CV

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Summary


Professional experience

06/2019 – Present Postdoctorando (Postdoctoral researcher)

Unidad Ejecutora Lillo – CONICET – Fundación Miguel Lillo, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.


10/2015 – 12/2018 Postdoctoral fellow

Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.


02/2010 – 02/2015 Doutorado (PhD student)

School of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal.


Education

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

PhD in Vertebrate Palaeontology (Grade: Unanimously Approved). 2010 – 2015.

PhD thesis: Evolution of teeth and quadrate in nonavian Theropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia), with the description of Torvosaurus remains from Portugal. 613 pp. (Ten article-based thesis).

Supervisor: Dr. Octávio Mateus.


University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

MSc in Palaeobiology. 2007−2008.

MSc thesis: Diversity and disparity in sauropod dinosaurs. 113 pp.

Supervisors: Dr. Steve Brusatte, Dr. Mark Young, Prof. Emily Rayfield, Prof. Marcello Ruta and Prof. Paul Barrett.


Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

MSc (Licence) in Geology (Grade: Distinction). 2001 – 2006.

Licence thesis: Analyse morphofonctionnelle des carrés de Spinosauridae. 194 pp.

Supervisors: Prof. Eric Buffetaut, Prof. Edouard Poty and Prof. Jean-Marie Cordy.


Teaching Experience

10/2020 "Los Dinosaurios Argentinos". Capacitación - DTySE FML. Class given to guides of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Jardín Botánico of the Fundacíon Miguel Lillo 2020.

05/2013 "A Short Introduction on Feeding Mechanisms in Tetrapods". MSc level, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon.

http://www.4shared.com/office/5yDx-FCj/A_Short_Introduction_on_feedin.html 

12/2012 "A Short Introduction on Phylogenetic Morphometric". MSc level, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon.

http://www.4shared.com/office/Hu5_VMM1/A_Short_Introduction_on_Phylog.html 

11/2012 "A Short Introduction on Cladistics". MSc level, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon.

http://www.4shared.com/office/4AflbAjQ/A_Short_Introduction_on_Cladis.html 


Attended Courses

10/2010 "Digitalized Imagery and FEA in Paleontology" by Mike Polcyn (SMU)

Southern Methodist University, Texas, U.S.

04/2010 "Paleohistology Short Course" by Pr. Martin Sander (University of Bonn)

University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

03/2010 "Geometric Morphometrics and Phylogeny Course" by Dr. Chris Klingenberg (Univeristy of Manchester)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Student research project supervision

2021 – 2024 Carlos Alberto Hernández-Luna (Co-Tutor)

Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, México

PhD thesis: Anatomía, ontogenia y evolución de la dentición de los tiranosaurios (Dinosauria: Tyrannosauroidea)


2020 – 2023 Nathan Enriquez (External supervisor)

University of New England, Armidale, Australia

PhD thesis: The structure and composition of fossilised dinosaur skin: Implications for dinosaur palaeobiology and evolution


2012 Baptiste Coudert (External advisor)

INRA-Dijon, UMR Agroécologie, France

Licence thesis: Les Spinosauridae, dinosaures semi-aquatiques, étaient-ils capables de chasser sur la terre ferme ?


Honors and Awards

2008 Winner of the competition for the best poster from the M level unit on Dinosaurs.

2006 Winner of the AGAB (Association des Géologues Amateurs de Belgique) prize for the best final thesis.


Awarded Funding

2019 Conicet - Postdoctoral Fellowship (276,710 ARS)

2018 URC - Postdoctoral Fellowship (210,338 R)

2017 CoE-Pal + NRF + URC - Postdoctoral Fellowship (198,432 R)

2016 URC - Postdoctoral Fellowship (46,800 R)

2015 CoE-Pal - Postdoctoral Fellowship (230,000 R)

2013 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - PhD Grant (11,760 €)

2012 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - PhD Grant (12,810 €) 

2011  The Palaeontological Society - Travel Grants (100 £)

2011 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - PhD Grant (12,810 €) 

2010 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - Supplemental Training Activities (893 €)

2010 European Science Foundation - Short Visit Grant (722 €)

2010 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - PhD Grant (13,810 €)

2006 Association des Géologues Amateurs de Belgique - Thesis Award (1,000 €)

2005 Europalia.Russia -Travel Award (2,500 €)

Invited Seminars, Press Articles and Interviews

TV News and Documentaries

02/2015 "Les Indiana Jones d'aujourd'hui". Tout s'explique, RTL-TVI (Belgian TV Show).

06/2014 "Belgische dino in Antwerpen". Ketnet (Belgian TV Show for children).

06/2014 "Vleesetende dinosaurus die we nog niet kennen in Antwerpen Centraal". VRT (Belgian TV News; 06/23/14).

06/2014 "Grootste Europese roofdier op Dino-expo". VTM (Belgian TV News; 06/23/14).

06/2014 "Le cousin du T-rex au Jurassic Park d'Hanovre et bientôt à Anvers". RTBF (Belgian TV News; 06/18/14).


Interviews and Press Articles

03/2016 "FAQ: Les spinosaures". StopScience (French speaking Youtube channel promoting sciences).

02/2016 "Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North Africa". ScienceVideos.org (Youtube channel).

09/2014 "L'ADN de… Christophe Hendrickx, paléontologue". ATHENA n°303 (Belgian newspaper).

08/2014 "Belge, scientifique et expatrié". Daily Science (Online Media; 08/07/2014).

08/2014 "Le plus grand prédateur de l'histoire est à Anvers". Le Soir Magazine (Belgian newspaper).

07/2014 "Torvosaurus gurneyi, the European T-rex". This View of Live (Online newspaper; 07/21/2014).

06/2014 "Un dinosaure belge exposé à Anvers". BEL RTL (Belgian radio; 06/24/2014).

06/2014 "Les dinosaures sont à nos portes". Vers l'Avenir (Belgian newspaper and Webdoc; 06/21/2014).

03/2014 "The largest terrestrial predator from Europe". BBC1 (English radio; 03/05/2014).


Invited talks

08/2015 "Dinosaures, succès de l’évolution". Retirement home "le Valensoleillé", Valensole, France.

07/2015 "Dinosaures, ces oiseaux d’aujourd’hui". Salle polyvantente, Valensole, France.

03/2013 "What's new in the world of theropods?". 10° Mini Symposium on Paleontology, Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.

10/2010 "Evolution of teeth and tooth-bearing bones in nonavian theropods". Southern Methodist University, Texas, USA.

01/2010 "Evolution of teeth and feeding related bones in nonavian theropods". PhD Program Presentation, Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

01/2010 "The diversity and disparity in sauropod dinosaurs". 9° Mini Symposium on Paleontology, Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.

01/2010 "A Short Introduction on Evolution" (Part I and II)." 8° Mini Symposium on Paleontology, Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.

10/2009 "Les dinosaures théropodes, témoins de l'évolution." Festival des Petits Explorateurs, Vannes, France.

10/2009 "The Big Lizard Story." (Café des Sciences) Festival des Petits Explorateurs, Vannes, France.

08/2009 "Spinosauridae, these fish-eating dinosaurs." 7° Mini Simposium on Paleontology, Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.

03/2009 "Les Spinosauridae, des dinosaures géants mangeurs de poissons." Association des Géologues Amateurs de Belgique, Centre Culturel de Chênée, Belgium.

Professional Experience

02/2006-03/2006 Professional work placement of two weeks in the «Bureau Conseil en Géologie », Namur (Belgium) managed by Benoît André. The work consisted of geophysical prospecting to resolve hydrogeological questions.

10/2005-04/2006 Engaged by the University of Liège (Belgium) to enforce and inform smokers about new regulations established by the University.

Several student jobs in different sectors including agricultural and café work.


Museum Experience

07/2014 Scientific adviser at Dino Expo Adventure in Antwerpen, Belgium.

09/2008-2009 Scientific adviser for one week at the Festival des Petits Explorateurs in Vannes, France.

06/2008 Scientific adviser for one week at the Explore-at-Bristol Museum in Bristol, England.


Field Experience

2015 Elliot Formation, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Late Triassic. Dinosaurs. 

2009-2013 Lourinhã Formation, Lourinhã, Portugal, Late Jurassic. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodiles, turtles. 

2010-2011 Grès de Silves Formation, Algarve, Portugal, Late Triassic. Temnospondyls, phytosaurs.

2005 Udurchukan Formation, Blagoveschensk, Russia, Late Cretaceous. Mostly Lambeosaurinae (Amurosaurus riabinini).

2001 -2002 Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation, Aude Department, France, Late Cretaceous. Mostly Titanosauridae (Ampelosaurus atacis).


Named taxa (3)

- Torvosaurus gurneyi Hendrickx & Mateus, 2014 - A megalosaurid theropod dinosaur.

- Etjoia dentitransitus Hendrickx, Gaetano, Choiniere, Mocke & Abdala, 2020 - A traversodontid gomphodont cynodont.

- Impidens hancoxi Tolchard, Kammerer, Butler, Hendrickx, Benoit, Abdala, & Choiniere, 2021 - A trirachodontid gomphodont cynodont.


Journal editor and refereed (39 reviews for 22 journals)

- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (2x)

- Annales de Paléontologie (2x)

- Cretaceous Research (8x)

- Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

- Historical Biology

- Journal of African Earth Sciences

- Journal of Iberian Geology (2x)

- Journal of Paleontological Techniques (Scientific Editor)

- Journal of South American Earth Sciences (3x)

- Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

- Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2x)

- Palaeontologica Electronica (2x)

- Palaeontology (2x)

- PeerJ (4x)

- PLOS ONE (2x)

- Scientific Reports (2x)

- Scottish Journal of Geology

- The Science of Nature

- WikiJournal of Science

- Zookeys


Professional Membership

2010 European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists.

2010 Palaeontological Association.

2010 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

2010 The Paleontological Society.

Visited collections

2016 Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, USA.

Deinonychus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Allosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, q, teeth), Arctotraversodon (teeth).

2016     Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Canada.

Gorgosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, q, teeth), Albertosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, q, teeth), Daspletosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, q, teeth), Tyrannosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Struthiomimus (pmx, mx, dt, q), Atrociraptor (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Saurornitholestes (mx, teeth).

2016 Museum of Nature and Sciences, Denver, USA.

Coelophysis (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Marshosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Allosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Majungasaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth).

2016 Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, USA.

Ceratosaurus (mx, q, teeth), Allosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, q, teeth), Marshosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Falcarius (mx, dt, teeth), Teratophoneus (mx, teeth), Lythronax (mx, dt, teeth), Stokesosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth).

2016 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA.

Ceratosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Torvosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, q, teeth), Allosaurus (pmx, mx, dt,q,  teeth), Coelophysoid (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Utahraptor (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Teratophoneus (mx, dt, q, teeth).

2016 Setor de Paleovertebrados, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Luangwa (teeth), Traversodon (teeth), Massetognathus (teeth), Exaeretodon (teeth), Menadon (teeth).

2016 Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Santacruzodon (teeth), Andescynodon (teeth).

2016 Laboratório de Paleontologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Luangwa  (teeth), Massetognathus (MCP PV 3871), Exaeretodon (teeth), Santacruzodon (teeth).

2016 University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK.

Cricodon (cast of teeth), Scalenodon (teeth), Mandagomphodon (teeth). 

2016 Jura-Museum, Eichstätt, Germany.

Juravenator (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Archaeopteryx (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2016 Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany.

Diademodon (teeth), Trirachodon (teeth), Archaeopteryx (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2016 Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie der Universität Tübingen, Germany.

Traversodon (teeth), Comphodontosuchus (teeth), Theropsodon (teeth).

2016, 2017 Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgique.

Aurornis (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Eosinopteryx (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2016 IVPP, Beijing, China.

Sinosaurus, Monolophosaurus, Tetanurae indet., Siamosaurus, Chienkosaurus, Sinraptor, Szechuanosaurus, Shaochilong, Kelmayisaurus, Guanlong, Dilong, Yutyrannus, Tarbosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus, Tyrannosauridae indet., Shenzhousaurus, Beipiaosaurus, Alxasaurus, Eshanosaurus, Haplocheirus, Incisivosaurus, Protarchaeopteryx, Caudipteryx, Wulatelong, Microraptor, Sinornithosaurus, Graciliraptor, Linheraptor , Anchiornis, Sinovenator, Pedopenna, Sinornithoides, Sinusonasus, Troodontidae indet., Songlingornis, Eocathayornis, Protopteryx, Grabauornis, Pengornis, Bohaiornis, Fortungulavis, Parabohaiornis, Monoenantiornis, Cathayornis, Yanornis, Sinognathus.

2016 National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Langbergia (teeth), Trirachodon (teeth), Scalenodontoides (teeth)

2016 ziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa.

Diademodon (teeth), Langbergia (teeth), Trirachodon (teeth)

2015 Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, Johannesburg,  South Africa.

Dracovenator (pmx, mx, teeth), Cricodon (teeth), Trirachodon (teeth), Massetognathus (teeth), indeterminate trirachodontid (teeth).

2014 - 2015 Fundación "Miguel Lillo", San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.

Piatnitzkysaurus (mx, teeth), Massetognathus (teeth), Andescynodon (teeth), Exaeretodon (teeth), Cynognathus (teeth), Pascualgnathus (teeth).

2013 Natural History Museum of Qatar, Qatar.

Allosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2013 Museu Geologico, Lisboa, Portugal.

Allosaurus (embryo mx, teeth), Aviatyrannis (postcranium), Paronychodon (dt).

2012 North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, USA.

Acrocanthosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2012 Stony Brook University, New York, USA.

Majungasaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Masiakasaurus (mx, dt, teeth, q).

2012 American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA. 

Albertosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Alioramus (mx, dt, teeth), Allosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Angaturama (cast, pmx, mx), Bambiraptor (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Byronosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Citipati (pmx, mx, dt, q), Coelophysis (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Dromaeosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Gallimimus (pmx, mx, dt, q), Gorgosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Khaan (pmx, mx, dt, q), Marshosaurus (cast mx), Ornitholestes (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Oviraptor (pmx, mx, dt, q), Saurornithoides (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Shuvuuia (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Tsaagan (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Tyrannosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Velociraptor (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2012 Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, Argentina.

Eoraptor ( pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Herrerasaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Frenguellisaurus (mx, dt, teeth, q), Eodromaeus (mx, teeth, q), Sanjuanosaurus (mx, teeth).

2012 Museo de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Comahue, Lago Barreales, Argentina.

Ekrixinatosaurus (mx,dt, teeth), Giganotosaurus (dt), Abelisauridae indet. (teeth).

2012 Museo Municipal Carmen Funes, Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Plaza Huincul, Argentina.

Ilokelesia (q), Aucasaurus (pmx, mx, teeth, q), Mapusaurus (mx, teeth, q).

2012 Museo Municipal “Ernesto Bachmann”, Villa El Chocón, Neuquén, Argentina/Museo de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Comahue, El Chocón collection, Villa El Chocón, Argentina.

Skorpiovenator (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Giganotosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2012 Museo Provincial Carlos Ameghino, Cipolletti, Río Negro, Argentina.

Abelisaurus (pmx, mx, dt, q), Buitreraptor (mx, dt, teeth, q).

2012 Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.

Genyodectes (pmx, mx, dt, teeth).

2012 Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Carnotaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Piatnitzkysaurus ( mx, dt, teeth ), Megalosaurus chubutensis (teeth), Ischisaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth) + Zupaysaurus  (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Noasaurus  (mx, teeth, q), Bicentenaria (pmx, mx, dt, teeth).

2011 Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, Milan, Italy.

Spinosaurus (pmx, mx, teeth).

2011 Sauriermuseum of Aathal, Aathal, Switzerland.

Allosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Ceratosaurus (teeth), Coelurosauria (teeth).

2011, 2016 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.

Irritator (mx, dt, teeth, q), Liliensternus (cast of mx, dt, teeth, q), Nanogomphodon (teeth).

201 Dinosaur Isle Museum, Isle of Wight, UK.

Neovenator (pmx, mx, teeth), Eotyrannus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2011 The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.

Eustreptospondylus (pmx, mx, dt, q), Magnosaurus (dt, teeth), Megalosaurus (mx, dt, teeth).

2011, 2015, 2016    The Natural History Museum, London, UK.

Baryonyx (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Spinosaurus (pmx, mx, dt), Proceratosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Megalosaurus (mx, dt, teeth), Duriavenator (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Gorgosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Tyrannosaurus (dt, teeth), Neovenator (dt, teeth), Nuthetes (dt, teeth), Zanclodon (cast of dentary and teeth), Cricodon (teeth), Trirachodon (teeth), Mandagomphodon (teeth), Scalenodon (teeth).

2010, 2016 The Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

Compsognathus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Dubreuillosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Cristatusaurus (pmx, dt), Spinosaurus (pmx, mx, teeth), Erectopus (mx), Pyroraptor (teeth), Berberosaurus (teeth), Majungasaurus (dt), Scalenodontoides (teeth).

2010 The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural Sciences, Washington, Washington D.C, USA.

Allosaurus (mx, teeth), Ceratosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Gorgosaurus (dt, teeth), Labrosaurus (dt).

2010 The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Allosaurus (pmx, dt, teeth), Tyrannosaurus (mx, dt, teeth), Coelophysis (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).  

2010 The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois.

Daspletosaurus (cast; pmx, mx, dt, q), Tyrannosaurus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q)

2010 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Aerosteon (tooth), Afrovenator (mx, teeth), Carcharodontosaurus (mx, dt, teeth), Indosuchus (pmx,mx, dt, teeth), Eocarcharia (mx, teeth), Eoraptor (cast; pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q), Herrerasaurus (cast; pmx, mx,  dt, teeth, q), Kryptops (mx, teeth), Raptorex (pmx, mx, dt, teeth), Rugops (pmx, mx, teeth), Spinosaurus (pmx), Suchomimus (pmx, mx, dt, teeth, q).

2010 Dallas Museum of Natural History, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Troodon (teeth), Saurornitholestes (tooth), Albertosaurus (tooth), 

2010 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Acrocanthosaurus (teeth), Dromaeosauridae (teeth), Coelurosauria (teeth).

2010, 2014 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle d'Aix-en-Provence, France.

Arcovenator (teeth), Abelisauridae (teeth), Dromaeosauridae (teeth).

2009 - 2013 Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã, Portugal.

Torvosaurus (mx, teeth), Lourinhanosaurus (embryos), Allosaurus (teeth, q), Ceratosaurus (teeth), Baryonyx (dt, teeth).