Julia Heathcote
est. 1980

 

Introduction

This is the professional website for Julia Heathcote, postgraduate student at Birkbeck, University of London.

My research interests concern dinosaurs, and in particular sauropods, the largest terrestrial animals ever to have existed. In my studies I focus on the Bathonian-aged sediments of the British Jurassic, and the terrestrial ecosystems contained within. I also enjoy geometric morphometrics and its application to palaeontology as a secondary interest.

I take a particular interest in science communication and the scientific literacy of the general public, and closely follow the actions of the Department for Business, Innovations and Skills (DBIS). I am also interested in gender equality and the prevention of sexual harassment in academia, and I am available for comment on these issues via The Femilist. I represent students within the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology as Chair of the Student Liaison Committee.

I live in west London, where I am a college lecturer in Biology. I am married to the ever-patient Paul, who has accepted into his life the sheer volume of dinosaur-themed rubbish, and who pretends not to mind me keeping 150 primitive and/or dangerous plants in pots outside the back door.