Ep 21 Challenge to Stereotypes - a podcast by Jacqui Brauman and Ush Dhanak

In this episode, we have a female scientist - the S from STEM - as Ush talks to Jacqui’s sister. Alana’s research interests include the comparative anatomy and function of vertebrates to understand the relationships between form, function and evolution of the musculoskeletal system in extinct and extant taxa. Specifically, cranial biomechanics, and the morphology, function and development of cranial sinuses. 

 

Alana completed a BSc in Zoology (Monash University, Australia) followed by a PhD in December 2014 at Monash University, Australia, on the cranial morphology and biomechanics of Diprotodon and other related extinct and extant marsupials. She used methods such as computed tomography (CT) based 3D biomechanical modelling, finite element analysis and virtual reconstruction to analyse the biomechanical function of the skull and cranial sinuses. She started a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of New England, Australia, in 2015 where she also lectured in human anatomy, and then moved to London in 2017 to work as a research associate at University College London on a BBSRC project with Prof. Susan Evans on the role of soft tissues in cranial biomechanics.

 

In September 2018, Alana joined the University of Liverpool as a Lecturer in human anatomy.

 

www.alanacsharp.com

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