Teaching and supervision
Lectures and Practicals
University of Cambridge (2019-2023)
B12 - Human Paleobiology
2 lectures on Human Evo-Devo (2023)
2 practicals on hominin brain evolution and life-history (2022)
2 discussion seminars (2022)
Zoology 1B - Evolution and Animal Diversity
3 practicals on the vertebrate skull (2023)
B1 - Humans in biological perspective
8 lectures covering evolutionary biology and human evolution (2022)
B3 - Human Evolution
10 practicals and 3 seminars per year (2021 & 2022)
B11 - Evolution of our species
The ancestor's fail: why evolution sometimes makes us sick (2021)
Insights from the insides: CT scanning approaches in palaeoanthropology (2022)
B18 - Decoding the skeleton
The musculoskeletal system (2019)
BAN1 - Biological Anthropology
Plio-Pleistocene hominins (2015)
Leiden University (2023)
Evolutionary Biology
1 lecture on the origins of hominin bipedalism (2023)
Paleobiology
3 lectures on human evolution (2023)
Research supervision
PhD
Bram Mulder (2018-2020) • Biological Anthropology • University of Cambridge
Title: Tissue-specific Behavioural Signatures in Trabecular and Cortical Bone
Co-supervised with Prof. Jay Stock and Prof. John Robb
MPhil
Luna Beerden (2023) • Archaeology • Leiden University
Title: Locomotor behaviour in South African Australopiths
Jared Shiffert (2021-2022) • Biological Anthropology • University of Cambridge
Assessing the age at death, dental developmental pattern and taxonomic status of a Limnopithecus mandible (KNM-SO 22735) from Songhor using synchrotron data. Co-supervised with Dr. A. Beaudet and Professor M. Mirazon-Lahr
Georgie Hodgkins-Brown (2021-2022) • Biological Anthropology • University of Cambridge
The investigation of the internal bone structure of the fossil phalanx StW 668 from Sterkfontein Caves (South Africa) and its implications for hominin locomotion and tool use. Co-supervised with Dr. A. Beaudet and Professor M. Mirazon-Lahr
Rachel Palkovitz (2018-2019) • Biological Anthropology • University of Cambridge
Title: Geometric Morphometrics of the Larynx Complex in Non-Human Primates. Co-supervised with Dr. J. Dunn
Minh-Thuan Nhut (2017-2018) • Biological Anthropology • University of Cambridge
A Morphometric Analysis of Primate Hyoid Bones: Implications for The Evolution of Speech. Co-supervised with Dr. J. Dunn
Undergraduate
Anusha Rana (2023) • Archaeology • Leiden University
Title: Machine learning approaches to automated segmentation of fossil hominins
Fransisco Undarraga-Alamos (2023) • Archaeology • Leiden University
Title: Locomotor behaviour in Paranthropus robustus
Jonny Gathercole (2022-2023) • Biological Anthropology • University of Cambridge
Title: Comparative analysis of tooth morphology, isotopes, and diet in extant baboons with implications for interpreting the diet of Paranthropus. Co-supervised with Dr. A. Beaudet.
Laura Barber (2022-2023) • Archaeology • University of Cambridge
Title: A cross cultural investigation of the relationship between cranial modification and social status.
Aisling Murray (2018-2019) • Biological Anthropology • University of Cambridge
Title: Developing staining techniques for effective CT scanning of mammalian larynges. Co-supervised with Dr. J. Dunn