Dr Emma Sherratt

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2025 - ongoing	Associate Professor (T&R Academic, continuing)	University of Adelaide
  2023 - 2024	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
  2024	Award	Executive Dean's Staff Award for Service	University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2021	Award	School of Biological Sciences Gender Equity Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Award	University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2021	Nomination	Executive Dean of Sciences Awards for Excellence in Teaching	University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  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

• Certifications

  Date	Title	Institution name	Country
  2020	Standard Mental Health First Aider	Mental Health First Aid, Australia	Australia

• 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
  2025	Gunji, M., Taewcharoen, N., Yamada, F., & Sherratt, E. (2025). Does fast running limit numerical variability of the vertebral column in rabbits and hares (Leporidae: Lagomorpha)?. Royal Society Open Science.
  2024	Palci, A., Lee, M. S. Y., Aubret, F., & Sherratt, E. (2024). Multiple Paths to a Larger Mouth: Morphological Divergence in Two Island Populations of Australian Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus). Evolutionary Biology, 51(3-4), 395-405. DOI
  2024	Starr, K. B., Sherratt, E., & Sanger, T. J. (2024). Large morphological transitions underlie exceptional shape diversification in an adaptive radiation. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 10 pages. DOI
  2024	Botha, T., Droser, M., García-Bellido, D., & Sherratt, E. (2024). Morphometric investigation of Tribrachidium from Nilpena Ediacara National Park, South Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(2), a36-1-a36-18. DOI
  2024	Green, A. L., Cowell, E. C., Carr, L. M., Hemsley, K., Sherratt, E., Collins-Praino, L. E., & Carr, J. M. (2024). Application of diceCT to Study the Development of the Zika Virus-Infected Mouse Brain. Viruses, 16(8), 1330-1-1330-19. DOI
  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 Scopus10 Europe PMC5
  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, 202(3), zlae022-1-zlae022-14. DOI Scopus1
  2024	Taewcharoen, N., Norris, R., & Sherratt, E. (2024). Small- to-medium sized mammals show greater morphological disparity in cervical than lumbar vertebrae across different terrestrial modes of locomotion. Ecology and Evolution, 14(6), e11478-1-e11478-26. DOI
  2024	Zhao, Y., Guzik, M., Humphreys, W., Watts, C., Cooper, S., & Sherratt, E. (2024). Evolutionary transition from surface to subterranean living in Australian water beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) through adaptive and relaxed selection. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 142(3), 280-293. DOI Scopus2
  2023	Martin, E., & 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 Scopus1
  2023	Green, A., Oliver, P., Gray, J., & Sherratt, E. (2023). Adaptive tails? Parallel evolution of expanded tails in monsoonal tropics lineages of an Australian gecko radiation (Oedura). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202(2), zlad186-1-zlad186-13. DOI
  2023	Sherratt, E., & Kraatz, B. (2023). Multilevel analysis of integration and disparity in the mammalian skull. Evolution, 77(4), 1006-1018. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
  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 Scopus2
  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 Scopus2 Europe PMC1
  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 Scopus5
  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 Scopus5 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 Scopus6 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 Scopus7
  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 Scopus2 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 Scopus15 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 Scopus17 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 Scopus2 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 Scopus1
  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 Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC2
  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 Scopus29 WoS18 Europe PMC9
  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 Scopus13 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 Scopus12 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 Scopus65 WoS38 Europe PMC24
  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 Scopus7 WoS3 Europe PMC4
  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 Scopus28 WoS22 Europe PMC13
  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 Scopus10 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 Scopus47 WoS35 Europe PMC14
  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 Scopus24 WoS20 Europe PMC12
  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 Scopus67 WoS61 Europe PMC33
  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 Scopus29 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 Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC5
  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 Scopus19 WoS12 Europe PMC9
  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 Scopus17 WoS12 Europe PMC9
  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 Scopus17 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 PMC3
  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 Scopus14 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 Scopus43 WoS30 Europe PMC18
  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 Scopus26 WoS19 Europe PMC9
  2018	Sherratt, E., Anstis, M., & Keogh, J. S. (2018). Ecomorphological diversity of Australian tadpoles. Ecology and Evolution, 8(24), 12929-12939. DOI Scopus24 WoS20 Europe PMC5
  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 Scopus63 WoS49 Europe PMC25
  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 Scopus30 WoS26 Europe PMC10
  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 Scopus30 WoS27 Europe PMC9
  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 Scopus63 WoS55 Europe PMC19
  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 Scopus27 WoS24 Europe PMC10
  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 Scopus22 WoS19 Europe PMC11
  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 Scopus21 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 Scopus40 WoS37 Europe PMC18
  2016	Kraatz, B., & Sherratt, E. (2016). Evolutionary morphology of the rabbit skull. PeerJ, 4(9), 1-23. DOI Scopus23 WoS19 Europe PMC12
  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 Scopus34 WoS30 Europe PMC16
  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 Scopus36 WoS33 Europe PMC11
  2016	Brown, D. D. (2016). Spiritual Currency in Northeast Brazil. AMERICAS, 73(1), 125-126. DOI
  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 Scopus48 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 Scopus22 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 Scopus49 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 Scopus108 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 Scopus61 WoS53 Europe PMC45
  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 Scopus14 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 Scopus32 WoS28 Europe PMC19
  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 Scopus14 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 Scopus77 WoS66 Europe PMC33
  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 Scopus44 WoS35 Europe PMC10
  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 Scopus111 WoS95 Europe PMC25
  2011	Wilkinson, M., Mauro, D., Sherratt, E., & Gower, D. (2011). A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zootaxa, (2874), 41-64. Scopus126 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 Scopus43 WoS44 Europe PMC39
  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 Scopus30 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., & Kraatz, B. (2023). Data for: Multilevel analysis of integration and disparity in the mammalian skull. DOI
  2022	Sherratt, E. (2022). Data from: Macroevolution in axial morphospace: Innovations accompanying the transition to marine environments in elapid snakes. DOI
  2020	Sherratt, E. (2020). Ply files for automatic patch placement for: Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls. DOI
  2020	Sherratt, E. (2020). Endocasts and endocast dissections for: Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls. 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
  2019	Changes in ontogenetic patterns facilitates diversification in skull shape in Australian agamid lizards (project) (2019). DOI
  2019	Hipsley, C., & Sherratt, E. (2019). Literature and survey data for: Psychology, not technology, is our biggest challenge to open digital morphology data. DOI
  2019	Gallaher, T. J., Adams, D. C., Attigala, L., Burke, S. V., Craine, J. M., Duvall, M. R., . . . Clark, L. G. (2019). Data from: Leaf shape and size tracks habitat transitions across forest-grassland boundaries in the grass family (Poaceae). DOI
  2018	Sherratt, E., Coutts, F., Rasmussen, A. R., & Sanders, K. (2018). Data for: Vertebral evolution and ontogenetic allometry: The developmental basis of extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. 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
  2017	Dickson, B. V., Sherratt, E., Losos, J. B., & Pierce, S. E. (2017). Data from: Semicircular canals in Anolis lizards: ecomorphological convergence and ecomorph affinities of fossil species. DOI
  2016	Sherratt, E., Alejandrino, A., Kraemer, A. C., Serb, J. M., & Adams, D. C. (2016). Data from: Trends in the sand: directional evolution in the shell shape of recessing scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). 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
  -	Green, A., Oliver, P., Gray, J., & Sherratt, E. (n.d.). Data for: Adaptive tails? parallel evolution of expanded tails in monsoonal tropics lineages of an Australian gecko radiation (<i>Oedura</i>). DOI
  -	Palci, A., Lee, M. S. Y., Aubret, F., & Sherratt, E. (n.d.). Data for: Multiple paths to a larger mouth: morphological divergence in two island populations of Australian tiger snakes (<i>Notechis scutatus</i>). DOI
  -	Harvey, A., & Sherratt, E. (n.d.). Data for: A comparison of ecomorphology between introduced and native Australian dung beetles. 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
  -	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
  -	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.

• 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

• Preprint

  Year	Citation
  2024	Taewcharoen, N., Norris, R., & Sherratt, E. (2024). Small-to-medium sized mammals show greater morphological disparity in cervical than lumbar vertebrae across different terrestrial modes of locomotion. DOI
  2023	Mitchell, R., Sherratt, E., & Weisbecker, V. (2023). Facing the facts: Adaptive trade-offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling. DOI

Coordinator

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

• Course Coordinator                                                                                          

Guest Lecturer

Molecular Methods in Ecology and Evolution (ENV BIOL 3545 Sem 1)

• Trait evolution lecture

Evolutionary Biology III (ENV BIOL 3590 Sem 2)

• Snake practical class

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	Principal Supervisor	Shaping palaeoherpetology in Australia: a spatial and temporal view of the palaeoecology of Varanus.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Isabella Donato
  2024	Co-Supervisor	Conservation biology of Australian native marine animals	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Jasmine Doreen Towle
  2024	Co-Supervisor	The evolutionary patterns and processes of diversification in the Australian bat genus Vespadelus.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Fabian Eric Sauchelli
  2024	Principal Supervisor	A phenotypic and genetic approach to identify fossil frogs from Naracoorte caves with comparison to modern Australian species in the southeast.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Natasha Lee Hiotis
  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	Musculoskeletal structure of the vertebral column and its functions in animal locomotion: a comparative study between the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) (Leporidae, Lagomorpha)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Nuttakorn Taewcharoen

• 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
  2020 - 2024	Co-Supervisor	Morphology and ecology of Ediacaran fossils from Nilpena Ediacara National 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
  2024 - ongoing	External Supervisor	Pleistocene fossil record of snakes in eastern Australia, using shape analysis to identify snake fossils	Monash University	Doctor of Philosophy (Biological Science)	Doctorate	Full Time	Ammresh
  2023 - 2024	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 - 2023	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 - 2023	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 - 2023	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 - 2023	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	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	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	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	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	Constructing the insect morphospace	The University of Adelaide	School of Biological Sciences - Undergraduate Summer Scholarship	Other	Full Time	Jackson Dann
  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	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 - 2021	Geometric morphometrics, PhD candidate	The University of Adelaide	Ray Chatterji

• Board Memberships

  Date	Role	Board name	Institution name	Country
  2024 - ongoing	Member	Academic Transition Panel	Adelaide University	Australia

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2024 - 2024	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 - 2024	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