Jorge García-Girón, PhD (Principal investigator)
I am a post-doctoral researcher at the Universities of León (Spain) and Oulu (Finland). I am specialised in various biogeographical research topics related to inland waters using community assessments at different spatial and temporal scales. In addition, I lately widened my expertise to exciting new fields aimed at closing the gap between palaeobiological and ecological research. The GIANTS Project builds heavily on my previous background whilst also turning my career into a new direction by consolidating palaeoecology to my research agenda.
Stephen L. Brusatte, PhD
I am a vertebrate palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Edinburgh (UK) who specialises in the anatomy, genealogy, and evolution of dinosaurs and other fossil organisms. Particular research interests are the origin and early evolution of dinosaurs in the Triassic, the anatomy and genealogy of the carnivorous theropod dinosaurs (T. rex and kin), the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs, the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, and the recovery and radiation of mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction.
Janne Alahuhta, PhD
I am a senior researcher at the Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu (Finland). I am a member of Physical Geography Research Group, where I lead Macrophyte Biogeography Lab. My main research interests are geodiversity-biodiversity relationships, biogeography, and macroecology.
Jani Heino, PhD
I am a project manager at the University of Oulu (Finland). Most of my research focuses on deciphering environmental change mostly through the lens of variation in biological diversity in aquatic and terrestrial systems, which has a lot to do with my life-long interest in animals and plants. Finally, having been more like a hobby so far, I am also interested in earth history and how historical changes are associated with the development of civilizations and livelihoods of people today.
Susannah Maidment, PhD
I am the curator of the dinosaur, fossil crocodylomorph and archosauromorph collections at the Natural History Museum (UK). My research interests can be split into different broad themes, including taxonomy and systematics of ornithischian dinosaurs, geological contexts of dinosaur evolution, and quantitative evaluations of the spatial and taxonomic biases in the fossil record. I built the first chronostratigraphic framework for the Jurassic Morrison Formation, which is providing the foundation for the palaeobiological studies of the GIANTS Project.
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The GIANTS Project is also based on collaboration with Dr. Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza (University of Vigo, Spain), Dr. Alexander J. Farnsworth (University of Bristol, UK), and Dr. Jordan Mallon (Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada).