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Karen Black

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Leading Education Professional, UNSW College, UNSW Sydney

My research interests lie within the fields of mammalian palaeontology, taxonomy, morphology, phylogeny,ontogeny and biocorrelation. My area of special expertise is vombatomorphian marsupials (including koalas and diprotodontoids). Over the course of my research I have named new families, genera and species of marsupials including: Maradidae (Black 2007), Marada, Marada arcanum (Black 2007); Diprotodontidae, Silvabestius, Silvabestius johnnilandi,S. michaelbirti (Black & Archer 1997a); Palorchestidae, Palorchestes anulus (Black 1997); Phascolarctidae, Nimiokoala, Nimiokoala greystanesi (Black & Archer 1997b); Litokoala garyjohnstoni (Louys, Black, Archer, Hand & Godthelp 2007); Pseudocheiridae, Pseudokoala cathysantamaria (Archer, Black & Nettle 1997) .

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Lecturer, UNSW College
  • 2013–2016
    ARC DECRA Candidate, UNSW
  • 2010–2012
    ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW

Education

  • 2008 
    University of New South Wales, Ph. D
  • 1992 
    University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Science

Grants and Contracts

  • 2015
    ANSTO Bragg Institute Neutron Proposals 4695 (Black, Bevitt, Travouillon, Myers, Archer, Hand & Wilson; Functional and geometric morphometric analysis of a 15 million year old bandicoot skeleton from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia)
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    ANSTO
  • 2015
    ANSTO Bragg Institute Neutron Proposals 5010 (Hand, Bevitt, Black, Archer, & Wilson; Functional and phylogenetic analysis of a 45 Million year old bat skull from the Quercy Phosphorites, France)
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    ANSTO
  • 2015
    ANSTO Bragg Institute Neutron Proposals 5081 (Archer, Bevitt, Black, Craig & Hand; Did Australia's Marsupial Lions, uniquely among carnivores throughout the world, transform from hypercarnivores to omnivores as a function of age?)
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    ANSTO
  • 2013
    Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award DE130100467 (Limbs and wings: reconstructing Australian environmental change through innovative analysis of ancient mammal skeletons)
    Role:
    DECRA Research Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2010
    Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP1094569 (Black and Archer: Drying and dying in Australia: extraordinary creatures and climate change 15 million years ago)
    Role:
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

Research Areas

  • Palaeontology (Incl. Palynology) (040308)
  • Animal Systematics And Taxonomy (060301)
  • Palaeoecology (060206)

Honours

The Australian Academy of Science Dorothy Hill Award