Professor Maciej Henneberg

MSc (summa cum laude), PhD, DSc (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland),
FAIBiol (Australia)

Biological Anthropologist and Anatomist
Wood Jones Professor of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Comparative Human Biology, HOMO
Formerly: Convenor of the Academic Board, The University of Adelaide
International Fellow, Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford
Past President, Australasian Society for Human Biology
Elected Visiting Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford (2002)

32 years professional experience teaching at universities in Poland ( A Mickiewicz University, Jagiellonian University), United States of America (University of Texas), South Africa (University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), and Australia (University of Adelaide) Conducted research in Poland, Germany, USA, South Africa, England (University of Oxford), Italy (funded by the National Geographic Society) and Australia (Aboriginal).

output: (total 377) : 3 books (co-authored), 3 edited volumes, 240 research papers/ book chapters, 131 refereed research abstracts. Published in 74 journals printed in 14 countries in 7 languages.

Interviews concerning my results published i.a. in: Science, Science News, New Scientist, New York Times, National Geographic Magazine, The Observer (London), Globe and Mail (Toronto), Washington Post, The Star (Johannesburg), The Advertiser (Adelaide) , Sydney Morning Herald, L'Espresso (Italy), The Australian, Medical Observer, Gatra (Indonesia), The Age (Melboune), Elefterotypia (Greece). Interviews screened on BBC TV, PBS TV (Nova), Channel 9, Channel 7 and ABC TV in Australia,, RAI (Italy), TVP 1 (Poland), radio interviews on BBC World Service and a number of radio stations in Australia and in Poland

supervised: 12 completed PhD and 11 MSc theses/dissertations

fellow (3x) or member of 12 international professional organisations/associations

Research interests:

Human evolution and microevolution, evolution of human brain, theory of biocultural evolution, human ecology, population genetics, paleodemography and historic demography, palaeopathology human physical growth and development, anatomical variation, body composition, ergonomy.

Publications 2004-2009

Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Research Group

Contact Maciej: maciej.henneberg@adelaide.edu.au