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 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]

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

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

• 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- 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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