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DR DARREN CURNOE
ACADEMIC CAREER
1996 - BA With 1st Class Honours, Biological Anthropology, Australian National University 2000 - PhD, Palaeoanthropology and Geochronology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
TEACHING
Teaching biological anthropology, gross anatomy and archaeology to a wide range of students. Training research students at the honours and postgraduate levels. Instilling a passion and a sense of wonder about the study of the human body, our biological origins, and the biology of our closest relatives (the primates).
BIOS3701 The Primates [2009 Semester 1] BIOS3711 Human Evolution [2009 Semester 2] BIOS3721 Hunters and Gatherers: Biological, Ecological and Archaeological Perspectives [2009 Semester 2]
ACADEMIC ROLES/POSITIONS
1996 Laboratory Assistant, Quaternary Dating Research Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University 1997-1998 Tutor, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University 1999-2002 Visiting Fellow, Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University 2002 Lecturer and Demonstrator, School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand 2002 Teaching Assistant, Makapansgat International Paleoanthropology Field School, South Africa 2002 Post Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand 2003-2005 Honorary Research Associate, Sterkfontein Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand 2005- Honorary Research Associate, Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand 2003-2005 Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales 2005-2008 Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales 2006-2007 Director of Teaching, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine (July-Sept.), University of New South Wales 2007- Director of the Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and University of New South Wales Joint Program in Palaeoanthropology 2008- Honorary Professor of Palaeoanthropology and Primatology, Southeast Asia Archaeology Research Center and Yunnan Institute for Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Kunming, China 2009- Senior Lecturer, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales
SOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
2008- Australasian Primate Society 2007- International Association for Paleodontology 2007- East African Association for Palaeoanthropology and Palaeontology 2007- East African Quaternary Research Association 2007- Australian Institute of Biology 2006- Australasian Evolution Society 2006- International Primatological Society 2004- Australasian Society for Human Biology 2003- Paleoanthropology Society 2003- Dental Anthropology Association 2002- Primate Ecology and Genetics Group (South African Primatological Association) 2000- Centre for Archaeological Research, Australian National University
PREVIOUS HONOURS STUDENTS
- 2007- BSc Honours, Heather Cohen: 'Cranial Variation of Sympatric Macaques and their Sister Species: A 3D Geometric Morphometric Approach.'
- 2005- BSc Honours, Kylie McQualter: 'Dry-Season Diet of Chacma Baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in the Semi-Desert of South Africa.'
- 2004- BSc Honours, Leanne Van der Weyde: 'Ecology of Chacma Baboons, Papio hamadryas ursinus, in a Semi-Desert Environment in South Africa.'
- 2003- BSc Honours, Hayley Green: 'The Mandibular Fossa of Pleistocene Aboriginal Australians'.
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
- Current- MSc candidate, Ms Olivia Mottram: 'Biogeography of Diurnal Monkeys in Southern Africa Using GIS.'
- 2007- PhD, Mr Julien Louys (Co-supervisor): 'Ecology and Extinction of Southeast Asia's Pleistocene Megafauna.'
- 2007- PhD, Mr Jack (Andy) Coate: 'The Genus Category and Cranial Morphometrics of the Catarrhini with Implications for Fossil Hominins.'
- 2007- PhD, Ms Hayley Green: 'Cranial Variation of Contemporary East Asians in a Global Context.'
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