Olivia Cheronet, PhD.Candidate

LABORATORY ADDRESS:

Molecular Population Genetics
Smurfit Institute of Genetics
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland

CONTACT DETAILS:

E-mail : cheronetolivia [at] yahoo [dot] com
Tel : +353-(0)1-896-1265
Fax : +353-(0)1-679-8558

RESEARCH INTEREST:

The Neolithic transition in Europe has greatly changed the way of life of human populations. The shift from a life of mainly nomadic hunting and gathering to a sedentary agricultural community has had a profound impact on the human species. Morphology is one of the aspects through which it is reflected, a notable part of which is the skull. Geometric morphometrics provides a set of tools enabling the quantification of shape, and consequently morphology, and its subsequent statistical analysis. Applying this to the Neolithic transition should allow the identification of the forces determining cranial evolution and enable the use of this data to determine potential processes that have shaped populations.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

2011-Present PhD Candidate

2010-2011 MRes Biosystematics, Natural History Museum/Imperial College London

2006-2010 MSci Natural Sciences, University College London

PRESENTATIONS:

Cheronet O, Todd JA, Michel E, Krieger J Quantitative geometric morphometric assessment of the disparity of Lake Tanganyika’s endemic gastropod fauna . Systematics Association 8th Biennial Meeting, Queen’s University Belfast, 4-8th July 2011.

Cheronet O, Todd JA, Michel E, Krieger J Quantitative geometric morphometric assessment of the disparity of Lake Tanganyika’s endemic gastropod fauna. 13th Young Systematists’ Forum, Natural History Museum London, 1st December 2011.