Some of these can be downloaded in high resolution from my Wellcome Collection profile/ viewed on the Origins of Bone and Cartilage Disease website.

Crocodile tooth histology featured in AMMS Newsletter Sept 2020

Ancient human bone histology in a Neolithic sample from Turkey - by Schotsmans and Miszkiewicz, cover of 2019 AMMS Newsletter

Image of human dental enamel surface scanning using laser confocal microscopy (created at the Australian National University)

Bird's eye view of a false-colour, atomic force micrograph (AFM) showing the topography (surface contours) of a section of healthy femoral bone (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection) 20 x 20 micrometres (created at University of Kent in Wei-Feng Xue's lab)

False-colour, atomic force micrograph (AFM) showing the topography (surface contours) of a section of healthy femoral bone (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection) 20 x 20 micrometres (created at University of Kent in Wei-Feng Xue's lab)

False-colour, atomic force micrograph (AFM) showing the topography (surface contours) of a section of healthy femoral bone (image acquired by Wellcome Collection) 4x4 micrometres (created at University of Kent in Wei-Feng Xue's lab)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of the thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). The internal surface of knee joint in the femur is shown here. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of the thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). In this image the viewer looks into the marrow cavity towards the knee. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of thigh bones (femora) from Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Whole quail femora (far left and far right) from a male (left) and female (right) are visible here, together with corresponding longitudinal cross-sections (inner two bones) revealing the bone marrow cavity. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of the thigh bone (femur) from a male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). The delicate and intricate trabecular bone structure within the marrow cavity of the femur is shown here. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of high-resolution, micro-computer tomography (CT) scans of the thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). A longitudinal cross-section of a femur showing the bone marrow cavity almost completely filled with the medullary bone that is stored by the female quail for eggshell formation is shown here. (Image acquired by Wellcome Collection, created at Imperial College London)

3D reconstruction of trabecular microCT of a mouse femur (created at Imperial College London)

Human cortical bone histology at midshaft femur - in black and white! (created at University of Kent in Mahoney's lab)

Human cortical bone histology at midshaft femur - inverted colours! (created at University of Kent in Mahoney's lab)

My academic adventures in snaps - I don't capture every single moment, but here are some key experiences that have left a particular sense of fulfillment & meaning as I go through my career:

Australasian Society for Human Biology 2019 meeting, December, Canberra

Letter from HR and College Dean confriming I have been promoted to level C! Surreal... Oct 2019

Another microscope for the lab has arrived! This one funded by my ARC grant! Oct 2019

At the ANU SHRIMP (Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe) lab attempting to collect Oxygen from ancient human bone! Oct 2019

Group shot at the 2019 International Symposium on Palaeohistology in Cape Town, South Africa (July 2019)

The unbelievable thing about being an academic is that the people whose influential work you read as an undergrad become your colleagues. Here with giants Dr Debbie Argue, Prof Peter Bellwood, and Prof Dean Falk

Cover of my first edited volume - seeing it for the first time was pretty surreal! March 2019

Two of my PhD students working in the lab. I cannot believe I lead my own research group now - goal I set myself 9 years ago. November 2018, Canberra, ANU

With Marc Oxenham and Alison Behie posing for a pic celebrating our equipment grant news, May 2018, Canberra, ANU

The moment we identified phosphate peaks in ancient human bone!!! At the infrared micro-spectroscopy beam at the Aussie Synchrotron with Natalie Sims and Christina Vrahnas December 2017, Melbourne, Australia

At the infrared micro-spectroscopy beam at the Aussie Synchrotron with Natalie Sims - my ultimate science experience - trying to get phosphate and carbonate data from ancient human bone, December 2017, Melbourne, Australia

With some of my students at an invited student function, ANU 2018

The moment more brand new lab equipment arrived (microscopes and grinder-polisher) - I was over the moon! January 2018, Canberra, ANU

Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology field training with my undergraduates and postgraduates, August 2017, ANU - running this was really hard, but rewarding work

Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology field training with my undergraduates and postgraduates, August 2017, ANU - running this was really hard, but rewarding work

5th International Symposium on Paleohistology, July 2017, Trenton, New Jersey

In Tim Bomage's lab at the NYU Department of Biomaterials getting advanced training in hard tissue histology - it was incredible! July 2017, New York, US

With Sharon Brennan-Olsen, Jose Riancho, and Gustavo Duque at the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases - our symposium turned into a book (out in 2019!). March 2017, Florence, Italy

Archaeological dig in the Philippines - looking inside a jar burial that contained human remains, January 2017, Catanuan, Philippines

Archaeological dig in the Philippines - looking inside a jar burial that contained human remains, January 2017, Catanuan, Philippines

My first ever grant funded piece of equipment - cutting saw - for an empty lab. Little did I know it was a start of a major journey to set up a fully functioning hard tissue microstructure lab! December, 2016, Canberra, ANU

January 2016 - the moment I see the door to my office at ANU for the first time - my *permanent* academic job begins - it was an unbelievable feeling! Canberra, ANU

Macerating quail bones for microscopy at Imperial College Hammersmith Hospital - working in Graham Williams and Duncan Bassett's lab equipped me with so many lab skills - I will be forever grateful! 2015, London, UK

3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology, July 2015, Bonn, Germany

My staff card at Imperial College Hammersmith Hospital - this was my first day in molecular endocrinology of osteoporosis - I was over the moon! 2015, London, UK

The moment I saw my PhD thesis hard bound for the first time - nothing beats the sense of accomplishment! My mum was there with me, August 2014, Canterbury, UK

My PhD graduation at the Canterbury Cathedral, November 2014, Canterbury, UK - what a life defining moment - you can tell by my smile! How I would have given anything to have my dad attend the ceremony...

The moment I passed my PhD viva at the University of Kent! It's funny how pictures never tell a full story - despite my smile I was hurting inside as my dad had died unexpectedly 7 months prior... May 2014, Canterbury, UK

The inaugural ISPH conference, July 2011, Barcelona, Spain

Invited Symposium in honour of Dr Don Reid: Minneapolis, MN, US 2011 ​Dental anthropologists gathered together at the Symposium in honour of Don Reid held during the 2011 AAPA meeting. The symposium was covered in Evolutionary Anthropology (DOI 10.1002/evan20313) if you'd like to read about it.

Officially a BSc 1st class Honours and moving onto a PhD - our small cohort of bio-anthropologists! Start of a journey! July 2010, Canterbury, UK

My honours thesis project presentation - the start of my career! I thought I was going to be a dental anthropologist. 2010, Canterbury, UK