Elen Shute

Researcher, Flinders University

I am a Vertebrate Palaeontologist by training, specialising in Australian bird fossils from the recent past. My PhD research was on Pleistocene bird fossils from the Thylacoleo Caves beneath the Nullarbor Plain, and included the discovery of several new extinct species. These days I work primarily in conservation, where I try to prevent living species from becoming tomorrow's fossil species.

Experience

2019–present

Researcher, Flinders University

Education

2019

Flinders University, PhD (Vertebrate Palaeontology)
2004

University of Cambridge, MPhil (Quaternary Science)
2002

Flinders University, BA(Hons)

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Society of South Australia