Position: PhD student in Evolutionary Biology
School and/or Centres: School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Email: yannick.pommery@anu.edu.au
Location: Office 8, Graduate Centre, Building13A, Ellery Cres, Acton 2601, ACT
Qualification: 2015-2018 Bachelor’s degree in Science of Life, Earth and Environment (University of Burgundy, France)
2018-2020 Master’s degree in Geosciences (University of Burgundy, France)
2022-present PhD in Evolutionary Biology (Australian National University, Australia)
- Yannick is a French PhD student specialized in vertebrate palaeontology and evolutionary biology. He is currently the representative BIAN HDR student. He did his Master’s internship about the particular tooth replacement of Henodus chelyops (Placodontia) before working as a research assistant for a couple of months at the University of Tübingen (Germany). He joined the School of Archaeology and Anthropology (ANU) as PhD candidate in April 2022. A/Prof. Laura AB Wilson is his Chair of Panel and Prof. Tim Denham is part of his supervisory panel. His PhD project is focused on the evolution of the craniofacial growth and development in bats. This project, combining evolutionary and developmental approaches, will provide further insight into the evolutionary origins of echolocation within the bat lineage and the acquisition and variability of cranial features associated with echolocation.
Vertebrate palaeontology; Evolutionary biology; Evo-devo; 3D modelling; Cranial morphology; Echolocation; Taphonomy; Geomorphometrics; Chiroptera; Mesozoic reptile; Placodontia; Thalattosuchia.
2021 Pommery, Y., Scheyer, T. M., Neenan, J. M., Reich, T., Fernandez, V., Voeten, D. F., ... & Werneburg, I. Dentition and feeding in Placodontia: tooth replacement in Henodus chelyops. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21, 1-19.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01835-4
2022 Abel, P., Pommery, Y., Ford, D. P., Koyabu, D., & Werneburg, I. Skull sutures and cranial mechanics in the Permian reptile Captorhinus aguti and the evolution of the temporal region in early amniotes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 841784. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.841784
2022 Abel, P., Pommery, Y., Ford, D. P., Koyabu, D., & Werneburg, I. 3D models related to the publication: Skull sutures and cranial mechanics in the Permian reptile Captorhinus aguti and the evolution of the temporal region in early amniotes. MorphoMuseuM. doi, 10, m3.
2025 Pommery, Y., Koyabu, D., Meguro, F., Tu, V. T., Ngamprasertwong, T., Wannaprasert, T., ... & Wilson, L. A. Prenatal growth patterns of the upper jaw complex with implications for laryngeal echolocation in bats. Journal of Anatomy, 246(3), 345-362.
2025 Meguro, F., Higashiyama, H., Pommery, Y., Wilson, L. A., Tu, V. T., Nojiri, T., ... & Koyabu, D. The development of orofacial complex in bats: Implications for orofacial clefting. Journal of Anatomy, 246(3), 331-344.