Cortical thickness and periosteal curvature mapping of the humerus in Middle and Upper Palaeolithic infants and children (CO-I with Maria Mednikova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow).
Cortical thickness and periosteal curvature mapping of the humerus throughout growth and development.
Virtual simulation of birth mechanics in early hominins.
Investigation of reference samples for juvenile body mass estimation.
Combining anatomical network analysis and geometric morphometrics in the study of the hominoid canium and the hominoid thorax.
Morphometric description of the growth and development of the shoulder and thorax in modern and Pleistocene human populations.
Radiographic based dental ageing of juvenile material from Newcastle Blackgate (UK), Sayala (Sudan), Taforalt (Morocco), Afalou Bhou Rummel (Algeria).
Multi-scale Imaging in the Turkana Basin (collaboration with Louise Leakey, Timothy Gichunge (TBI/NMK) and Phil Manning (Manchester)).
Comparison of multiple scanning and photogrammetric reconstruction algorithms for osteological analysis (PI,in collaboration with Louise Leakey, Timothy Gichunge (TBI/NMK); LMI technologies/Mechinnovation, Autodesk and Artec (industrial collaborators).
3D printing of hominin fossils for public outreach (I have helped to coordinate outreach at Thinktank Museum and Manchester Museum. I also contributed to the 2017 Cambridge Science Festival).
Contributing collaborator
African Fossils (I act as an international collaborator)
3 dimensional marker-less motion capture of precise movements (in collaboration with Bill Sellers (Manchester); Alastair Yoxall (Sheffield Hallam); Charlotte Brassey (Manchester Metropolitan)
Microtomography of chalk and daub artefacts from Durringon Walls (In collaboration with Anne Teather (UCL) and Tristan Lowe (Manchester)
Microtomography of animal mummies from Manchester Museum (in collaboration with Lidija McKnight and Tristan Lowe (both Manchester)).
Past projects
"3D printing Lucy". A new virtual reconstruction of AL288-1 "Lucy" which is has been rapid prototyped (funded by Shapeways.com)
Convex hull based body estimates of modern and fossil birds and primates (in collaboration with Bill Sellers (Manchester) and Charlotte Brassey (Manchester Metropolitan)
Iodine contrast tomography of the cranium of the the Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius (In collaboration with Charlotte Brassey (Manchester Metropolitan) and Tristan Lowe (Manchester)
Virtual reconstruction, rapid prototyping and biomechanical description of the perinatal fossil from the Magdelenian site of Wilczyce, Poland (see publications)
Maintenance of the International Mummified Tissue Archive at the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, Manchester.
Functional morphology of the humerus in 2 contrasting populations (unpublished masters research).
Statistical analysis of grave goods and gender correlations in Anglo Saxon burials in Kent (unpublished undergraduate thesis).