Mr Anthony Wilkes

Mr Anthony Wilkes
 Position Technical Team Leader, An Sci and Health
 Org Unit Technical Operations
 Email anthony.wilkes@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 1905
 Mobile +61 4 3151 3767
 Location Floor/Room 1.08 ,  Eastick Building ,   Roseworthy

  • Qualifications

    BSc (Hons, Zoology and Anatomical Sciences)

    Currently enrolled in the Diploma of Anatomical Technology and Science (DATS) - IAS UK

  • Awards & Achievements

    Awarded the Terrence Williamson Museum Prize (with Dr Rachel Norris) offered by the IAS in 2017 for the 'Osteological preparation of the African Lion, Panthera leo'

    Awarded second prize in the IAS Open Competition 2017 for 'Demonstrating movement: a hydraulic powered skeletal model of the African Lion forelimb'

    Awarded second prize in the 'Terrence Williamson Museum Prize' category offered by the IAS in 2016 for the 'dissection of the central nervous system of the greyhound, canis familiaris'

    Awarded, again with Dr Rachel Norris, the Terrence Williamson Museum Prize offered by the IAS in 2015 for the 'Malayan Tapir, Tapirus indicus: post-mortem reconstruction of skeletal material for museum presentation'

    Along with Dr Rachel Norris, awarded the Fellows Museum Prize offered by the Institute of Anatomical Sciences (IAS) in 2014 for the 'Osteological preparation of the White Rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum'

    Prepared various skeletal anatomical displays for the Abbie Museum of Anatomy (relocated to the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences in 2017)

  • Research Interests

    Geometric morphometric analysis of interspecific and intraspecific variation. Osteology and craniometry of mammals. Evolution.  

    Previous research involved the geometric morphometric analysis of the Vombatiformes.

  • Professional Associations

    Member of the Institute of Anatomical Sciences - UK (IAS) 

    Vice President of the Australasian Institute of Anatomical Sciences (AIAS)

  • Professional Interests

    Functional and comparative anatomy: preparing articulated skeletal displays to highlight the various forms of locomotion seen among species (on display in the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences Veterinary Anatomy Collections, Roseworthy Campus)  

  • Community Engagement

    Siemens Science Experience: Functional cranial morphology

    CSIRO double helix group: Skulls and diets of mammals

    Adelaide Compass: Locomotion in mammals

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Entry last updated: Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023

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