Dr Andy Jones

Earth Sciences
Digital Technologies Officer, Lapworth Museum of Geology

Contact details

Address
Lapworth Museum of Geology
Aston Webb Building
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Andy Jones is chiefly responsible for the Lapworth Museum’s digitisation programme, and specialises in photogrammetry and structured light scanning. Andy also undertakes volunteer/student supervision at the Museum.

 

Publications

Cavicchini, I., Wilson, P. F., Giles, S., Atterby, J., Jones, A. S., Williams, M. A., and Clements, T. 2025. Investigating the impact of x-rays on decay: x-ray computed tomography as a non-invasive visualisation technique for sediment-based decay experiments. Palaeontology, 68 (3): e70007. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70007.

Schnetz, L., Lanzetti, A., Jones, A. S., Dearden, R. P., Lautenschlager, S., Giles, S., Johanson, Z., and Sansom, I. J. 2025. From head to tail: 3D imaging the whole-body morphology of the stem gnathostome Anglaspis heintzi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2476441. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2025.2476441.

Dearden, R. P., Jones, A. S., Giles, S., Lanzetti, A., Grohganz, M., Johanson, Z., Lautenschlager, S., Randle, E., Donoghue, P. C. J., and Sansom, I. J. 2024. The three-dimensionally articulated oral apparatus of a Devonian heterostracan sheds light on feeding in Palaeozoic jawless fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2258.

Dearden, R. P., Lanzetti, A., Giles, S., Johanson, Z., Jones, A. S., Lautenschlager, S., Randle, E., and Sansom, I. J. 2023. The oldest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocranium. Nature, 621: 782–787. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06538-y.