Niklas Hohmann
@niklashohmann.bsky.social
Minding all the gaps in the rock record
PhD candidate @ Utrecht University
Love cookies, bouldering & math (no particular order)
He/Him
PhD candidate @ Utrecht University
Love cookies, bouldering & math (no particular order)
He/Him
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Niklas Hohmann
@niklashohmann.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Phylogenetic inference from an incomplete fossil record
Fossil data is crucial to construct phylogenetic time trees, which serve as the basis to test a wide range of evolutionary hypotheses. While the fossil record is known to be incomplete, modern stratig...
www.biorxiv.org
🚨 #PREPRINT ALERT 🚨
Do gaps in the #fossil record bias phylogenetic inference? And do priors on gap duration improve estimates? Surprising results from the intersection of #stratigraphy, #paleontology and #phylogeny @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
Do gaps in the #fossil record bias phylogenetic inference? And do priors on gap duration improve estimates? Surprising results from the intersection of #stratigraphy, #paleontology and #phylogeny @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
Stratigraphers, evolutionary biologists and software engineers aim to advance the joint modeling of stratigraphic and phylogenetic processes to bridge this knowledge gap between earth sciences and biology. bit.ly/4dbfDjH
@lauramulvey.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
@lauramulvey.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
September 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Stratigraphers, evolutionary biologists and software engineers aim to advance the joint modeling of stratigraphic and phylogenetic processes to bridge this knowledge gap between earth sciences and biology. bit.ly/4dbfDjH
@lauramulvey.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
@lauramulvey.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
🚨 #PREPRINT ALERT 🚨
Do gaps in the #fossil record bias phylogenetic inference? And do priors on gap duration improve estimates? Surprising results from the intersection of #stratigraphy, #paleontology and #phylogeny @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
Do gaps in the #fossil record bias phylogenetic inference? And do priors on gap duration improve estimates? Surprising results from the intersection of #stratigraphy, #paleontology and #phylogeny @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
Phylogenetic inference from an incomplete fossil record
Fossil data is crucial to construct phylogenetic time trees, which serve as the basis to test a wide range of evolutionary hypotheses. While the fossil record is known to be incomplete, modern stratig...
www.biorxiv.org
June 28, 2026 at 11:19 AM
🚨 #PREPRINT ALERT 🚨
Do gaps in the #fossil record bias phylogenetic inference? And do priors on gap duration improve estimates? Surprising results from the intersection of #stratigraphy, #paleontology and #phylogeny @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
Do gaps in the #fossil record bias phylogenetic inference? And do priors on gap duration improve estimates? Surprising results from the intersection of #stratigraphy, #paleontology and #phylogeny @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
🚨 #preprint alert🚨
Everyone loves high resolution paleorecords, but what determines their temporal resolution and orderedness?
New counterintuitive results with implications for #conservation #paleobiology and age depth modeling
#sedimentology 1/n
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Everyone loves high resolution paleorecords, but what determines their temporal resolution and orderedness?
New counterintuitive results with implications for #conservation #paleobiology and age depth modeling
#sedimentology 1/n
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Sediment accumulation, rather than mixing, controls the temporal resolution of the sedimentological record
eartharxiv.org
June 24, 2026 at 6:29 AM
🚨 #preprint alert🚨
Everyone loves high resolution paleorecords, but what determines their temporal resolution and orderedness?
New counterintuitive results with implications for #conservation #paleobiology and age depth modeling
#sedimentology 1/n
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Everyone loves high resolution paleorecords, but what determines their temporal resolution and orderedness?
New counterintuitive results with implications for #conservation #paleobiology and age depth modeling
#sedimentology 1/n
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
📢 We are pleased to announce the upcoming workshop, "Besides Your Thesis," which will be held as part of the 23rd EAVP Conference in collaboration with The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) and the leaders of the Microvertebrate Group🔬
#Workshop #lithuania #fossil
@micropalaeosoc.bsky.social
#Workshop #lithuania #fossil
@micropalaeosoc.bsky.social
June 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
📢 We are pleased to announce the upcoming workshop, "Besides Your Thesis," which will be held as part of the 23rd EAVP Conference in collaboration with The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) and the leaders of the Microvertebrate Group🔬
#Workshop #lithuania #fossil
@micropalaeosoc.bsky.social
#Workshop #lithuania #fossil
@micropalaeosoc.bsky.social
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
We are very excited to share our next four talks in the Series 🥳
We are looking forward to hearing from Corinne Myers, Pablo Milla Carmona, @brpetrucci.bsky.social, and Emilia Jarochowska!
Sign up now at bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
We are very excited to share our next four talks in the Series 🥳
We are looking forward to hearing from Corinne Myers, Pablo Milla Carmona, @brpetrucci.bsky.social, and Emilia Jarochowska!
Sign up now at bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
June 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
We are very excited to share our next four talks in the Series 🥳
We are looking forward to hearing from Corinne Myers, Pablo Milla Carmona, @brpetrucci.bsky.social, and Emilia Jarochowska!
Sign up now at bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
We are very excited to share our next four talks in the Series 🥳
We are looking forward to hearing from Corinne Myers, Pablo Milla Carmona, @brpetrucci.bsky.social, and Emilia Jarochowska!
Sign up now at bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
🚨PREPRINT ALERT🚨
Carbonates are just built different!
The structure of the #FossilRecord differs predictably between carbonate platform and ramps and can be explained by the properties of carbonate producing organisms #stratigraphy #paleobiology 1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Carbonates are just built different!
The structure of the #FossilRecord differs predictably between carbonate platform and ramps and can be explained by the properties of carbonate producing organisms #stratigraphy #paleobiology 1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Stratigraphic Paleobiology of Carbonate Systems
Stratigraphic paleobiology is a newly established interdisciplinary approach, which has demonstrated that the fossil record is a joint expression of biotic and stratigraphic change, and all inferences...
www.biorxiv.org
June 18, 2026 at 7:06 AM
🚨PREPRINT ALERT🚨
Carbonates are just built different!
The structure of the #FossilRecord differs predictably between carbonate platform and ramps and can be explained by the properties of carbonate producing organisms #stratigraphy #paleobiology 1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Carbonates are just built different!
The structure of the #FossilRecord differs predictably between carbonate platform and ramps and can be explained by the properties of carbonate producing organisms #stratigraphy #paleobiology 1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
🚨🚨 Last 2 days to apply for our workshop! Get those applications in 📝✨
📣 10 days left to register for our workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology and Phylogenetics
Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
May 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🚨🚨 Last 2 days to apply for our workshop! Get those applications in 📝✨
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
📣 10 days left to register for our workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology and Phylogenetics
Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
May 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
📣 10 days left to register for our workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology and Phylogenetics
Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social
More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
⚠️ Upcoming workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology & Phylogenetic 🤓
🕒 Open for applications until May 24 ⬇️
www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
#workshop #registration #open
🕒 Open for applications until May 24 ⬇️
www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
#workshop #registration #open
April 26, 2026 at 5:29 PM
⚠️ Upcoming workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology & Phylogenetic 🤓
🕒 Open for applications until May 24 ⬇️
www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
#workshop #registration #open
🕒 Open for applications until May 24 ⬇️
www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
#workshop #registration #open
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
🪸🦕 📈 🪨 Excited to announce our upcoming workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology & Phylogenetics, with Emilia Jarochowska, @niklashohmann.bsky.social, @rachelwarnock.bsky.social, and Johan Hidding
📍 Lorentz Centre, Leiden
📅 28 Sep – 2 Oct 2026
Applications open - details below 👇
📍 Lorentz Centre, Leiden
📅 28 Sep – 2 Oct 2026
Applications open - details below 👇
April 23, 2026 at 9:08 AM
🪸🦕 📈 🪨 Excited to announce our upcoming workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology & Phylogenetics, with Emilia Jarochowska, @niklashohmann.bsky.social, @rachelwarnock.bsky.social, and Johan Hidding
📍 Lorentz Centre, Leiden
📅 28 Sep – 2 Oct 2026
Applications open - details below 👇
📍 Lorentz Centre, Leiden
📅 28 Sep – 2 Oct 2026
Applications open - details below 👇
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
📣 Become an eScience Center Fellow!
Together with @opensciencenl.bsky.social, we're seeking 20 ambassadors for #researchsoftware sustainability.
Each Fellow will receive:
➡️ €2.000
➡️ In-kind expertise to support
➡️ A boost to existing initiatives or activities
Apply by 11 June: shorturl.at/VFBPN
Together with @opensciencenl.bsky.social, we're seeking 20 ambassadors for #researchsoftware sustainability.
Each Fellow will receive:
➡️ €2.000
➡️ In-kind expertise to support
➡️ A boost to existing initiatives or activities
Apply by 11 June: shorturl.at/VFBPN
Call for Research Software Sustainability Fellows (RSSF 2026) - eScience Center
Apply to our Fellowship Programme! Together with Open Science NL, we are seeking 20 professionals who are passionate about research software and able to act as an ambassador for research software sust...
shorturl.at
April 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
📣 Become an eScience Center Fellow!
Together with @opensciencenl.bsky.social, we're seeking 20 ambassadors for #researchsoftware sustainability.
Each Fellow will receive:
➡️ €2.000
➡️ In-kind expertise to support
➡️ A boost to existing initiatives or activities
Apply by 11 June: shorturl.at/VFBPN
Together with @opensciencenl.bsky.social, we're seeking 20 ambassadors for #researchsoftware sustainability.
Each Fellow will receive:
➡️ €2.000
➡️ In-kind expertise to support
➡️ A boost to existing initiatives or activities
Apply by 11 June: shorturl.at/VFBPN
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
These roles are now live! 🚨
Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social.
Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Closing date: 18-Jan-2026
Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social.
Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Closing date: 18-Jan-2026
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
These roles are now live! 🚨
Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social.
Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Closing date: 18-Jan-2026
Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social.
Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Closing date: 18-Jan-2026
Geological information improves phylogenetic inference 🥳
Excited to present our work on the interactions of #stratigraphy, #paleontology, and #phylogenetics at #ESEB25, poster board 312
@eseb2025.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
Excited to present our work on the interactions of #stratigraphy, #paleontology, and #phylogenetics at #ESEB25, poster board 312
@eseb2025.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Geological information improves phylogenetic inference 🥳
Excited to present our work on the interactions of #stratigraphy, #paleontology, and #phylogenetics at #ESEB25, poster board 312
@eseb2025.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
Excited to present our work on the interactions of #stratigraphy, #paleontology, and #phylogenetics at #ESEB25, poster board 312
@eseb2025.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social
Registration deadline for the field trip is 15th of March - register now!
Interested in #reproducibility, #methodology and #uncertainty reporting in #stratigraphy?
Excited to announce the CycloNet meeting 2025 in Utrecht 😁, bringing together cyclostratigraphers and researchers from adjacent fields to discuss methodology, uncertainty, and reproducibility
Excited to announce the CycloNet meeting 2025 in Utrecht 😁, bringing together cyclostratigraphers and researchers from adjacent fields to discuss methodology, uncertainty, and reproducibility
April 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Registration deadline for the field trip is 15th of March - register now!
🚨R package StratPal update🚨
Full integration with the FossilSim package to study effects of #taphonomy and #ecology on #phylogenetic trees with sampled ancestors, and simplified handling of categorical niche models 😁
#stratigraphy
mindthegap-erc.github.io/StratPal/ind...
Full integration with the FossilSim package to study effects of #taphonomy and #ecology on #phylogenetic trees with sampled ancestors, and simplified handling of categorical niche models 😁
#stratigraphy
mindthegap-erc.github.io/StratPal/ind...
Stratigraphic Paleobiology Modeling Pipelines
The fossil record is a joint expression of ecological, taphonomic, evolutionary, and stratigraphic processes (Holland and Patzkowsky, 2012, ISBN:978-0226649382). This package allowing to simulate biol...
mindthegap-erc.github.io
March 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨R package StratPal update🚨
Full integration with the FossilSim package to study effects of #taphonomy and #ecology on #phylogenetic trees with sampled ancestors, and simplified handling of categorical niche models 😁
#stratigraphy
mindthegap-erc.github.io/StratPal/ind...
Full integration with the FossilSim package to study effects of #taphonomy and #ecology on #phylogenetic trees with sampled ancestors, and simplified handling of categorical niche models 😁
#stratigraphy
mindthegap-erc.github.io/StratPal/ind...
Interested in #reproducibility, #methodology and #uncertainty reporting in #stratigraphy?
Excited to announce the CycloNet meeting 2025 in Utrecht 😁, bringing together cyclostratigraphers and researchers from adjacent fields to discuss methodology, uncertainty, and reproducibility
Excited to announce the CycloNet meeting 2025 in Utrecht 😁, bringing together cyclostratigraphers and researchers from adjacent fields to discuss methodology, uncertainty, and reproducibility
March 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Interested in #reproducibility, #methodology and #uncertainty reporting in #stratigraphy?
Excited to announce the CycloNet meeting 2025 in Utrecht 😁, bringing together cyclostratigraphers and researchers from adjacent fields to discuss methodology, uncertainty, and reproducibility
Excited to announce the CycloNet meeting 2025 in Utrecht 😁, bringing together cyclostratigraphers and researchers from adjacent fields to discuss methodology, uncertainty, and reproducibility
🚨New Publication🚨
Seamlessly integrate #stratigraphy, #taphonomy, #ecology and evolutionary biology to build your modeling pipelines for stratigraphic #paleobiology
Published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social , R package available on CRAN
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seamlessly integrate #stratigraphy, #taphonomy, #ecology and evolutionary biology to build your modeling pipelines for stratigraphic #paleobiology
Published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social , R package available on CRAN
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
StratPal: An R package for creating stratigraphic paleobiology modelling pipelines
The fossil record is an important source of information to understand biological processes that take place over timescales not accessible to human observation or experiments. Fossil data are not a...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🚨New Publication🚨
Seamlessly integrate #stratigraphy, #taphonomy, #ecology and evolutionary biology to build your modeling pipelines for stratigraphic #paleobiology
Published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social , R package available on CRAN
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seamlessly integrate #stratigraphy, #taphonomy, #ecology and evolutionary biology to build your modeling pipelines for stratigraphic #paleobiology
Published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social , R package available on CRAN
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
🚨publication alert🚨
Huge thanks to all the amazing co-authors Chase James, @kiessl.bsky.social , @niklashohmann.bsky.social, Emilia Jarochowska, Frank Corsetti, David Bottjer
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Huge thanks to all the amazing co-authors Chase James, @kiessl.bsky.social , @niklashohmann.bsky.social, Emilia Jarochowska, Frank Corsetti, David Bottjer
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Ancient frameworks as modern templates: exploring reef rubble consolidation in an ancient reef system | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Both natural and human-induced stressors cause reef erosion, resulting in reef rubble
formation. When consolidated, the rubble can facilitate reef recovery, sparking interest
in artificial rubble stab...
urldefense.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🚨publication alert🚨
Huge thanks to all the amazing co-authors Chase James, @kiessl.bsky.social , @niklashohmann.bsky.social, Emilia Jarochowska, Frank Corsetti, David Bottjer
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Huge thanks to all the amazing co-authors Chase James, @kiessl.bsky.social , @niklashohmann.bsky.social, Emilia Jarochowska, Frank Corsetti, David Bottjer
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
SaltAges WG1 online training school in Advanced Stats in R for Earth Scientists
Open & free online training school
18-19 March 2025, taught by @niklashohmann.bsky.social & Francesco Pilade
Info & registration at sites.google.com/view/saltage...
Please share with your groups
Open & free online training school
18-19 March 2025, taught by @niklashohmann.bsky.social & Francesco Pilade
Info & registration at sites.google.com/view/saltage...
Please share with your groups
January 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
SaltAges WG1 online training school in Advanced Stats in R for Earth Scientists
Open & free online training school
18-19 March 2025, taught by @niklashohmann.bsky.social & Francesco Pilade
Info & registration at sites.google.com/view/saltage...
Please share with your groups
Open & free online training school
18-19 March 2025, taught by @niklashohmann.bsky.social & Francesco Pilade
Info & registration at sites.google.com/view/saltage...
Please share with your groups
All I wanted for Christmas was code availability
#OpenScience
#OpenScience
December 28, 2024 at 1:45 PM
All I wanted for Christmas was code availability
#OpenScience
#OpenScience
Reposted by Niklas Hohmann
Dear #Paleontology community in Bluesky.
Are you looking for an affordable, international, low-cost congress?
We are back!! The 5th PVC is up and running!
Thematic Sessions are being announced as we speak. Come and participate for two weeks on March 2025!
Join our Discord for news!🦕🧪⚒️
Palaeovc.org
Are you looking for an affordable, international, low-cost congress?
We are back!! The 5th PVC is up and running!
Thematic Sessions are being announced as we speak. Come and participate for two weeks on March 2025!
Join our Discord for news!🦕🧪⚒️
Palaeovc.org
Register to Palaeo VC 2025 • Palaeo VC
10 - 25 MARCH 2025
Palaeovc.org
December 2, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Dear #Paleontology community in Bluesky.
Are you looking for an affordable, international, low-cost congress?
We are back!! The 5th PVC is up and running!
Thematic Sessions are being announced as we speak. Come and participate for two weeks on March 2025!
Join our Discord for news!🦕🧪⚒️
Palaeovc.org
Are you looking for an affordable, international, low-cost congress?
We are back!! The 5th PVC is up and running!
Thematic Sessions are being announced as we speak. Come and participate for two weeks on March 2025!
Join our Discord for news!🦕🧪⚒️
Palaeovc.org
🚨#preprint alert🚨
Describing new #R package to combine biological simulations with sedimentological forward models into modeling pipelines for stratigraphic paleobiology 😁
#stratigraphy #paleobiology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Describing new #R package to combine biological simulations with sedimentological forward models into modeling pipelines for stratigraphic paleobiology 😁
#stratigraphy #paleobiology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
StratPal: An R package for creating stratigraphic paleobiology modeling pipelines
1. The fossil record is an important source of information to understand biological processes that take place over timescales not accessible to human observation or experiments. Fossil data is not a ...
www.biorxiv.org
November 28, 2024 at 1:04 PM
🚨#preprint alert🚨
Describing new #R package to combine biological simulations with sedimentological forward models into modeling pipelines for stratigraphic paleobiology 😁
#stratigraphy #paleobiology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Describing new #R package to combine biological simulations with sedimentological forward models into modeling pipelines for stratigraphic paleobiology 😁
#stratigraphy #paleobiology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...