Thomas Davies

Thomas Davies is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Evolutionary Biology. His role involves research on hominin dental morphology and evolutionary transitions. He currently leads the 'TOOTHROW' project, funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, advancing methodologies for analyzing tooth rows via geometric morphometrics.

Education: PhD (details not explicitly stated).

Research focuses on hominin dentition evolution, including Homo habilis, Homo naledi, and Australopithecus sediba. Techniques include microtomography (e.g., enamel-dentine junction analysis) and geometric morphometrics to study dental shape and structure. Key interests span the origins of Homo and implications for human evolution.

Awards/grants include the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Collaborations and technical expertise are highlighted through affiliations with the Department of Evolutionary Biology's research teams.