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Emma Sherratt

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Senior Research Fellow in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide

I am an evolutionary biologist, interested in understanding how the Earth's biodiversity came to be. In 2011, I completed a PhD at the Natural History Museum, London, on a group of cryptic amphibians called caecilians. They are limbless, head-first burrowing animals, and I used museum-based collections and cutting-edge imaging techniques to investigate how their skull evolved.

Since then I have held research appointments at institutions including Harvard University, Australian National University and University of Adelaide. I have studied a diversity of animals including rabbits, bivalved scallops, lizards, frogs and their tadpoles, and sea snakes. I am an expert in the statistical analysis of organismal form, a software creator, and a passionate educator.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Research Fellow in Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide
  • 2016–2017
    Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University
  • 2014–2016
    Lecturer, University of New England
  • 2013–2014
    Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Iowa State University
  • 2011–2013
    Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Harvard University

Education

  • 2011 
    University of Manchester, UK, PhD
  • 2006 
    University of Manchester, UK, BSc. Hons Zoology with Industrial Experience

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Discovery Project: Snake fangs: insights into snake evolution, palaeoclimate and biodesign
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2020
    Future Fellowship: Adaptive Morphology and Evolution of Invasive Rabbits and Hares
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2017
    Research Fellowship: Understanding the mechanisms of biological diversity using Australian elapid snakes
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Adelaide Research and Innovation, University of Adelaide

Research Areas

  • Biological Adaptation (060303)
  • Phylogeny And Comparative Analysis (060309)
  • Animal Structure And Function (060807)