Dr Sarah Shrimpton
Liverpool School of Art and Design
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: S.L.Shrimpton@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2832
Sarah graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting from Bath Spa University and an MSc in Forensic Art from the University of Dundee. Subsequently she has worked as a researcher at various institutions researching cranio-facial reconstruction and human face recognition in relation to the general face perception field and more specifically within forensic scenarios.
Sarah is a post-doctoral Research assistant in the Face Lab at the School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University. Professor Caroline Wilkinson is Director of the Face Lab, a LJMU research group that carries out forensic/archaeological research and consultancy work including craniofacial analysis, facial depiction and forensic art. Sarah's research interests mainly focus on recognition of faces from facial depictions for forensic scenarios. Her PhD research entitled, ‘Facial creation: using compositing to conceal identity’, focused on ‘composite’ faces – those faces made up of features/facial parts from other faces.
Degrees
2018, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD Face recognition
2008, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom, MSc Forensic Art
2006, Bath Spa University, Bath, United Kingdom, BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting
Certifications
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PGCert in Academic Practice
Academic appointments
Research assistant, Face Lab/School of art and design, Liverpool John Moores University, 2017 - present
Associate staff, School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, 2016 - present
Research Assistant, Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee, Dundee, 2013 - 2013
Associate Research Fellow, Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2012 - 2012
Research Assistant, Buelthoff/RECCAT, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 2010 - 2010
Research Associate, Medical Imaging Centre/PSI, Katholiek Universiteit Leuven, 2010 - 2011
Design
Liu C, Castaneyra-Ruiz M, Wilkinson C, Shrimpton S. 2024. 3D Facial depiction with a movie output of a Roman individual for the Beacon Museum, Whitehaven UK
Liu C, Wilkinson C, Shrimpton S, Castaneyra-Ruiz M. 2024. 3D Facial depiction with a 2D output of a medieval individual for the Maidstone Museum, Kent, UK
Liu C, Shrimpton S, Wilkinson C. 2023. 2D Facial depiction of a Roman man from Dalton Parlours, on display at Leeds City Museum
Liu C, Roughley M, Shrimpton S, Wilkinson C. 2022. 3D Facial Depiction of B37 (13-14 years) from Kilkenny Ireland, with a Digital Movie and a skull replica, on display at Medieval Mile Museum, Kilkenny Publisher Url
Wilkinson C, Shrimpton S, Liu C, Pinheiro Flores M. 2020. Facial reconstruction of remains found on Glenrothes industrial estate Publisher Url
Liu C, Roughley M, Shrimpton S, Wilkinson C. 2020. Facial depiction of two Mesolithic individuals from Norway on display at Bergen City Museum
Liu C, Shrimpton S, Roughley M, Wilkinson C. 2020. 3D facial depiction of Abbot John of Wheathampstead on display at St. Albans Cathedral Publisher Url
Liu C-YJ, Shrimpton S, Wilkinson C. 2019. Facial depiction of a Medieval Scottish individual excavated from a site in Tarbat display at Tarbat Discovery Centre, Scotland Publisher Url Public Url
Wilkinson C, Shrimpton S, Liu C, Roughley M. 2018. Facial depiction of an Iron Age male in his 60's featured on Digging for Britain, Season 7 Episode 4 'Iron Age Revealed' Author Url Publisher Url
Smith K, Roughley M, Shrimpton S, Wilkinson C. 2018. Facial Depiction of "The Rider of Hemmaberg" - a 5/6th century man with a wooden leg prosthesis from the Migration Period in Carinthia, on display at the Archaeological Pilgrim Museum in Globasnitz Author Url
Wilkinson C, MacGregor M, Roughley MA, Shrimpton S. 2016. Facial Depiction of Robert the Bruce Author Url Publisher Url
Roughley MA, Shrimpton S, Wilkinson CM. 2016. Facial depiction of Kukruse lady - a 13th century AD lady from Estonia Publisher Url
Wilkinson CM, Shrimpton SL, Roughley MA. 2015. Facial Depiction of a 1200 year old bog body known as "Bernie", on display at Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum, Emden Publisher Url
Artefact
Liu C, Greenway E, Dickinson T, Castaneyra-Ruiz M, Shrimpton S, Wilkinson C. 2024. 3D Facial depiction (physical 3D printed replica) of a Roman individual for the Beacon Museum, Whitehaven UK
Liu CY, Shrimpton S, Roughley M, Smith K, Wilkinson C. 2020. Facial depiction of two Mesolithic individuals from Norway (3D printed replicas) on display at Bergen City Museum
Wilkinson CM, Shrimpton SL, SMITH K, LIU C, Roughley MA. 2017. Facial depiction of George Lister and Elizabeth Dibb (3D printed replicas) on display at Washburn Heritage Centre Publisher Url
Journal article
Wilkinson C, Liu CYJ, Shrimpton S, Greenway E. 2024. Craniofacial identification standards: a review of reliability, reproducibility, and implementation Forensic Science International, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Diac MM, Earar K, Damian SI, Knieling A, Iov T, Shrimpton S, Castaneyra-Ruiz M, Wilkinson C, Iliescu DB. 2020. Facial reconstruction: Anthropometric studies regarding the morphology of the nose for romanian adult population i: Nose width Applied Sciences, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Shrimpton S, Daniels K, de Greef S, Tilotta F, Willems G, Vandermeulen D, Suetens P, Claes P. 2014. A spatially-dense regression study of facial form and tissue depth: Towards an interactive tool for craniofacial reconstruction FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL, 234 :103-110 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Chapters
Shrimpton S, Wilkinson C. 2021. The Face of Takabuti David R, Murphy E. Life and Times of Takabuti in Ancient Egypt Investigating the Belfast Mummy 9781800348585
Shrimpton SL, Fodarella C. 2017. Facial Composites Baker B, Minhas R, Wilson L. Factbook: Psychology and Law European Association of Psychology and Law Student Society 9781326989651
Conference publication
Hill H, Shrimpton S, Otsuka Y, Shriver M, Claes P. 2014. Positive eyes facilitate use of pigment and shape information from the rest of the face. i-Perception, APCV :388-388 Author Url
Poster
Bulthoff I, Shrimpton S, Mohler BJ, Thornton IM. 2011. Using avatars to explore height/pitch effects when learning new faces
Thesis/Dissertation
Shrimpton SL. Facial creation: using compositing to conceal identity Wilkinson C, Frowd C, Rowland C. Public Url
Public engagement:
Public talk or lecture, International launch event, Presenter and technical support, York Theatre Royal, 'A Voice for King Richard III', Face Lab presented a talking digital avatar of King Richard III, detailing the conferment on his son, Edward, of the offices of Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbH_KLMs6aY. 2024
Media Coverage:
News coverage of the launch of a 4D digital avatar of King Richard III delivering an address on the conferment on his son, Edward, of the offices of Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. 2024
www.theguardian.com
www.bbc.co.uk
news.sky.com
Face Lab. Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool School of Art and Design research group launch event
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Worldwide news coverage of the reveal of a facial depiction of Robert the Bruce
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news.sky.com
Other Professional Activity:
Advance HE Aurora Leadership training. 2024
Public Engagement Event: Light Night 2018 'Exploring the Human Face- Understand anatomy and the mix of art and science', John Lennon Art & Design Building, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2018/5/2/lightnight-2018. 2018
Public Engagement Event: Face Lab were at the 19th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology at Liverpool School of Art and Design, as part of their public programme of events titled 'Being Human' on Saturday 9th September 2017 https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/babao/being-human-festival. 2017
Public Engagement Event: Face Lab LJMU at Liverpool Museum for the Festival of Archaeology 27th July 2017 http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/events/displayevent.aspx?EventId=34042. 2017
Public Engagement Event: FACT's Do Something Saturdays - Face Lab LJMU workshop with 'Heirloom' at 'No such Thing as Gravity', FACT Liverpool, 10 Dec 2016 http://www.fact.co.uk/whats-on/current/do-something-saturdays-no-such-thing-as-gravity.aspx?selection=Workshop&when=next7days. 2016
Public Engagement Event: 'No such Thing as Gravity' exhibition opening at FACT - Face Lab LJMU workshop with 'Heirloom' 10th November 2016 http://www.fact.co.uk/whats-on/current/workshop-face-lab-with-ljmu.aspx. 2016
Public Engagement Event: Face Lab LJMU at National Media Museum Bradford for their Lates 'Faces' evening 29th Sept 2016 http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/planavisit/adultevents/lates. 2016
Public Engagement Event: Face Lab LJMU at Liverpool Museum for the Festival of Archaeology 22nd July 2016 http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/mediacentre/2016/dig-the-summer-holidays.aspx. 2016
Public Engagement Event: Face Lab LJMU at Light Night 2016, Aldham Robarts Library, 13/05/2016 http://www.theskinny.co.uk/art/features/liverpool-lightnight-2016. 2016
Public Engagement Event: Face Lab LJMU at Liverpool Museum for the Festival of Archaeology 22nd July 2015. 2015
Public Engagement Event: Face Lab LJMU at Light Night 2015, Liverpool Science Park, 15/05/2015 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/liverpool-lightnight-2015-top-picks-9245404. 2015
Research Grants Awarded:
LJMU QR APSS, Capturing impact and public opinion: response to facial depictions of people from the past on display in GLAMs (2024), C. Y. Jessica Liu, Caroline Wilkinson, Sarah Shrimpton, Maria Castaneyra-Ruiz, Mark Roughley, Elysia Greenway, Thomas Dickinson, Viviana Conti, Grant value (£): 9,680.46, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2024
LJMU QR funding, “Here’s a Catchphrase for you”: Adopting a sequential unmasking strategy to reduce cognitive bias in forensic Facial image comparison, Grant value (£): £4,560, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2023
Award:
THE Award. Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Times Higher Education, https://the-awards.co.uk/2023/en/page/archive-2023. 2023
Liverpool John Moores University's Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence- Impact Story (2022) - Presented to Professor Caroline Wilkinson and the Face Lab team., Liverpool John Moores University. 2022
Research Team of the Year (awarded to Face Lab, LJMU) - Educate North Awards 2019, Educate North, https://www.educatenorth.co.uk/2019-winners. 2019
Liverpool John Moores University's Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Award for Excellence in Social and Economic Engagement (2016) - Presented to Professor Caroline Wilkinson and the Face Lab team, Liverpool John Moores University. 2016
Conference organisation:
The 19th Biennial meeting of the International Association for Craniofacial identification. ‘Knowledge Transfer; presentation, ethics, bias and expectation’, Host and organiser, http://www.craniofacial-id.org/next-meeting.html. 2022
The 19th Biennial meeting of The International Association for Craniofacial Identification: Race and Face: bias in forensic and archaeological investigation [one day virtual short program], Organiser and host, http://www.craniofacial-id.org/next-meeting.html. 2021
Teaching qualification:
Fellow of the Higher Education Authority. 2020
PGCert in Academic Practice. 2020
SEDA - Staff and Educational Development Association Professional Development named award. 2015
Associate fellow of higher education authority. 2015
Conference presentation:
Facial creation: How much of a donor face image can be used whilst preserving their anonymity?, International Association for Craniofacial Identification, Louisianna USA, Remote video. 2019
From the inside out: an exploration of the eyebrow’s role in identity, expression and communication, Screen Studies Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, Oral presentation and panel. 2019
The eyebrow's role in identity and character - when does an alteration become a transformation?, NECS - European Network for Cinema and Media studies, Gdansk, Poland, Remote video. 2019
Roughley, M. A., Wilkinson, C. M., Shrimpton, S. L., MacGregor, M., Mockton, D. G., Moffat, R., (2018), Exploring cognitive bias when texturing a facial depiction of King Robert the Bruce, Art, Materiality and Represenation - Royal Anthropological Institute Conference 2018, British Museum, SOAS, Oral presentation. 2018
Membership of professional bodies:
Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), https://www.therai.org.uk/.
Member of, British Association for Forensic Anthropology.