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KATRINA JONES
PALEONTOLOGIST | MORPHOLOGIST | ANATOMIST
I am a Presidential Fellow and Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. I am interested in the anatomy and evolution of the mammal skeleton, particularly the vertebral column. My work combines comparative anatomy, quantitative morphology (e.g., geometric morphometrics, evolutionary modelling), and biomechanics to understand the evolutionary drivers of the mammalian axial skeleton. Previously, I conducted a NSF-funded postdoctoral project investigating the evolution of the spine in the synapsid forerunners of mammals at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
Education
2014
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2008
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2007
Ph.D. Functional Anatomy and Evolution
Johns Hopkins University
Allometry of the thoracolumbar region in running mammals
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MSc Earth Sciences
Cambridge University
Morphometric Analysis of Cranial Morphology in Pinnipeds (Mammalia, Carnivora)
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BA Earth Sciences
Cambridge University
Grants & Awards
2020
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2017
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2014
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2013
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2013
University Research Fellowship
The Royal Society, London.
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AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Association of Anatomists
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Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Grant-in-aid of research
American Society of Mammalogists
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Theodore Roosevelt Grant
American Museum of Natural History
Grant-in-aid of research
Sigma-Xi
LATEST NEWS
Presidential Fellow position
I am pleased to announce I will be starting a new position in 2021, as a Presidential Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life at University of Manchester.Royal Society Fellowship
I am delighted to have been awarded a 5-year University Research Fellowship by the Royal SocietyNature Eco Evo Paper
New research describes the link between vertebral regionalization and biomechanical functionNature Comms paper
New paper describes the evolution of mammalian axial complexity. Image: A. Neander.Axial Symposium
I participated in an axial evolution symposium at the International Congress on Vertebrate Morphology in PragueSeminar at EEB Brown
I was invited to speak at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown UniversityConcord Field Station Seminar
I gave a research talk at the CFS, the experimental biomechanics center at HarvardTalk at NEOMED
I was invited to speak at Northeast Ohio Medical University, and meet the infamous college mascot, the walking whale!BMC Evolutionary Biology paper
Recent paper describes impact of adaptation and constraint on mammal axial skeleton using GMMScience paper
Study reveals the evolutionary steps behind the origin of the regionalized mammal backbone. Image: April NeanderFieldwork in Nova Scotia
Article describing exciting finds from Nova Scotia this year!SVP Calgary
I presented new research on geometric morphometrics of non-mammalian synapsid vertebraeAAA Postdoctoral Fellowship
I am the recipient of the 2017 AAA postdoc fellowship, which will support my research on form and function in the vertebral columnPaper in JEB
New paper clarifies armadillo vertebral biomechanicsJVP paper
JVP short communication describes evolution of accessory articulations in the lumbar region of perissodactylsShow More
