Dr. Ming Khan
@ming-tfk27.bsky.social
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).
Check out my blog post on my latest Maastrichtian paper, on doing Antarctic Science, museums, and scientific access!
Check out our most recent blog post, "An Antarctic Scientist Who Has Never Been South" by Dr. Ming Khan! In this post, Ming tells the reader about her professional journey, and how she can study specimens from Antarctica (as someone who has never been to Antarctica).
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April 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Check out my blog post on my latest Maastrichtian paper, on doing Antarctic Science, museums, and scientific access!
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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...
🧪🦑⚒️🦣 #paleontology
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...
An Engine of Fossil Discovery Fights Its Own Extinction
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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...
🧪🦑⚒️🦣 #paleontology
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...
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.
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.
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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.
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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📢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
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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
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📢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
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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Brilliant talk from Emily on constraining the lifespan of early animals of the Ediacaran!
#PalAss2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
#PalAss2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Brilliant talk from Emily on constraining the lifespan of early animals of the Ediacaran!
#PalAss2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
#PalAss2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
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...
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...
December 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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...
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...
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!
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!
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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!
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!
“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.
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.
Supercharged seafloor spotting! 🐚
Our AI and science teams have been using machine learning to label surveys of the Antarctic seafloor. It's dramatically sped them up from <8 hours per photo, to a few seconds.
This one looks like a quick job. But stay with us as we up the difficulty...
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Our AI and science teams have been using machine learning to label surveys of the Antarctic seafloor. It's dramatically sped them up from <8 hours per photo, to a few seconds.
This one looks like a quick job. But stay with us as we up the difficulty...
🧵 1/4
October 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“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.
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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🇦🇶 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
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📄 Read the preprint now: arxiv.org/abs/2507.21665
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July 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🇦🇶 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
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📄 Read the preprint now: arxiv.org/abs/2507.21665
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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.
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.
July 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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.
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.
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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.
June 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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.
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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...
🫧 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...
June 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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...
🫧 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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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.
Section of fossil tree fern, Tempskya wesselli, from the Cretaceous of Idaho. Comedian is H. sapiens. Not to scale.
May 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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.
Section of fossil tree fern, Tempskya wesselli, from the Cretaceous of Idaho. Comedian is H. sapiens. Not to scale.
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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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 🇦🇶 .
May 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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 🇦🇶 .
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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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...
The scholarship "provides degree-completion funding for women geoscientists whose education has been significantly interrupted by life circumstances"
www.awg.org/page/Scholar...
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.
www.awg.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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...
The scholarship "provides degree-completion funding for women geoscientists whose education has been significantly interrupted by life circumstances"
www.awg.org/page/Scholar...
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! 🥳
May 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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! 🥳
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!
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!
May 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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!
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!
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.
April 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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.
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.
March 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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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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
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
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 ...
news.exeter.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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
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
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.
January 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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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Fantastic talk today by @ming-tfk27.bsky.social talking about ecological complexity in the run up to the K-Pg extinction in Seymour Island
December 12, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Fantastic talk today by @ming-tfk27.bsky.social talking about ecological complexity in the run up to the K-Pg extinction in Seymour Island
Go check out @nis38.bsky.social ‘s poster on secondary succession in the Avalon Ediacaran at #PalAss24!
December 12, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Go check out @nis38.bsky.social ‘s poster on secondary succession in the Avalon Ediacaran at #PalAss24!
Happening this afternoon!!
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.
December 12, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Happening this afternoon!!