PhD Anatomy Research

PhD Anatomy candidates are supervised by staff at the FARC with topics focusing on bioloigcal, forensic, and paleoanthropology. Many candidates are exploring multi-disciplinary research through collaborations with medical doctors, dentists, and engineers.

Casper Jonker

Thesis title: Evaluating external and internal root and canal morphology of first molars in Black South Africans

Supervisor: Prof EN L'Abbé (University of Pretoria)

Co-supervisor: Prof AC Oettlé (Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University)

Gabrielle C. Krüger

Thesis title: An evaluation of the cranial variation of Indian South Africans in comparison to other modern South Africans

Supervisor: Prof EN L'Abbé (University of Pretoria)

Co-supervisor: Prof RL Jantz (University of Tennessee)

Leandi Liebenberg

Thesis title: South African cranial variation: A combined metric-macromorphoscopic method for ancestry estimation

Supervisor: Prof EN L'Abbé (University of Pretoria)

Co-supervisor: Dr KE Stull (University of Nevada, Reno)

Samantha Muller

Thesis title: Quantifying the shape and size of the zygoma using CT/CBCT scans among global populations to contribute to zygomatic implant placement

Supervisor: Dr AF Ridel (University of Pretoria)

Co-supervisor: Prof EN L'Abbé (University of Pretoria)

Franci Swanepoel

Thesis title: Creating a statistical shape model to aid in the estimation of incomplete soft tissue segments of the surface of South African faces

Supervisor: Prof AC Oettlé (Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University)

Co-supervisors: Prof EN L'Abbé (University of Pretoria),  Dr H Matthews (KU Leuven)

Soné van der Walt

Thesis title: Creating guidelines for the approximation of the eye and periorbital structures in South Africans using Cone Beam Computed Tomography scans

Supervisor: Prof AC Oettlé (Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University)

Co-supervisors: Prof EN L'Abbé (University of Pretoria), Dr AF Ridel (University of Pretoria)

Miksha Harripershad

Dissertation title: Assessment of population affinity among South African subadults using CBCT scans

Supervisors: L Liebneberg (University of Pretoria)

Co-supervisors: Dr AF Ridel (University of Pretoria), Dr CEG Theye (University of Pretoria)

Meg-Kyla Erasmus

Dissertation title: Differentiating between high and low energy transfers in gunshot trauma to long bones: A multi-modal fracture analysis

Supervisors: Prof EN L'Abbé (University of Pretoria)

Co-supervisors: Dr AJ Oberholster (University of Pretoria), Dr AF Ridel (University of Pretoria)

 

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