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Dr Laura Porro

Dr Laura Porro

Associate Professor

Department : Cell & Developmental Biology

Faculty : Faculty of Life Sciences

Address : G01 GROUND FLOOR
FRONT LODGES
GOWER STREET
LONDON
WC1E 6BT

Languages spoken fluently (other than English) : English, Spanish

+44 (0)20 7679 4316

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I am a researcher in animal biomechanics and palaeobiology. My work focuses on the evolution of feeding and locomotion, which I investigate using computer simulations and 3D imaging. I also have experience reconstructing fossils from imaging data and collecting experimental data from living animals. I work across a wide variety of vertebrates, with particular interest in fish, living and fossil reptiles (especially dinosaurs), the earliest limbed vertebrates (tetrapods), and frogs.

Research groups:

/biosciences/cell-and-developmental-biology/centres-and-consortia/centre-integrative-anatomy

Research publications:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2021.1927749
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12625
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118882
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12080
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2009.1494

Personal web address: None specified

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Fellow of the Linnean Society
Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology
Anatomical Society
Palaeontological Association

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Radio YesPrint Yes

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https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/10/23/2722434.htm?site=sc&topic=latest
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1080194/One-worlds-smallest-dinosaurs-discovered-ate-meat-AND-plants.html
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/whatcheeria-deltae-skull-09925.html
https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/dinosaurs-and-fossils/art520662-scientists-create-first-3d-skull-reconstruction-of-tetrapod-from-360-million-years-ago

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