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Prof Peter Falkingham

School of Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Professor of Palaeobiology

Please visit my personal website for my blog and a much clearer overview of my research and publications: https://peterfalkingham.com

My primary research focus is on dinosaur locomotion and footprint formation. Specifically, how the foot and sediment interact, and how we can subsequently reverse-engineer their formation in order to constrain and understand the limb motion of these extinct animals.

By understanding the motion of substrate around a dynamically moving foot, it is possible to use tracks to constrain possible motions of the distal (and therefore proximal) limb. My work incorporates digitisation of fossil tracks and computer simulation as well as using data from extant taxa using XROMM techniques to study the sub-surface motion of the foot during locomotion.

In addition to my work on footprints, I’m also involved in other research areas including dinosaur biomechanics and taxonomy, development of digitsation techniques and applications, cambrian echinoderm hydrodynamics, and materials science, collaborating with scientists from the UK, USA, across Europe, Australia, and South America.

Languages

English

Degrees

2010, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, PhD Palaeontology - Computer Simulation of Dinosaur Tracks
2004, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, Computer Science MSc
2003, University of Bristol, UK, Biology and Geology BSc (Hons)

Academic appointments

Professor of Palaeobiology, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023 - present
Reader in Vertebrate Biology, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, 2020 - 2023
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Vertebrate Biology, Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2015 - 2020
Marie Curie Research Fellow, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, 2012 - 2015

Postgraduate training

Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow, UK/USA, Royal Veterinary College/Brown University, 2012 - 2015

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