Academics

Aaron Camens

Lecturer in Palaeontology

Expertise

• Functional morphology
• Fossil footprints
• Palaeoecology

Alice Clement

Research Fellow/Lecturer in Palaeontology

Expertise

• Early vertebrates
• Fish evolution
• Brain evolution

Mike Lee

Professor of Evolutionary Biology

Expertise

• Phylogenetics & macroevolution
• Herpetology
• Palaeontology

John Long

Strategic Professor in Palaeontology

Expertise

• Early vertebrates
• Fish evolution

Gavin Prideaux

Professor in Palaeontology

Expertise

• Australian mammals
• Kangaroo evolution
• Palaeoecology

Vera Weisbecker

Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology

Expertise

• Marsupial evolution
• Geometric morphometrics

Rod Wells, AM

Professor Emeritus

Expertise

• Marsupials & monotremes
• Biomechanics
• Wombats

Trevor Worthy

Research Fellow, Palaeontology Group

Expertise

• Fossil birds
• Australian, New Zealand & Pacific faunas

Post-doctoral researchers

Brian Choo

Casual Academic

Expertise

• Silurian & Devonian fish
• Early vertebrates
• Palaeo art

Meg Martin

Research Assistant

Expertise

• Biomechanics
• CT-scanning

Rex Mitchell

Research Associate

Expertise

• Skull function and evolution
• Geometric morphometrics
• Biomechanics

Research support staff

Diana Fusco

Research Assistant

Expertise

• Quaternary palaeoecology
• Mammalian fossil fauna

Jan Hill

Research Assistant

Expertise

• Fossil preparation
• Palaeo art

Warren Handley

Research Assistant

Expertise

• Dromornithids
• CT data
• Bird brain morphology

Isaac Kerr

PhD candidate

Project title: Systematics and palaeobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon

Ellen Mather

PhD candidate

Project title: Relationships of the fossil Accipitridae (eagles and kin) of Australia and the origins of the extant fauna

Elen Shute

Research Assistant

Expertise

• Australian Quaternary bird fossils
• Palaeoecology
• Conservation

Research students

Joshua Bland

Honours student

Project title: TBC

Jacob Blokland

PhD candidate

Project title: A phylogenetic investigation of Oligocene-Miocene fossil ralloids (Aves, Ralloidea), and the origins of crown group Rallidae

Arthur Crichton

PhD candidate

Project title: Pwerte Marnte Marnte: Characterising an Oligocene vertebrate fauna of central Australia

Austin Fitzpatrick

Honours student

Project title: A new species of placoderm fish from the Middle Devonian (380 Mya) of Mount Howitt

Grant Gully

PhD candidate

Project title: Dietary evolution and palaeoecology of the extinct diprotodontoid marsupials

Elise Kalderovskis

Honours student

Project title: [TBC]

Aubrey Kiernan

PhD candidate

Project title: Endocranial comparison of the nocturnal Letter-winged Kite to other raptors

Annie Kraehe

PhD candidate

Project title: [TBC]

Karl Lenser

Honours student

Project title: Pleistocene fossil shorebirds from the Naracoorte Caves

Phoebe McInerney

PhD candidate

Project title: Reconstruction of Genyornis newtoni crania and semicircular canals for palaeoecological and phylogenetic inference

Corinne Mensforth

PhD candidate

Project title: Brain endocast relationships in living and extinct vertebrates

Tim Niederer

PhD candidate

Project title: [TBC]

Lisa Nink

PhD candidate

Project title: Comparing the early Pleistocene mammalian faunas of inland and coastal southeastern Australia

Rachel Oertel

PhD candidate

Project title: An in-depth analysis of the Miocene Mammalian fauna of Corra Lynn Cave and its implications for the environment of South Australia

Maddison Randall

Honours student

Project title: [TBC]

Cate Sexton

Honours student

Project title: Taphonomy of a Pleistocene-age vertebrate collection from the Flinders Ranges

Petar Tomic

PhD candidate

Project title: [TBC]

Jacob van Zoelen

PhD candidate

Project title: Systematics and evolution of late Cenozoic diprotodontid marsupials