Professional experience

Postdoctoral fellow. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (staring in 8/2022)

Research associate. Beipiao Pterosaur Museum of China (2020-)

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Education

PhD. Earth Sciences (Palaeobiology). University of Birmingham (2019-). Supervisors: Stephan Lautenschlager (primary), Richard Butler, Michael Pittman.

MScR. Palaeontology and Geobiology. The University of Edinburgh (2018). Supervisors: Stephen Brusatte (primary), Junchang Lü.
BSc. Geology and Ecology & Biodiversity. The University of Hong Kong (2017). Supervisors: Michael Pittman (primary), Xing Xu.

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Contact

E-mail: w.ma.1@pgr.bham.ac.uk / fionma12@connect.hku.hk

Links: Twitter / Google Scholar / ResearchGate / ORCiD

Address: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

About me

I am a vertebrate palaeontologist from Hong Kong, and currently a PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham. I will be joining the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (Washington DC, USA) in summer 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher. I study dinosaurs, particularly the biology of oviraptorosaurs and dietary evolution of theropods. I also apply digital and biomechanical techniques to study the form and function of other animals, such as pterosaurs and extant birds and turtles.

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Fion Waisum Ma 馬慧芯

PhD candidate in Palaeobiology

University of Birmingham

​​伯明翰大學古生物學博士研究生

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Postdoctoral researcher

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (starting in 8/2022)

美國國立自然歷史博物館博士後研究員

(2022年8月起)

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