- Postdoctoral Fellow, Flinders University
Rex specialises in vertebrate skull shape and feeding biomechanics; the influence of feeding regimes on skull morphology, using geometric morphometrics (shape analysis) and finite element analysis (biomechanics).
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Experience
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2021–presentPostdoctoral fellow, Flinders University
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2020–2021Postdoctoral fellow, University of North Texas Health Science Center
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2019–2020Postdoctoral fellow, University of Arkansas
Education
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2019University of New England, PhD
Publications
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2025Journal of Experimental Biology, Testing hypotheses of skull function with comparative finite element analysis: three methods reveal contrasting results
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2024Australian Mammalogy, The mechanical properties of bettong and potoroo foods
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2024Biological Reviews, Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling
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2024Biology Letters, Functionally mediated cranial allometry evidenced in a genus of rock-wallabies
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2023Journal of Mammalogy, Differential developmental rates and demographics in Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) populations separated by the dingo barrier fence
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2021Journal of Anatomy, Bolstering geometric morphometrics sample sizes with damaged and pathologic specimens: Is near enough good enough?
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2021Integrative Organismal Biology, More challenging diets sustain feeding performance: Applications toward the captive rearing of wildlife
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2020Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Feeding Biomechanics Influences Craniofacial Morphology at the Subspecies Scale among Australian Pademelons (Macropodidae: Thylogale)
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2019PlosOne, The anatomy of a crushing bite: the specialised cranial mechanics of a giant extinct kangaroo
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2019Paleobiology, Biting mechanics determines craniofacial morphology among extant diprotodont herbivores: dietary predictions for the giant extinct short-faced kangaroo, Simosthenurus occidentalis
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2018Proceedings B, The biomechanics of foraging determines face length among kangaroos and their relatives
Grants and Contracts
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2022You are what you eat: Linking food mechanical properties to biting adaptations in a group of small marsupials
- Role:
- Lead researcher
- Funding Source:
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
Contact Rex for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Adelaide, South Australia
- Website
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