Dr Emma Sherratt

Senior Lecturer

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

ROLES:

=> Director of Science Programs: Program Director for the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science (Advanced) including the end-on Honours and embedded Honours (4-year) programs

=> Lead of the Quantitative Morphology Group: our research aims to understand how the diversity of animals and plants we see around us today came about, so called morphological evolution

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I am an evolutionary biologist with expertise in morphometrics - the statistical analysis of organismal form (shape and size), which I apply to the study of morphological trait evolution at macroevolutionary (among species) and microevolutionary (within species) scales.

My day-to-day research is computer based and museum focussed. I use cutting-edge 3D technology, such as X-ray microCT and laser scanning, to get digital anatomical information from museum specimens. Then I take precise measurements on these morphological structures and use statistical analysis to test specific hypotheses about morphological trait evolution.

I investigate macroevolutionary trends in the morphological evolution of organisms to understand the historical factors responsible for biodiversity. My empirical research has focused primarily with reptiles and amphibians, but also includes mammals, beetles and molluscs. I apply my expertise in 3D digital imaging (micro-CT, surface scanning and microscopy) to characterise morphological variation, and also use these data to contribute to systematics (taxonomy) and phylogenetics.

From 2013-2017 I was co-author of the widely used R package 'geomorph' for statistical analysis of multivariate and multidimensional data. I continue to write code for my own research projects and teach workshops in morphometrics.

Reptiles and amphibians are my passion, but I have worked on a diverse array of animals including snakes, rabbits and mice, caecilian amphibians, Anolis lizards, bivalved scallops, and frogs (and their tadpoles). I have also supervised students studying morphological evolution of dung beetles, lizards, marsupials, primates, bird eggs and even plant leaves.

=> Contact me for research collaboration opportunities and morphometrics training.

=> Contact me for supervision: I am happy to take students at all levels (undergraduate student summer scholarships, undergraduate honours, masters and PhD). I have projects available using morphometrics and phylogenetic comparative methods to answer questions in evolutionary biology, developmental biology, palaeontology and ecology.

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2023 - ongoing	Senior Lecturer (T&R Academic, continuing)	University of Adelaide
2023 - ongoing	Director Science Programs	University of Adelaide
2021 - 2023	Senior Lecturer (T&R Academic, fixed-term)	University of Adelaide
2020 - 2023	ARC Future Fellow	University of Adelaide
2019 - 2019	Lecturer (T&R Academic, fixed-term)	University of Adelaide
2017 - 2019	Research Fellow	University of Adelaide, Adelaide
2016 - 2017	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Australian National University, Canberra
2014 - 2016	Lecturer in Zoology (T&R Academic, fixed-term)	University of New England
2013 - 2014	Postdoctoral Research Assistant	Iowa State University, Ames
2011 - 2013	Postdoctoral Research Assistant	Harvard University, Cambridge
2006 - 2007	Research Technician	University of Manchester, Manchester

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2020	Fellowship	ARC Future Fellowship	The University of Adelaide	Australia	$681,697
2019	Award	Women’s Research Excellence Award	The University of Adelaide	Australia	$5000
2018	Award	Travel Award from Society for the Study of Evolution	Society for the Study of Evolution	France	US $5,000
2017	Award	Early Career Researcher International Conference Travel Award	The University of Adelaide	Australia	$2000
2017	Fellowship	Early Career Research Fellowship	The University of Adelaide	Australia	$20,000 plus salary
2017	Recognition	Best talk	Australian National University	Australia	-
2012	Award	Postdoctoral Award for Professional Development	Harvard University	United States	US$1,000
2007	Scholarship	PhD Scholarship, National Environmental Research Council (NERC) industrial collaborative awards in science and engineering (CASE)	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	-
2006	Award	Zoology Prize of Excellence	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	-

Language Competencies

Language Competency
French Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
German Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

Language	Competency
French	Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
German	Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2007 - 2011	University of Manchester, Manchester	United Kingdom	Ph.D. Animal Biology
2002 - 2006	University of Manchester, Manchester	United Kingdom	B.Sc. Zoology with Industrial Experience

Research Interests

Anatomy & Morphology Animal Developmental Animal Structure and Function Animal Systematics and Taxonomy Biological Adaptation Biostatistics Evolutionary Biology Invasive Species Ecology Paleontology Statistics & Probability Vertebrate Biology Zoology

Journals

Year	Citation
2024	Mitchell, D. R., Sherratt, E., & Weisbecker, V. (2024). Facing the facts: adaptive trade-offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling. Biological Reviews, 99(2), 496-524. DOI Scopus1
2024	Nash-Hahn, T., Stepanova, N., Davis Rabosky, A. R., & Sherratt, E. (2024). Modification of vertebral regions explains heart position in arboreal colubrids (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 14 pages. DOI
2023	Botha, T., Sherratt, E., Droser, M., Gehling, J., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (2023). Elucidating the morphology and ecology of Eoandromeda octobrachiata from the Ediacaran of South Australia. Papers in Palaeontology, 9(6), e1530-1-e1530-15. DOI
2023	Zhao, Y., Guzik, M., Humphreys, W., Watts, C., Cooper, S., & Sherratt, E. (2023). Evolutionary transition from surface to subterranean living in Australian water beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) through adaptive and relaxed selection. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 14 pages. DOI
2023	Martin, E. M., & Sherratt, E. (2023). Grasping hold of functional trade-offs using the diversity of foot forms in Australian birds. Evolutionary Ecology, 37(6), 945-959. DOI
2023	Palci, A., Lee, M. S. Y., Crowe-Riddell, J., & Sherratt, E. (2023). Shape and size variation in elapid snake fangs, and the effects of phylogeny and diet. Evolutionary Biology, 50(4), 476-487. DOI
2023	Green, A., Oliver, P., Gray, J., & Sherratt, E. (2023). Adaptive tails? parallel evolution of “bulbous” tails in monsoonal tropics lineages of an Australia gecko radiation (Oedura). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 13 pages. DOI
2023	Mitchell, D. R., Sherratt, E., & Weisbecker, V. (2023). Facing the facts: Adaptive trade-offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling. DOI
2023	Sherratt, E., & Kraatz, B. (2023). Multilevel analysis of integration and disparity in the mammalian skull. Evolution, 77(4), 1006-1018. DOI
2023	Latimer, A., Sherratt, E., Bonnet, T., & Scheyer, T. (2023). Semicircular canal shape diversity among modern lepidosaurs: Life habit, size, allometry. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 23(1), 10-1-10-12. DOI
2023	Ammresh., Sherratt, E., Thomson, V. A., Lee, M. S. Y., Dunstan, N., Allen, L., . . . Palci, A. (2023). Island tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) gain a ‘head start’ in life: how both adaptation and evolution underlie skull shape differences. Evolutionary Biology, 50(1), 111-126. DOI Scopus1
2022	Sherratt, E., Nash-Hahn, T., Nankivell, J., Rasmussen, A. R., Hampton, P. M., & Sanders, K. (2022). Macroevolution in axial morphospace: innovations accompanying the transition to marine environments in elapid snakes. Royal Society Open Science, 9(12), 1-12. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2022	Geiger, M., Sánchez-Villagra, M., & Sherratt, E. (2022). Cranial shape variation in domestication: a pilot study on the case of rabbits. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 338(8), 532-541. DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC3
2022	Sherratt, E., McCullough, E. L., & Painting, C. J. (2022). Commentary: The ecological and evolutionary implications of allometry. Evolutionary Ecology, 36(4), 431-437. DOI Scopus1
2022	Onley, I., Moseby, K., Austin, J., & Sherratt, E. (2022). Morphological variation in skull shape and size across extinct and extant populations of the greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor): implications for translocation. Australian Mammalogy, 44(3), 352-363. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	Patterson, M., Wolfe, A., Fleming, P., Bateman, P. W., Sherratt, E., & Warburton, N. (2022). Ontogenetic shift in diet of a large elapid snake is facilitated by allometric change in skull morphology. Evolutionary Ecology, 36(4), 489-502. DOI Scopus10 WoS6
2022	Chatterji, R., Sherratt, E., Hipsley, C., Hutchinson, M., & Jones, M. (2022). [PLEASE UPDATE Auth Aff] Ontogenetic allometry underlies trophic diversity in sea turtles (Chelonioidea). Evolutionary Ecology, 36(4), 511-540. DOI Scopus9 WoS5
2022	Todorov, O., Hird, C., Kraatz, B., Sherratt, E., Hill, N., de Sousa, A., . . . Weisbecker, V. (2022). Down a rabbit hole: Burrowing behaviour and larger home ranges are related to larger brains in Leporids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 29(4), 957-967. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2022	Martin, E., Young, J., Fellman, C., Kraatz, B., & Sherratt, E. (2022). Anatomical correlates of cursoriality are compromised by body size and propensity to burrow in a group of small mammals (Lagomorpha). Evolutionary Biology, 49(4), 464-481. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	Harvey, A., & Sherratt, E. (2022). A comparison of ecomorphology between introduced and native Australian dung beetles. Australian Journal of Zoology, 70(4), 115-125. DOI
2021	Scarsbrook, L., Sherratt, E., Hitchmough, R. A., & Rawlence, N. J. (2021). Skeletal variation in extant species enables systematic identification of New Zealand’s large, subfossil diplodactylids. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21(1), 1-10. DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC1
2021	Weisbecker, V., Rowe, T., Wroe, S., Macrini, T., Garland, K., Travouillon, K., . . . Sherratt, E. (2021). Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls. Evoution, 75(3), 625-640. DOI Scopus26 WoS18 Europe PMC6
2021	Kraatz, B., Belabbas, R., Fostowicz-Frelik, L. A., Ge, D., Kuznetsov, A. N., Madlen, L., . . . Ruf, I. (2021). Lagomorpha as a model morphological system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 636402-1-636402-26. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2020	Puckett, E., Sherratt, E., Combs, M., Carlen, E. J., Harcourt-Smith, W., & Munshi-South, J. (2020). Variation in brown rat cranial shape shows directional selection over 120 years in New York City. Ecology and Evolution, 10(11), 4739-4748. DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC4
2020	Guillerme, T., Cooper, N., Brusatte, S., Davis, K., Jackson, A., Gerber, S., . . . Donoghue, P. (2020). Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity. Biology Letters, 16(7), 1-8. DOI Scopus51 WoS38 Europe PMC16
2020	Sherratt, E., & Sanders, K. (2020). Patterns of intracolumnar size variation inform the heterochronic mechanisms underlying extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. Evolution & Development, 22(3), 283-290. DOI Scopus6 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2020	Marcy, A. E., Guillerme, T., Sherratt, E., Rowe, K., Phillips, M., & Weisbecker, V. (2020). Australian Rodents Reveal Conserved Cranial Evolutionary Allometry across 10 Million Years of Murid Evolution. American Naturalist, 196(6), 755-768. DOI Scopus24 WoS22 Europe PMC11
2020	Mitchell, D. R., Sherratt, E., Sansalone, G., Ledogar, J. A., Flavel, R. J., & Wroe, S. (2020). Feeding biomechanics influences craniofacial morphology at the subspecies scale among Australian pademelons (macropodidae: thylogale). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 27(2), 199-209. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
2019	Gallaher, T. J., Adams, D. C., Attigala, L., Burke, S. V., Craine, J. M., Duvall, M. R., . . . Clark, L. G. (2019). Leaf shape and size tracks habitat transitions across forest-grassland boundaries in the grass family (Poaceae). Evolution, 73(5), 927-946. DOI Scopus40 WoS35 Europe PMC13
2019	Sherratt, E., Sanders, K., Watson, A., Hutchinson, M., Lee, M. S. Y., & Palci, A. (2019). Heterochronic shifts mediate ecomorphological convergence in skull shape of microcephalic sea snakes. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59(3), 616-624. DOI Scopus22 WoS20 Europe PMC11
2019	Bardua, C., Marshall, A., Gower, D. J., Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., & Goswami, A. (2019). Morphological evolution and modularity of the caecilian skull. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19(1), 1-23. DOI Scopus59 WoS61 Europe PMC29
2019	Marshall, A. F., Bardua, C., Gower, D. J., Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., & Goswami, A. (2019). High-density three-dimensional morphometric analyses support conserved static (intraspecific) modularity in caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) crania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126(4), 721-742. DOI Scopus27 WoS28
2019	Gray, J. A., Sherratt, E., Hutchinson, M., & Jones, M. E. H. (2019). Changes in ontogenetic patterns facilitate diversification in skull shape of Australian agamid lizards. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19(7), 1-10. DOI Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC4
2019	Hipsley, C., & Sherratt, E. (2019). Psychology, not technology, is our biggest challenge to open digital morphology data. Scientific Data, 6(1), 41-1-41-5. DOI Scopus15 WoS12 Europe PMC7
2019	Gray, J., Sherratt, E., Hutchinson, M. N., & Jones, M. (2019). Evolution of cranial shape in a continental-scale evolutionary radiation of Australian lizards. Evolution, 73(11), 2216-2229. DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC6
2019	Weisbecker, V., Guillerme, T., Speck, C., Sherratt, E., Abraha, H. M., Sharp, A., . . . Panagiotopoulou, O. (2019). Individual variation of the masticatory system dominates 3D skull shape in the herbivory-adapted marsupial wombats. Frontiers in Zoology, 16(1), 41-1-41-14. DOI Scopus15 WoS13
2019	Martin, M. L., Travouillon, K. J., Sherratt, E., Fleming, P. A., & Warburton, N. M. (2019). Covariation between forelimb muscle anatomy and bone shape in an Australian scratch-digging marsupial: comparison of morphometric methods. Journal of Morphology, 280(12), 1900-1915. DOI Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC2
2019	Sherratt, E., Coutts, F., Rasmussen, A., & Sanders, K. (2019). Vertebral evolution and ontogenetic allometry: the developmental basis of extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. Evolution and Development, 21(3), 135-144. DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC3
2018	Sherratt, E., Rasmussen, A., & Sanders, K. (2018). Trophic specialization drives morphological evolution in sea snakes. Royal Society Open Science, 5(3), 172141-1-172141-8. DOI Scopus38 WoS30 Europe PMC16
2018	Attard, M., Sherratt, E., McDonald, P., Young, I., Vidal-García, M., & Wroe, S. (2018). A new, three-dimensional geometric morphometric approach to assess egg shape. PeerJ, 6(6), 5052. DOI Scopus18 WoS14 Europe PMC2
2018	Mitchell, D., Sherratt, E., Ledogar, J., & Wroe, S. (2018). The biomechanics of foraging determines face length among kangaroos and their relatives. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1881), 1-10. DOI Scopus23 WoS19 Europe PMC7
2018	Sherratt, E., Anstis, M., & Keogh, J. S. (2018). Ecomorphological diversity of Australian tadpoles. Ecology and Evolution, 8(24), 12929-12939. DOI Scopus22 WoS20 Europe PMC4
2017	Esquerré, D., Sherratt, E., & Keogh, J. (2017). Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes. Evolution, 71(12), 2829-2844. DOI Scopus59 WoS49 Europe PMC23
2017	Sherratt, E., Serb, J., & Adams, D. (2017). Rates of morphological evolution, asymmetry and morphological integration of shell shape in scallops. BMC evolutionary biology, 17(1), 248-1-248-11. DOI Scopus27 WoS26 Europe PMC9
2017	Serb, J., Sherratt, E., Alejandrino, A., & Adams, D. (2017). Phylogenetic convergence and multiple shell shape optima for gliding scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30(9), 1736-1747. DOI Scopus28 WoS27 Europe PMC8
2017	Sherratt, E., Vidal-García, M., Anstis, M., & Keogh, J. (2017). Adult frogs and tadpoles have different macroevolutionary patterns across the Australian continent. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1(9), 1385-1391. DOI Scopus57 WoS55 Europe PMC16
2017	Barak, M., Sherratt, E., & Lieberman, D. E. (2017). Using principle trabecular orientation to differentiate joint loading orientation in the 3rd metacarpal heads of humans and chimpanzees. Journal of Human Evolution, 113, 173-182. DOI Scopus24 WoS24 Europe PMC7
2017	Dickson, B., Sherratt, E., Losos, J., & Pierce, S. (2017). Semicircular canals in Anolis lizards: ecomorphological convergence and ecomorph affinities of fossil species. Royal Society Open Science, 4(10), 170058-1-170058-15. DOI Scopus20 WoS19 Europe PMC10
2017	Attard, M., Medina, I., Langmore, N., & Sherratt, E. (2017). Egg shape mimicry in parasitic cuckoos. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30(11), 2079-2084. DOI Scopus20 WoS21 Europe PMC8
2017	Garland, K., Marcy, A., Sherratt, E., & Weisbecker, V. (2017). Out on a limb: bandicoot limb co-variation suggests complex impacts of development and adaptation on marsupial forelimb evolution. Evolution and Development, 19(2), 69-84. DOI Scopus15 WoS12 Europe PMC8
2016	Klaczko, J., Sherratt, E., & Setz, E. (2016). Are diet preferences associated to skulls shape diversification in xenodontine snakes?. PLoS ONE, 11(2), 1-12. DOI Scopus38 WoS37 Europe PMC16
2016	Kraatz, B., & Sherratt, E. (2016). Evolutionary morphology of the rabbit skull. PeerJ, 4(9), 1-23. DOI Scopus19 WoS19 Europe PMC9
2016	Marcy, A., Hadly, E., Sherratt, E., Garland, K., & Weisbecker, V. (2016). Getting a head in hard soils: convergent skull evolution and divergent allometric patterns explain shape variation in a highly diverse genus of pocket gophers (Thomomys). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1), 1-16. DOI Scopus30 WoS30 Europe PMC13
2016	Sherratt, E., Alejandrino, A., Kraemer, A., Serb, J., & Adams, D. (2016). Trends in the sand: directional evolution in the shell shape of recessing scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). Evolution; international journal of organic evolution, 70(9), 2061-2073. DOI Scopus33 WoS33 Europe PMC10
2015	Hetherington, A., Sherratt, E., Ruta, M., Wilkinson, M., Deline, B., & Donoghue, P. (2015). Do cladistic and morphometric data capture common patterns of morphological disparity?. Palaeontology, 58(3), 393-399. DOI Scopus42 WoS40
2015	Kraatz, B., Sherratt, E., Bumacod, N., & Wedel, M. (2015). Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). PeerJ, 3(3), 1-20. DOI Scopus20 WoS19 Europe PMC12
2015	Leamy, L., Klingenberg, C., Sherratt, E., Wolf, J., & Cheverud, J. (2015). The genetic architecture of fluctuating asymmetry of mandible size and shape in a population of mice: Another look. Symmetry, 7(1), 146-163. DOI Scopus21 WoS19
2015	Sherratt, E., Del Rosario Castañeda, M., Garwood, R., Mahler, D., Sanger, T., Herrel, A., . . . Hillis, D. (2015). Amber fossils demonstrate deep-time stability of Caribbean lizard communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(32), 9961-9966. DOI Scopus45 WoS40 Europe PMC16
2014	Sherratt, E., Gower, D., Klingenberg, C., & Wilkinson, M. (2014). Evolution of Cranial Shape in Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Evolutionary Biology, 41(4), 528-545. DOI Scopus105 WoS96
2014	Tschopp, P., Sherratt, E., Sanger, T., Groner, A., Aspiras, A., Hu, J., . . . Tabin, C. (2014). A relative shift in cloacal location repositions external genitalia in amniote evolution. Nature, 516(7531), 391-394. DOI Scopus60 WoS53 Europe PMC44
2014	Del Rosario Castañeda, M., Sherratt, E., & Losos, J. (2014). The Mexican amber anole, Anolis electrum, within a phylogenetic context: Implications for the origins of Caribbean anoles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172(1), 133-144. DOI Scopus13 WoS11
2014	Maddin, H., & Sherratt, E. (2014). Influence of fossoriality on inner ear morphology: Insights from caecilian amphibians. Journal of Anatomy, 225(1), 83-93. DOI Scopus29 WoS28 Europe PMC17
2014	Wilkinson, M., Presswell, B., Sherratt, E., Papadopoulou, A., & Gower, D. (2014). A new species of striped Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from Myanmar. Zootaxa, 3785(1), 45-58. DOI Scopus13 WoS13 Europe PMC3
2013	Sanger, T., Sherratt, E., Mcglothlin, J., Brodie, E., Losos, J., & Abzhanov, A. (2013). Convergent Evolution Of Sexual Dimorphism In Skull Shape Using Distinct Developmental Strategies. Evolution, 67(8), 2180-2193. DOI Scopus74 WoS66 Europe PMC31
2013	Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., Starace, F., & Gower, D. (2013). A new species of skin-feeding caecilian and the first report of reproductive mode in Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae). PLoS ONE, 8(3), e57756-1-e57756-11. DOI Scopus42 WoS35 Europe PMC9
2012	Kamei, R. G., San Mauro, D., Gower, D. J., Van Bocxlaer, I., Sherratt, E., Thomas, A., . . . Biju, S. D. (2012). Discovery of a new family of amphibians from northeast India with ancient links to Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1737), 2396-2401. DOI Scopus108 WoS95 Europe PMC24
2011	Wilkinson, M., Mauro, D., Sherratt, E., & Gower, D. (2011). A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zootaxa, (2874), 41-64. Scopus122 WoS109
2010	Gower, D. J., Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., & Kok, P. J. R. (2010). A new species of Rhinatrema Duméril & Bibron (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Guyana. Zootaxa, 2391(2391), 47-60. DOI Scopus24 WoS22
2008	Leamy, L. J., Klingenberg, C. P., Sherratt, E., Wolf, J. B., & Cheverud, J. M. (2008). A search for quantitative trait loci exhibiting imprinting effects on mouse mandible size and shape. Heredity, 101(6), 518-526. DOI Scopus42 WoS44 Europe PMC37
2007	Poynton, J. C., Loader, S. P., Sherratt, E., & Clarke, B. T. (2007). Amphibian diversity in East African biodiversity hotspots: Altitudinal and latitudinal patterns. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16(4), 1103-1118. DOI Scopus29 WoS28 Europe PMC7

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2023	Starr, K., Sherratt, E., & Sanger, T. (2023). Evolutionary Patterns of Anolis Skull Shape Diversity. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY Vol. 63 (pp. S440). OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
2020	Gray, J. A., Sherratt, E., Hutchinson, M. N., & Jones, M. E. H. (2020). Dragons of the trees, the rocks, and the ground: the evolution of cranial shape in a continental-scale evolutionary radiation of lizards (Lepidosauria: Agamidae). In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY Vol. 60 (pp. E89). Austin, TX: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
2020	Kraatz, B., FRANKENBERG, L., Sherratt, E., & SCHMITZ, L. (2020). A link between orbital convergence and locomotor behavior in leporids and its implications for the evolution of the primate visual system. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology Vol. 117 (pp. 148-149). Los Angeles, CA USA: Wiley.
2019	Sherratt, E., & Sanders, K. L. (2019). Tiny heads: the evolution of microcephalic sea snakes. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY Vol. 59 (pp. E212). Tampa, FL: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
2016	Barak, M. M., Sherratt, E., & Lieberman, D. E. (2016). Trabecular orientation in the 3rd metacarpal head of humans and chimps reveals their difference in locomotion behavior. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Vol. 159 (pp. 86). Atlanta, GA: WILEY-BLACKWELL. WoS2
2015	Sherratt, E., Adams, D. C., & Serb, J. M. (2015). Macroevolution, phylomorphospace and directional evolution in recessing scallops. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY Vol. 55 (pp. E166). West Palm Beach, FL: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
2012	Sherratt, E., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. J., & Klingenberg, C. P. (2012). Evolution of Cranial Modularity in Caecilians. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY Vol. 52 (pp. E159). Charleston, SC: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. WoS1

Original Creative Works

Year	Citation
2012	Authors: Sherratt E. Title: They've Kept On Keeping On. Description: N/A. Extent: N/A. DOI
2012	Authors: Sherratt E. Title: Is it a snake? Is it a worm? No it's a caecilian!. Description: Article aimed at 16 to 18-year-olds in educational magazine. Discusses research on caecilian amphibians.. Extent: 7 pages.

Internet Publications

Year	Citation
2023	Palci, A., Sherratt, E., & Lee, M. S. Y. (2023). On a tiny Australian island, snakes feasting on seabirds evolved huge jaws in a surprisingly short time. The Conversation.
2023	Sherratt, E. (2023). In the Year of the Rabbit, spare a thought for all these wonderful endangered bunny species. The Conversation.

Datasets

Year	Citation
2023	Sherratt, E. (2023). Data for: Evolutionary transition from surface to subterranean living in Australian water beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) through adaptive and relaxed selection. DOI
2022	Sherratt, E. (2022). Data from: Macroevolution in axial morphospace: Innovations accompanying the transition to marine environments in elapid snakes. DOI
2020	Marcy, A., Guillerme, T., Sherratt, E., Rowe, K., Phillips, M., & Weisbecker, V. (2020). Data for: Australian rodents reveal conserved craniofacial evolutionary allometry across 10 million years of murid evolution. DOI
2018	Sherratt, E., Anstis, M., & Keogh, S. K. (2018). Ecomorphological diversity of Australian tadpoles. DOI
2018	Attard, M., Sherratt, E., McDonald, P., Young, I., Vidal-García, M., & Wroe, S. (2018). Data for: A new, three-dimensional geometric morphometric approach to assess egg shape. DOI
2018	Sherratt, E., Rasmussen, A., & Sanders, K. (2018). Data for: Trophic specialisation drives morphological evolution in sea snakes. DOI
2017	Sherratt, E., Vidal-García, M., Anstis, M., & Keogh, S. (2017). Data for: Adult frogs and tadpoles have different macroevolutionary patterns across the Australian continent. DOI
2017	Esquerré, D., Sherratt, E., & Keogh, J. S. (2017). Data for: Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes. DOI
2017	Attard, M., Medina, I., Sherratt, E., & Langmore, N. (2017). Data for: Egg shape mimicry in parasitic cuckoos. DOI
2015	Sherratt, E., Castañeda, M. D. R., Garwood, R., Mahler, D. L., Sanger, T., Herrel, A., . . . Losos, J. (2015). Data for: Amber fossils demonstrate deep-time stability of Caribbean lizard communities. DOI
2014	Castañeda, D., Sherratt, S., & Losos, B. (2014). The Mexican amber anole, Anolis electrum, within a phylogenetic context: implications for Caribbean anoles origins (project). DOI
-	Sherratt, E., Sanders, K. L., Watson, A., N, H. M., Lee, M. S. Y., & Palci, A. (n.d.). Data for: Heterochronic shifts mediate ecomorphological convergence in skull shape of microcephalic sea snakes. DOI
-	Sherratt, E., & Sanders, K. (n.d.). Data for: Patterns of intracolumnar size variation inform the heterochronic mechanisms underlying extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. DOI
-	Harvey, A., & Sherratt, E. (n.d.). Data for: A comparison of ecomorphology between introduced and native Australian dung beetles. DOI
-	Palci, A., Lee, M. S. Y., Crowe-Riddell, J. M., & Sherratt, E. (n.d.). Data for: Shape and size variation in elapid snake fangs, and the effects of phylogeny and diet. DOI
-	Zhao, Y., Guzik, M., Humphreys, W., Watts, C. H. S., Cooper, S., & Sherratt, E. (n.d.). Data for: Evolutionary transition from surface to subterranean living in Australian water beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) through adaptive and relaxed selection. DOI
-	Latimer, A., Sherratt, E., Bonnet, T., & Torsten, T. (n.d.). Data for: Semicircular canal shape diversity among modern lepidosaurs – Life habit, size, allometry. DOI

Software

Year Citation
2017 Adams, D. C., Collyer, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., & Sherratt, E. (2017). geomorph: Software for geometric morphometric analyses (Version 3.0.5) [Computer Software]. CRAN.

Year	Citation
2017	Adams, D. C., Collyer, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., & Sherratt, E. (2017). geomorph: Software for geometric morphometric analyses (Version 3.0.5) [Computer Software]. CRAN.

Filesets

Year	Citation
-	Sherratt, E., Coutts, F., Rasmussen, A. R., & Sanders, K. (n.d.). Data for: Vertebral evolution and ontogenetic allometry: The developmental basis of extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. DOI

Research Grants

2023 Australia & Pacific Science Foundation (APSF23039), Chief Investigator: Dr Natalie Warburton, Murdoch University; co-Investigator: Dr Emma Sherratt

3-years’ research funds, AU$44,380

2023 University of Otago Research Grant, University of Otago, Principal Investigator: Dr Nic Rawlence; Co-PI: Dr Kieren Mitchell; Associate Investigators: Dr Emma Sherratt, Prof Aaron Bauer, Dr Stuart Nielsen, Dr Christophe Sand

12-months’ research funds, NZD$50,000

2020 Discovery Project Australian Research Council (DP200102328), co-lead CI, with Prof Mike Lee Flinders University

3-years’ research funds, AUD$425,930

2020 Future Fellowship, Australian Research Council (FT190100803)

4-years’ salary and research funds, AUD$681,697

2018 University of Adelaide Research Fellowship, University of Adelaide, SA AUS (13120262)

12-months’ salary and research funds, AUD$125,590

2017 University of Adelaide Research Fellowship, University of Adelaide, SA AUS (13117787)

12-months’ salary and research funds, AUD$121,400

Travel Grants

2018 Travel Award from Society for the Study of Evolution

Travel grant (US$500) to attend Evolution Joint Congress in Montpellier, France

2017 Early Career Researcher International Conference Travel Scheme, University of Adelaide, SA AUS

Travel grant (AU$2,000) to attend Evolution, Portland OR USA

2012 Postdoctoral Award for Professional Development, Harvard University, MA USA

Travel grant (US$1,000) to attend World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver Canada

2003 Zochonis Special Enterprise award, The University of Manchester, UK

Travel grant (£1,000) to join Operation Wallacea conservation group in Indonesia

Coordinator

Principles & Practices of Research (Advanced) (SCIENCE 1300)

Course Coordinator

Principles & Practices of Research (Advanced) (SCIENCE 1300, 2300, 3100)

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Discipline Coordinator

Guest Lecturer

Research Methods in Evolutionary Biology III (ENV BIOL 3535 Sem 1)

Trait evolution lecture

Evolutionary Biology III (ENV BIOL 3590 Sem 2)

Snake practical class

University of California, Merced, CA USA

Online discussion about my research for Herpetology (BIO 158 Spring)

University of Idaho, ID USA

Online discussion about my research for Herpetology (BIOL 489 Fall)

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2024	Co-Supervisor	Conservation biology of Australian native marine animals	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Jasmine Doreen Towle
2024	Principal Supervisor	Shaping palaeoherpetology: quantifying shape variation in the bones of Varanus, with palaeontological applications.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Isabella Donato
2023	Co-Supervisor	Evolution of Australian Underground Water Beetle (Dytiscidae) Fauna: A Phylo-Comparative Approach for Evolution in the Dark Biosphere	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yuxuan Zhao
2022	Principal Supervisor	Evolutionary Constraints and Trade-Offs in the Locomotor Morphology of Birds and Mammals	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Ellen May Martin
2022	Principal Supervisor	An exploration of sexual dimorphism within Australian snakes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Tamika Jayne Nash-Hahn
2021	Principal Supervisor	To advance knowledge on the phylogenetic status of the Australian hare and investigate changing morphologies involved in locomotion and dispersal ability of this species.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Nuttakorn Taewcharoen
2020	Co-Supervisor	Morphology and ecology of Ediacaran fossils from Nilpena Station (Ediacara Conservation Park, Flinders Ranges, South Australia)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Tory Lyn Botha

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2022 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Cephalic and encephalic arterial anatomy and perfusion in birds and mammals assessed via microsphere circulation, contrast injection, and osteoforamina measurement	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Thomas Jack Nelson

Other Supervision Activities

Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Is the leporid auditory bulla size correlated with aridity?	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Jessica Broad
2023 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Identifying fossil frog ilia from Naracoorte Caves via the comparison of their geometric morphometric measurements to ilia of extant Limestone Coast frogs	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Natasha Lee Hiotis
2023 - ongoing	External Supervisor	Triassic vertebrate fossils of Australia	James Cook University	Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)	Doctorate	Full Time	Ashten Turner
2022 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Investigating conservation status and geographical distribution of native and feral Leporidae in China	The University of Adelaide	Summer Scholarship	Other	Full Time	Leyan Chen
2022 - ongoing	Other	Adaptation and constraint in macrostomatan snake jaws	University of Chicago	Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology	Doctorate	Full Time	Danny Rhoda
2022 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Diving in the dark: morphological diversity of subterranean beetles	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Yuxuan Zhao
2021 - ongoing	Other	Spatial variability in carapace morphology for Sternotherus carinatus (razor-backed musk turtle).	Stephen F. Austin State University	Master's of Science in Natural and Applied Science	Master	Part Time	Robert Zac Selden, Jr.
2021 - ongoing	External Supervisor	Cranial evolution in the Pygopodidae – ontogeny, ecology and divergence in skull shape of legless lizards	Murdoch University	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Matthew Patterson
2021 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Morphological evolution of Diplodactyloid geckos	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Amy Green
2021 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Vertebral evolution of snakes	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Tamika Nash-Hahn
2021 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Ecomorpholgical diversity of rabbits	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Ellen Martin
2021 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Phenotypic plasticity in Tiger Snakes	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Ammresh
2021 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Morphology and genetics of Australian rabbits	The University of Adelaide	School of Biological Sciences - Undergraduate Summer Scholarship	Other	Full Time	Peter Brownridge
2020 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Cranial and dental phenomics associated with Fibroblast Growth Factor gene knockout (FGF10+/-) mutation	The University of Adelaide	Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science in Dentistry	Honours	Full Time	Jenny Tan
2019 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	Morphological Evolution of Foot Morphology in Australian Passerine Birds	The University of Adelaide	School of Biological Sciences - Undergraduate Summer Scholarship	Other	Full Time	Ellen Martin
2019 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	Constructing the insect morphospace	The University of Adelaide	School of Biological Sciences - Undergraduate Summer Scholarship	Other	Full Time	Jackson Dann
2019 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Eoandromeda, the Ediacaran Fossil	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Tory Botha
2019 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	Morphological Evolution of Dung Beetles	University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Alex Harvey
2018 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	Geometric Morphometrics	University of Adelaide	Bachelor Science (Environmental Science and Engineering)	Other	Part Time	Dylan Simunsen
2018 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	What Makes a Dingo? Investigating the Variation in the Dingoes’ Skeletal Morphology	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Ecology and Environmental Science	Honours	Full Time	Aurelie Kanishka
2017 - 2018	External Supervisor	Ontogenetic shifts in the diet and skull morphology of the dugite (Pseudonaja affinis)	Murdoch University	Bachelor of Science with Honours	Honours	Part Time	Matthew Patterson
2015 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Morphology, Biomechanics and Diet in Anthropoidea (Primates)	University of New England	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Hiu Ying Luk
2015 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	The cranial mechanics of herbivory in diprotodont marsupials: an integrated geometric morphometric and finite element approach	University of New England	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	David Rex Mitchell

Mentoring

Date	Topic	Location	Name
2022 - ongoing	Geometric morphometrics, MSc candidate	University of Otago	Alexander Brown
2019 - 2021	Geometric morphometrics, MSc candidate	University of Otago	Lachie Scarsbrook
2017 - 2019	Geometric morphometrics, PhD candidate	University of Adelaide	Jaimi A Gray
2017 - ongoing	Geometric morphometrics, PhD candidate	The University of Adelaide	Ray Chatterji

Committee Memberships

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2024 - ongoing	President	Australasian Evolution Society	Australasian Evolution Society	Australia
2023 - ongoing	Member	Faculty of SET Curriculum Committee	University of Adelaide	Australia
2023 - ongoing	Member	Faculty of SET Learning & Teaching Committee	University of Adelaide	Australia
2023 - ongoing	Vice-President	Australasian Evolution Society	Australasian Evolution Society	Australia
2022 - ongoing	Council	Royal Society of South Australia	Royal Society of South Australia	Australia
2019 - ongoing	Member	School of Biological Sciences Research Committee	The University of Adelaide	Australia
2019 - 2020	Council	Royal Society of South Australia	Royal Society of South Australia	Australia

Editorial Boards

Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
2024 - ongoing	Associate Editor	Evolution	Oxford Academic	Australia
2023 - ongoing	Associate Editor	Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society	Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society	United Kingdom
2020 - ongoing	Associate Editor	Evolutionary Ecology	Springer Nature Switzerland AG	Australia

Position: Senior Lecturer
Phone: 83131550
Email: emma.sherratt@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Benham, floor First Floor
Room: 108
Org Unit: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology