
Fion Waisum Ma
Vertebrate palaeontology research
Evolution, Dinosaurs, Digital visualisation, Biomechanics
News: Monkeydactyl sets a Guinness World Record!
Professional experience
Postdoctoral fellow. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (staring in 8/2022)
Research associate. Beipiao Pterosaur Museum of China (2020-)
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.
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.
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
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)