Kilian Eichenseer PhD

Kilian Eichenseer PhD

Quantitative Palaeobiology

Durham University

Biography

Centuries of palaeontological and geological research have produced vast quantities of information on past organisms and environments. Using statistical tools, I am probing these data riches to reconstruct novel aspects of the history of Life. Focal points of my research have been coral reefs, palaeoclimate and the skeletal mineralogy of marine invertebrates. I am currently building a Bayesian stratigraphic model to correlate Cambrian sections using $\delta$13C records. (https://smithlabdurham.github.io/#!team).

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Interests
  • Bayesian statistics
  • R programming
  • Palaeobiology and palaeoclimate
  • Ecology and evolution
Education

  • PhD in Earth Sciences, 2021

    University of Plymouth

  • MSc in Palaeobiology & Sedimentology, 2016

    Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

  • BSc in Geosciences, 2015

    Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

2022

Jones, Lewis A., & Kilian Eichenseer (2022). “Uneven spatial sampling distorts reconstructions of Phanerozoic seawater temperature.” Geology 50 (2), 238-242. View here.

2021

Uwe Balthasar, Stephen Kershaw, Anne-Christine Da Silva, Barbara Seuss, Maggie Cusack, Kilian Eichenseer & Peter Chung (2021). Palaeozoic stromatoporoids and chaetetids analysed using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD); implications for original mineralogy and microstructure. Facies 67 (1), 1-18. View here.

2019

Kilian Eichenseer, Uwe Balthasar, Christopher W. Smart, Julian Stander, Kristian A. Haaga & Wolfgang Kiessling (2019). Jurassic shift from abiotic to biotic control on marine ecological success. Nature Geoscience 12 (8), 638–642. View here.

2015

David B. Kemp, Kilian Eichenseer & Wolfgang Kiessling (2015). Maximum rates of climate change are systematically underestimated in the geological record. Nature Communications 6 (1), 1-6. View here.

Theses

Kilian Eichenseer (2021). Environmental controls on the skeletal mineralogy of marine calcifiers. PhD Thesis. University of Plymouth. Supervisors: Dr Uwe Balthasar, Prof. Wolfgang Kiessling & Dr Christopher W. Smart.

Kilian Eichenseer (2016). Taphonomical and Ecological Controls on the Pleistocene Rise of Acropora. Master’s Thesis. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Supervisors: Prof. Wolfgang Kiessling.

Kilian Eichenseer (2014). Taphonomische Beeinträchtigung quartärer, tropischer Korallenfaunen (Sulawesi, Indonesien). Bachelor’s Thesis. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Supervisors: Prof. Wolfgang Kiessling.

Recent Posts

A Metropolis algorithm in R - Part 2: Adaptive proposals
To work well, the Metropolis algorithm needs proposals that are accepted reasonably often. Here, I improve the model from the previous post by using draws from the posterior to iteratively improve proposals, resulting in more efficient sampling.
Last updated on Feb 12, 2023 6 min read R, Bayesian
A Metropolis algorithm in R - Part 2: Adaptive proposals
A Metropolis algorithm in R - Part 1: Implementation
The Metropolis algorithm is a common MCMC method. Here, it is used for estimating a generalised logistic function to reconstruct a latitudinal climate gradient from a small sample of temperature values.
Last updated on Feb 12, 2023 8 min read R, Bayesian
A Metropolis algorithm in R - Part 1: Implementation
Change Point Regression
Assume we want to investigate the relationship between two variables, $x$ and $y$, that we have collected over a certain period of time. We have reason to believe that the relationship changed at some point, but we don’t know when.
Last updated on Feb 12, 2023 7 min read R, Bayesian, JAGS
Change Point Regression

Contact

$~$ kilian.eichenseer@durham.ac.uk
$~$ +44 (0) 191 334 2347