20082025

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Biography

Laura completed her BSc at University College London (UCL) and Masters of Research (MRes) in Biosystematics at Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum. She undertook her PhD in Natural Sciences at the University of Zurich (Dr.sc.nat), Switzerland, and completed PG training at UC Santa Barbara, US.

Afterwards, she worked as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyoto University in Japan before moving to Australia to undertake training in computational biomechanics and 3D modelling techniques at UNSW, where she worked as a Swiss (SNF) Postdoctoral Fellow, ARC DECRA Fellow and then Senior Lecturer.

Laura was appointed to her current role, as ARC Future Fellow and Head of Biological Anthropology, at ANU in 2021. She is also a Chief Investigator on the ARC Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling and Manufacturing, held between ANU and QUT.

Besides her experience with collections-based research, Laura has taken part in fieldwork in Germany, Switzerland, Venezuela, Morocco, and Australia. She continues to be involved in fieldwork in northwestern Queensland (Riversleigh World Heritage Area).

Research Interests

  • Growth, development and evolution of mammals
  • 3D imaging and modeling of hard and soft tissues
  • Vertebrate anatomy and morphology
  • Statistical shape analysis
  • Orthopaedic research applications of 3D imaging and shape modeling for osteoarthritis and fracture management

Education/Academic qualification

Biosystematics, Master, Masters of Research, Imperial College London

Palaeobiology, Bachelor, Bachelor of Science, University College London

Natural Sciences, PhD, University of Zurich

External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations

Board of Standards, CSIRO Publishing

18 Nov 2024 → …

Senior Visiting Fellow (Honorary), University of New South Wales

Research student supervision

  • Registered to supervise

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