodano Fmt of Seymour Isl, Antarctica (PRI 60629). Comedian is H. sapiens. Not to scale.
Comedian John Oliver is edited to appear as if he is peeking out from within an ammonoid fossil, angrily pointing a gun at the viewer
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I get annoyed at the narrative that all the awareness and work on climate change hasn't done anything. Yes, global CO₂ emissions indeed continue to climb, but we don't know the counterfactual. When I was in grad school, we were on track for 5°C of warming. Now it's below 3°C. That's progress.
A line chart titled “Annual CO₂ emissions” shows the global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry from 1950 to 2023. The y-axis represents emissions in billions of tonnes (t), ranging from 0 to 40 billion t. The x-axis covers the years from 1950 to 2023.

The chart presents a steady increase in emissions from approximately 5 billion tonnes in 1950 to over 36 billion tonnes in 2023. Key features include:

A consistent upward trend from 1950 through the early 1970s.

A brief plateau and dip around 1980–1983.

A strong growth trend resuming in the late 1980s.

A sharp increase during the 2000s.

A slight drop around 2008–2009, likely due to the global financial crisis.

A major dip in 2020, attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A rapid rebound in emissions after 2020, continuing the upward trend to a new high in 2023.

A blue line labeled “World” traces these changes over time.

Below the chart, the data source is listed as the Global Carbon Budget (2024), and the graphic is credited to OurWorldInData.org with a Creative Commons license (CC BY). A footnote explains that the data includes emissions from coal, oil, gas, flaring, cement, and steel, but excludes land-use changes such as deforestation.
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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Lots of Earth System Modelling (🌍ESM) jobs up for grabs at @bas.ac.uk! 🫧 ESM - Past Carbon Cycle (w/ me and Xu Zhang) 🇦🇶 ESM - Antarctic Sea Ice 🌡️ ESM - Past Extremes 🧊 UKESM Sea Ice Model Developer 💧Research Assistant: Palaeoclimate Meltwater Modelling www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
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Octism Queen @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Photoshopping John Oliver onto fossils until the Paleontological Research Institution secures their funding! Section of fossil tree fern, Tempskya wesselli, from the Cretaceous of Idaho. Comedian is H. sapiens. Not to scale.
Comedian John Oliver is edited to appear as if he is sitting on a fossilized fern tree with his legs crossed and smiling.
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
New paper alert! 🚨 rdcu.be/entY4 In the second paper of my PhD, published today in Scientific Reports, we investigated the spatial ecology of two solitary scleractinian coral morphotoypes, which are likely Caryophyllia or Flabellum, from the Powell Basin slopes of Antarctica 🇦🇶 .
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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Reminder the AWG Chrysalis scholarship applications are due May 31st ⚒️ The scholarship "provides degree-completion funding for women geoscientists whose education has been significantly interrupted by life circumstances" www.awg.org/page/Scholar...
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Scholarships and Awards
The AWG Professional Excellence Awards go to women who, throughout their careers, have made significant and distinguished contributions in the following three areas: government/regulatory; industry/consulting; and academia/research. Nominations are due June 15th of each year.
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
What a crazy last few days… passed my PhD viva on Friday, and just 20 mins ago, the second paper from my PhD just got accepted in Scientific Reports! Woohoo! 🥳
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
PhDone!!! Passed my viva with minor corrections! Thanks to @egmitchell.bsky.social @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social and Andrea Manica for supervising, and Prof Rob Fletcher and @dralexdunhill.bsky.social for examining!
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Great first day at my new postdoc: jumping off at the deep end with a workshop on AGELESS and BioDeepTime at FAU Palaeo. Will be presenting my PhD work tomorrow as part of the public talks for the meeting.
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I submitted my PhD! Titled “Quantitative ecology reveals scale-dependent structural processes of the Antarctic benthos through time” - in 3.5 years I have 1 paper out (benthic ecosystem function), 1 in 2nd round of review (on competition between coral morphs) and a 3rd in the 1st rounds of review.
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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to #climatechange, new research shows Full study here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Read our press release below 👇 @nis38.bsky.social @pettorelli.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
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Social media can help track species as climate changes
Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate change, new research shows. The “range” inhabited by many species is shifting, and this is mostly tracked ...
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Greetings from the Maldives! Husband & I are on last day of honeymoon, we snorkeled with giant manta rays this morning & when we got back, I submitted the third paper from my PhD! Slightly ironic to submit an Antarctic paper from here but Cretaceous Antarctica was hot anyway, so maybe I’m on brand.
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Deep Time Ecology group @deeptimeecology.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Fantastic talk today by @ming-tfk27.bsky.social talking about ecological complexity in the run up to the K-Pg extinction in Seymour Island
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Go check out @nis38.bsky.social ‘s poster on secondary succession in the Avalon Ediacaran at #PalAss24!
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Happening this afternoon!!
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Go Dr. Emilia Jarochowska! Winner of the 2024 Hodson Award! Emilia was an excellent teacher and did so much to make all students in our Masters program feel like a valued member of the department! #PalAss24
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Prof Alex Dunhill @profalexdunhill.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Hiya @thepalass.bsky.social meeting delegates, I'm Alex and I lead the Palaeo@Leeds Research Cluster. If you're an undergrad/postgrad looking for a PhD position for '25 start, please find me for a chat at the #PalAss24 meeting - see below for some of the projects on offer.
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Stephen Roberts @stever60.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
All the new BAS @bas.ac.uk.bsky.social Iapetus DTP PhD projects are summarised nicely in this Instagram link and here: @iapetusdtp.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DDaRfmUIRF...
Instagram post for the U.K. polar network summarising BAS Iapetus PhD project for 2025
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Looking forward to a great Annual Address about humanity’s legacy on earth - will our use of plastics create techno fossils in the future? Fascinating, and I imagine quite sobering, stuff.
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Deep Time Ecology group @deeptimeecology.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The Deep Time Ecology Group have several talks at #PalAss24! Also in the morning on Day 1: In Session 2A, at Großer Saal at 11:30, postdoc Euan Furness will be talking about "Predators, zooplankton, and the origins of ecosystem stability."
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Deep Time Ecology group @deeptimeecology.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The Deep Time Ecology Group have several talks at #PalAss24! Starting us off early in the morning on Day 1: In Session 2A, at Großer Saal at 11:00, @princessairab.bsky.social will be talking about the "Morphometric analyses of Charniodiscus from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland, Canada."
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Concisely about the #PalAss24
Paleontology meme
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It’s only day 1 of #PalAss24, & I’m feeling great! So many great talks and workshops by friends, colleagues and mentors, old and new. Having done my masters at FAU Palaeo in Erlangen, and having also met my husband here (who still lives in Erlangen), this PalAss is a homecoming in many ways!
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James Witts @jdwitts.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Fantastic talk by @eileenstraube.bsky.social in the #PalAss24 symposium on #Extinction, talking about the 'gap' between conservation and palaeobiology (and issues for conservation palaeobiology), and calculating extinction risk.
A woman stands on a stage presenting a talk, the slide is talking about limitations of the fossil record.
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I FOUND A FISH!!!! #PalAss24
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
@deeptimeecology.bsky.social enjoying exceptional jellyfish preservation at the Solnhofen Museum, #PalAss24! @princessairab.bsky.social @nis38.bsky.social
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James Witts @jdwitts.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🚨 PhD opportunity @bas.ac.uk with Rowan Whittle, @sauravdutta.bsky.social (BAS), Dani Schmidt (Bristol), @dralexdunhill.bsky.social (Leeds) & me! Interested in marine palaeoecology & links to climate in the Eocene of #Antarctica? Get in touch for more info. 🧪⚒️ www.bas.ac.uk/science/scie...
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Student Training and PhD Opportunities - British Antarctic Survey
NERC Doctoral Training Partnerships and projects
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Travelling to Erlangen for #PalAss24 and already running into old friends on the way! @lauramulvey.bsky.social
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I can’t make it because I won’t be in the country but if you are, you should go!! I’ve loved every Explorers event I attended!
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Attending the #PalAss24 Meeting in Erlangen soon? Interested in #Antarctica? Mass extinctions? Dark data from #museums? Integrating #modern ecological theories with the #fossil record? Come along on Thursday, 14:30 - 14:45 at the Kleiner Saal, to watch my talk on Antarctic metacommunities.
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
As more and more people are now here and I am nearing the end of my PhD, time to reshare the first paper from my project! Having submitted my second paper two weeks ago, and intensely writing my third, it’s time to celebrate the little wins in life! More on those chapters later as things develop!
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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This initiative is to support paleontologists worldwide with fully funded workshops and summer schools. Please check out.
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
🚨New paper alert! doi.org/10.3389/fmar... Returning here after a long time to share the first paper from my PhD! “Network analyses on photographic surveys reveal that invertebrate predators do not structure epibenthos in the deep (~2000m) rocky Powell Basin, Weddell Sea, Antarctica" (1/n)
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Frontiers | Network analyses on photographic surveys reveal that invertebrate predators do not structure epibenthos in the deep (~2000m) rocky Powell Basin, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Predator-prey interactions in marine ecosystems control population sizes, maintain species richness, and provide intermediate disturbance. Such ecosystem str...
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Seth Finnegan @sethf.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Very exciting tenure-track job in Evolutionary Paleobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences at UC Riverside (my alma mater Ph.D program) —please distribute widely! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01856
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
At the Natural History Museum in London today for The Explorers Conference! The Explorers Programme supports ethnic minorities in earth and natural sciences in the UK grow, network and collaborate with scientists who look like us!
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
Nuremberg airport is always an exciting place, because there always tons of fossils on the tiles! Feet for scale.
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Attending the British Antarctic Survey Student Symposium today and tomorrow. Will be sharing snippets of the talks and posters I loved the best!
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
My supervisor Rowan Whittle, & I hosted the Cambridge Palaeo Journal Club at the British Antarctic Survey this afternoon! We showed off some of the thousands of Antarctic fossil specimens, some of which I am using for my PhD. An extra treat today was seeing the benthic camera system on the SDA ship!
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Dr. Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Hello World! Slowly making the migration over.
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