It’s day 3 of Postdoc Appreciation Week and @UoBEarthScience is celebrating our outstanding staff of postdoctoral researchers. Each day of the week we will be highlighting a new researcher. Be sure to follow along and keep up with their future endeavors. 1/7

Dr Ben Moon is a postdoc @BristolPalaeo. @moononthebones researches the evolution of ancient #seadragons by fossil observation, CT scanning and reconstruction and analysis of their morphology and ecology. #palaeobiology #macroevolution 2/7

Before and during the time of the dinosaurs many marine reptiles ruled the oceans. @moononthebones started studying dolphin-like #ichthyosaurs examining UK specimens and how ichthyosaurs are related and evolved http://tinyurl.com/y3tq4ypg  3/7

The best specimens can be CT scanned. @moononthebones w/ @ryndmrk, Mike Benton, Matt Williams @BRLSI produced the first fully 3D ichthyosaur endocast. @moononthebones is still exploring more about their senses http://tinyurl.com/y55czykb  4/7

@moononthebones w/ Susana Gutarra @VirtualPalaeo Colin Palmer @PalaeoStephan @Ali1129 Mike Benton used specimens to reconstruct #Ichthyosaurs bodies and see how shape and size affected swimming with #CFD http://tinyurl.com/y2ymmddv  5/7

@moononthebones has been lucky enough visit China to collaborate with Long Cheng in Wuhan(!) on the exceptional Early Triassic (~250 mya) remains, investigating how quickly diversity recovered after the biggest mass extinction 6/7

The best for @moononthebones has been working with many wonderful people including @gimpasaura @jemilyr @DrTLStubbs @sheardcat @Lauraminifera @BallellPalaeo @CluhBluh @bethany_j_allen @AlexDunhill @DebsHutchinson @isla_gladstone @LauraBPorro @TerriCleary 7/7