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).
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!
Furthermore, we discovered that coexistence of the pink and orange morphs is due to inter-morph competition, with the orange morph emerging as the stronger competitor, maintaining its reproductive behaviour across all community types.
May 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Furthermore, we discovered that coexistence of the pink and orange morphs is due to inter-morph competition, with the orange morph emerging as the stronger competitor, maintaining its reproductive behaviour across all community types.
Using Spatial Point Process Analysis, a method borrowed from forest ecology, we discover that limited dispersal, rather than environment, structured the spatial arrangement of the cup corals. Dispersal limits of 6-10 cm suggests these cup corals are likely brooders, which produce crawl-away larvae.
May 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Using Spatial Point Process Analysis, a method borrowed from forest ecology, we discover that limited dispersal, rather than environment, structured the spatial arrangement of the cup corals. Dispersal limits of 6-10 cm suggests these cup corals are likely brooders, which produce crawl-away larvae.
In in-situ seabed photos, they are only distinguishable by the colour of their tentacles, so we term them the “pink” and “orange” morphs. The corals form mixed communities and single population dominant communities, where either morph is near-absent.
May 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In in-situ seabed photos, they are only distinguishable by the colour of their tentacles, so we term them the “pink” and “orange” morphs. The corals form mixed communities and single population dominant communities, where either morph is near-absent.
New paper alert! 🚨
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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 🇦🇶 .
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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 🇦🇶 .
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.
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.
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!
Go Dr. Emilia Jarochowska! Winner of the 2024 Hodson Award! Emilia was an excellent teacher and did so much to make all students in our Masters program feel like a valued member of the department! #PalAss24
December 11, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Go Dr. Emilia Jarochowska! Winner of the 2024 Hodson Award! Emilia was an excellent teacher and did so much to make all students in our Masters program feel like a valued member of the department! #PalAss24
Looking forward to a great Annual Address about humanity’s legacy on earth - will our use of plastics create techno fossils in the future? Fascinating, and I imagine quite sobering, stuff.
December 11, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Looking forward to a great Annual Address about humanity’s legacy on earth - will our use of plastics create techno fossils in the future? Fascinating, and I imagine quite sobering, stuff.
@deeptimeecology.bsky.social enjoying exceptional jellyfish preservation at the Solnhofen Museum, #PalAss24! @princessairab.bsky.social @nis38.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 10:26 AM
@deeptimeecology.bsky.social enjoying exceptional jellyfish preservation at the Solnhofen Museum, #PalAss24! @princessairab.bsky.social @nis38.bsky.social
Travelling to Erlangen for #PalAss24 and already running into old friends on the way! @lauramulvey.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Travelling to Erlangen for #PalAss24 and already running into old friends on the way! @lauramulvey.bsky.social
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.
November 27, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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.
and just for fun, here's me on the RV Polarstern right now, operating OFOBS on the other side of the planet!
July 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM
and just for fun, here's me on the RV Polarstern right now, operating OFOBS on the other side of the planet!
This finding could have crucial implications for ecosystem functioning on PB slope. With climate changing & potential range expansions of currently excluded predators like crabs & lobsters, it is unknown how ecosystems will be affected, but it is likely to be significant.
July 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM
This finding could have crucial implications for ecosystem functioning on PB slope. With climate changing & potential range expansions of currently excluded predators like crabs & lobsters, it is unknown how ecosystems will be affected, but it is likely to be significant.
BNI helps us to understand the ecological structure beyond simple pairwise interactions. We discovered that suspension feeding brittle stars have strong associations with encrusting organisms. Demosponges, glass sponges, and gorgonians have shared habitat preferences.
July 2, 2024 at 10:16 AM
BNI helps us to understand the ecological structure beyond simple pairwise interactions. We discovered that suspension feeding brittle stars have strong associations with encrusting organisms. Demosponges, glass sponges, and gorgonians have shared habitat preferences.
We identified highly abundant epibenthic communities (between 106-533 individuals/m2) and consisting between 10-22 morphotaxa per photo on the PB. In total, we identified over 30,000 individual epibenthic animals.
Surprisingly, we found only about 160 invertebrate predators.
Surprisingly, we found only about 160 invertebrate predators.
July 2, 2024 at 10:16 AM
We identified highly abundant epibenthic communities (between 106-533 individuals/m2) and consisting between 10-22 morphotaxa per photo on the PB. In total, we identified over 30,000 individual epibenthic animals.
Surprisingly, we found only about 160 invertebrate predators.
Surprisingly, we found only about 160 invertebrate predators.
However, Antarctic marine ecosystems are heterogenous so processes in shallow regions cannot also be assumed to be operating in the deep sea. On the rocky Powell Basin we identified high abundant epibenthic communities and surprisingly few predators.
July 2, 2024 at 10:15 AM
However, Antarctic marine ecosystems are heterogenous so processes in shallow regions cannot also be assumed to be operating in the deep sea. On the rocky Powell Basin we identified high abundant epibenthic communities and surprisingly few predators.
A wonderful hour listening to career journeys of science policy advisors, climate change advisors, gene mappers, and curators!
November 24, 2023 at 12:30 PM
A wonderful hour listening to career journeys of science policy advisors, climate change advisors, gene mappers, and curators!
Professor Benitez Alfonso’s top ten lessons for aspiring scientists! These are the lessons she learned during her long journey in academia to being a full professor and an UKRI Future Leaders Fellow!
November 24, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Professor Benitez Alfonso’s top ten lessons for aspiring scientists! These are the lessons she learned during her long journey in academia to being a full professor and an UKRI Future Leaders Fellow!
Professor Yoselin Benitez Alfonso was the only black person during her time to graduate from Uni Cordoba. She knows, because her picture appeared in newspapers in Spain because of that. She is a brand new full professor in Norwich, and only the 68th female black professor in UK at the moment.
November 24, 2023 at 10:39 AM
Professor Yoselin Benitez Alfonso was the only black person during her time to graduate from Uni Cordoba. She knows, because her picture appeared in newspapers in Spain because of that. She is a brand new full professor in Norwich, and only the 68th female black professor in UK at the moment.
At the Natural History Museum in London today for The Explorers Conference! The Explorers Programme supports ethnic minorities in earth and natural sciences in the UK grow, network and collaborate with scientists who look like us!
November 24, 2023 at 10:22 AM
At the Natural History Museum in London today for The Explorers Conference! The Explorers Programme supports ethnic minorities in earth and natural sciences in the UK grow, network and collaborate with scientists who look like us!