Dr Emma Sherratt

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• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2020 - 2024	ARC Future Fellow	University of Adelaide
  2019 - 2019	Lecturer (Teaching-Research Academic)	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	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

• 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 Structure and Function Biostatistics Evolutionary Biology Paleontology Statistics & Probability Vertebrate Biology Zoology

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• Journals

  Year	Citation
  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 Scopus1 WoS1
  2021	Kraatz, B., Belabbas, R., Fostowicz-Frelik, L. A., Ge, D., Kuznetsov, A. N., López-Torres, S., . . . Madlen, L. (2021). Lagomorpha as a model morphological system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
  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), 10 pages. DOI
  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 Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC1
  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 Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
  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 Scopus1
  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 Scopus2 WoS2
  2020	Marcy, A. E., Guillerme, T., Sherratt, E., Rowe, K., Phillips, M., & Weisbecker, V. (2020). Australian rodent diversity evolved in the context of allometry arising from intrinsic constraints. American Naturalist, 196(6), 755-768. DOI Scopus2 WoS4
  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 Scopus13 WoS13
  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 Scopus19 WoS22 Europe PMC12
  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 Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
  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 Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC3
  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 Scopus7 WoS9 Europe PMC3
  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 Scopus4 WoS5 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 Scopus2 WoS3
  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 Scopus6 WoS7
  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 Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1
  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 Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC1
  2018	Sherratt, E., Anstis, M., & Keogh, J. S. (2018). Ecomorphological diversity of Australian tadpoles. Ecology and Evolution, 8(24), 12929-12939. DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC1
  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 Scopus18 WoS17 Europe PMC8
  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 Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC1
  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 Scopus10 WoS10
  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 Scopus30 WoS30 Europe PMC10
  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 Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC4
  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 Scopus36 WoS36 Europe PMC6
  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 Scopus16 WoS17 Europe PMC5
  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 Scopus9 WoS10 Europe PMC7
  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 Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC3
  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 Scopus7 WoS9 Europe PMC7
  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 Scopus17 WoS17 Europe PMC5
  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 Scopus24 WoS26 Europe PMC12
  2016	Kraatz, B., & Sherratt, E. (2016). Evolutionary morphology of the rabbit skull. PeerJ, 4(9), 1-23. DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC4
  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 Scopus19 WoS20 Europe PMC8
  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 Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC6
  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 Scopus16 WoS16
  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 Scopus13 WoS9 Europe PMC5
  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 Scopus31 WoS30
  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 Scopus24 WoS23 Europe PMC9
  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 Scopus65 WoS67
  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 Scopus11 WoS12 Europe PMC3
  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 Scopus20 WoS22 Europe PMC12
  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 Scopus10 WoS9
  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 Scopus46 WoS44 Europe PMC36
  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 Scopus32 WoS28 Europe PMC7
  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 Scopus54 WoS52 Europe PMC27
  2012	Kamei, R., San Mauro, D., Gower, D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Sherratt, E., Thomas, A., . . . Biju, S. (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 Scopus84 WoS79 Europe PMC17
  2011	Wilkinson, M., Mauro, D., Sherratt, E., & Gower, D. (2011). A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zootaxa, (2874), 41-64. Scopus102 WoS97
  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 Scopus23 WoS21
  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 Scopus41 WoS42 Europe PMC34
  2007	Poynton, J., Loader, S., Sherratt, E., & Clarke, B. (2007). Amphibian diversity in East African biodiversity hotspots: Altitudinal and latitudinal patterns. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16(4), 1103-1118. DOI Scopus27 WoS26 Europe PMC7

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  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. WoS1
  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

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  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. Poster session presented at the meeting of American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Los Angeles, CA USA: Wiley.
  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). Poster session presented at the meeting of INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. Austin, TX: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

• Original Creative Works

  Year	Citation
  2012	Authors: Sherratt E. Title: They've Kept On Keeping On. Description: N/A. Extent: N/A. DOI

• Datasets

  Year	Citation
  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	Attard, M., Medina, I., Sherratt, E., & Langmore, N. (2017). Data for: Egg shape mimicry in parasitic cuckoos. 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
  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. (n.d.). Data for: Patterns of intracolumnar size variation inform the heterochronic mechanisms underlying extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. 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

• 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.

• 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

Unit coordinator and instructor

• 2020 Semester 1 University of Adelaide, SA AUS 
  • Undergraduate student course (L2). Animal Identification II (ENV BIOL 2520)                                                                                                                
  • 12-week courses, including Tutorials, Research Placements, and Research Symposia; ~60 students each year
• 2019-20 University of Adelaide, SA AUS 
  • Undergraduate student courses (L1-L3). Principles & Practices of Research (Advanced) (SCIENCE 1300, 2300, 3100)                                                                                                               
  • 12-week courses, including Tutorials, Research Placements, and Research Symposia; ~60 students each year
• 2014-15 University of New England, NSW AUS
  • Undergraduate student course (L1). Principles in Zoology (ZOOL 100)                                              
  • 12-week course; 1-week intensive school, plus 9 labs and 23 lectures; 52 Students -27 on campus, 25 off campus

Primary instructor

• 2019 Melbourne Museum & Boden Conference, Melbourne VIC AUS. 
  • Graduate student and above course. Short course in Geometric Morphometrics (2 hours, 19pp.)        
• 2019 University of Adelaide, SA AUS. 
  • Graduate student and above course. Short course in Morphometrics (2 hours, 10pp.)        
• 2015 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Dallas TX USA.
  • Graduate student and above workshop. Short course in Geometric Morphometrics (1 day, 35pp.)         
• 2015 Australian National University, ACT AUS.
  • Graduate student and above course. Short course in Geometric Morphometrics (1 day, 12pp.)              
• 2015 University of Adelaide, SA AUS.
  • Graduate student and above course. Short course in Geometric Morphometrics (1 day, 36pp.)              
• 2014 University of Queensland, QLD AUS.
  • Graduate student and above course. Short course in Geometric Morphometrics (1 day, 13pp.)              
• 2014 University of New England, NSW AUS.
  • Graduate student and above course. Short course in Geometric Morphometrics (2 days, 21pp.)             
• 2009-13 The Natural History Museum, London, The University of Manchester, and Harvard University
  • Training in micro-Computed Tomography Scanning and Processing Software
  • (1 day each, 11 participants overall)                                                                                                         
• 2009-10 The Natural History Museum, London.
  • Graduate student and above course. Micro-CT Processing and Software Workshop (1 day, 5pp.)           
  • Graduate student and above course. Endnote Tricks and Tips Workshops (1 day each, 8pp.)             

Co-instructor

• 2019 University of Adelaide, SA AUS.
  • Undergraduate course. Lectures x 16, Science or Fiction (SCIENCE 1400)                                              
• 2013 University of Iowa, IA USA.
  • Graduate & above course. Short course in Geometric Morphometrics, (with Prof. D.C. Adams)              
• 2010 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
  • Graduate & above course. Geometric Morphometrics & Phylogeny (with Prof. C.P. Klingenberg)           

Guest lectures/labs

• 2020 University of California, Merced, CA USA
  • Online discussion about my research for Herpetology (BIO 158)
• 2018-20 University of Adelaide, SA AUS
  • Lab practical for Evolutionary Biology III (ENV BIOL 3590)    
  • Mentor for Major Research projects for Evolutionary Biology III (ENV BIOL 3590)                                                                 
• 2018-20 University of Adelaide, SA AUS
  • Lecture on Trait Evolution, Research Methods in Evolutionary Biology (ENV BIOL 3535)                  
• 2015-20 University of Idaho, ID USA
  • Online discussion about my research for Herpetology (BIOL 489)                               
• 2016 Australian National University, ACT AUS
  • Lecture and lab practical for Australian Vertebrates course (BIOL 2111)                                                             
  • Lecture for 3D visualisations for Cyberculture course (ARTV 2018)                                                      
• 2015 University of New England, NSW AUS
  • Lecture for Evolution and Biogeography (EVOL 211/411)                                                                     
• 2013 Iowa State University, IA USA
  • Two lectures for Vertebrate Biology course (BIOL 365)                                                                         
• 2012 Harvard University, MA USA
  • Lecture and lab practical on caecilians for Herpetology course (OEB 167)                                                         

Teaching assistant

• 2007-11 The University of Manchester, UK. Undergraduate student courses
  • Anatomy Student Research Skills (lab-based, 1 semester)                                                            
  • Data handling skills (lab- and computer-based, 1 semester)                                                                 
  • Analysis of Organismal Form (in person & online, 1 semester)                                                    
  • Tropical Biology Field course, Ecuador (3 weeks)                                                                                  
  • Behaviour & Ecology Field course, France (2 weeks)                                                                            
  • Marine Biology Field course, Scotland (1 week)                                                                                     

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• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  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

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2021 - ongoing	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 - ongoing	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 - ongoing	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	Morphology and genetics of Australian rabbits	The University of Adelaide	School of Biological Sciences - Undergraduate Summer Scholarship	Other	Full Time	Peter Brownridge
  2020 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Ecomorpholgical diversity of rabbits across South Australia	The University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology	Honours	Full Time	Ellen Martin
  2019 - ongoing	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 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Constructing the insect morphospace	The University of Adelaide	School of Biological Sciences - Undergraduate Summer Scholarship	Other	Full Time	Jackson Dann
  2019 - ongoing	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 - ongoing	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 - ongoing	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
  2019 - ongoing	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

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• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2019 - ongoing	Member	School of Biological Sciences Research Committee	The University of Adelaide	Australia
  2019 - ongoing	Council	Royal Society of South Australia	Royal Society of South Australia	Australia

• Editorial Boards

  Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
  2020 - ongoing	Associate Editor	Evolutionary Ecology	Springer Nature Switzerland AG	Australia

• Position: ARC Future Fellow
• Phone: 83131550
• Email: emma.sherratt@adelaide.edu.au
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• Building: Benham, floor 1
• Room: 1 08
• Org Unit: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology