Rachel Warnock

Professor Rachel Warnock leads the Systems Paleobiology research group at the GeoZentrum Nordbayern, part of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). Her work bridges paleontological and molecular data through advanced phylogenetic methodologies.

• Develops Bayesian phylodynamic frameworks
• Specializes in fossil data integration
• Focus on speciation/extinction processes

Recent publications emphasize Bayesian phylogenetic inference, fossilized birth-death modeling, and macroevolutionary analysis across biological and cultural systems. She co-authored the FossilSim and FossilSimShiny packages for fossil occurrence simulation.

Her research team includes collaborators from computational biology, paleontology, and evolutionary ecology domains, operating within FAU's Paleontology Department.