Sean Modesto, Cape Breton University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Cape Breton University profile.

Latest funding

Anatomy and evolution of reptiles and other tetrapods from the Permo-Carboniferous of Prince Edward Island
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Survivorship and recovery of early triassic tetrapods following the permo-triassic extinction event
NSERC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$151,700
Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory for the Study of Tetrapod Survivorship of the Permo-Triassic Extinction Event
CFI · 2005 · Principal investigator
$42,861

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Anatomy and evolution of reptiles and other tetrapods from the Permo-Carboniferous of Prince Edward Island

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Development Grant

Principal investigators: Modesto, Sean

$20,000

Survivorship and recovery of early triassic tetrapods following the permo-triassic extinction event

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Modesto, Sean

$151,700

Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory for the Study of Tetrapod Survivorship of the Permo-Triassic Extinction Event

Principal investigatorCFI2005John R. Evans Leaders Fund: On-going New Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Modesto, Sean

Keywords: extinction, phylogeny, stereomicroscope, illustration, tetrapods, survivorship, computerized analysis, mechanical preparation

$42,861

A phylogenetic perspective on tetrapod survivorship during the Permo-Triassic extinction event

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Modesto, Sean

$80,070

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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