Dr Justyna Miszkiewicz
Areas of expertise
- Biological (Physical) Anthropology 160102
- Biological Adaptation 060303
- Vertebrate Biology 060809
- Forensic Biology 069901
- Archaeological Science 210102
- Biomechanics 110601
- Comparative Physiology 060604
Research interests
My research interest is the use of microscopic techniques in hard tissue biology to answer questions that relate to organism physiology, health, disease, environment, ecology, and social structures, both in the past and present.
Biography
Employment
2020-2021: Senior Lecturer, Biological Anthropology, ANU
2019-2022: ARC DECRA Fellow, ANU
2016-2019: Lecturer, Biological Anthropology, ANU
2015-2016: Research Assistant, Imperial College London, London, UK
2013-2014: Lecturer, Biological Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2012-2014: Osteologist, Kent Osteological Research and Analysis, Canterbury, UK
2010-2013: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2009-2012: Assistant Osteologist, Kent Osteological Research and Analysis, Canterbury, UK
2008-2013: Laboratory Demonstrator, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2007: Tutor, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Elected/honorary roles
2022: Editor, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland
2022: Editorial Board Member, Anthropological Review
2021-2023: Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland, Brisbane
2021: Head of Discipline, ANU
2020: Acting Head of Discipline, ANU
2019-2021: Treasurer, Australasian Society for Human Biology
2016-2022: Honorary Research Associate,
2016-2022: Honorary Research Associate, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2014: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK
Qualifications
2014: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2014: PhD in Biological Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
2010: Bachelor of Science 1st Class Hons, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Technical experience
2020: marsupial dissection, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife
2019: oxygen isotopes in bone, ANU Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe
2018: 3D laser confocal microscopy, ANU
2018: mouse bone phenotyping, University of Sydney
2017: advanced bone histology, New York University
2017: field bioarchaeology, Philippines
2017: sFTIRM, Australian Synchrotron
2015: rat/quail bone uCT, x-ray, biomechanics, Imperial College London
2014: atomic force microscopy, University of Kent
2010: bone and tooth histology, University of Kent
Researcher's projects
Grants > $100k Principal investigator (PI):
- 2019-2022 ARC DECRA, $381,210 AUD (DE190100068) Bone metabolism change with lifestyle in ancient Asia-Pacific populations
- 2018 ANU Major Equipment Grant $135,000 AUD (18MEC26) Microscopy of the primate skeleton
Associate investigator:
- 2022-2024 NZ Marsden Fast Start Embodied Colonialism: Biohistories of 19th-century Pakeha and Chinese Migrants to New Zealand Marsden Fast-Start $360,000 (21-UOO-030), PI: Dr AME Snoddy, University of Otago
- 2019-2022 NZ Marsden Fund The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: A Biocultural investigation of 19th century Frontier mining cemeteries in Australia, New Zealand and California $827,000 NZD (18-UOO-028), PI: Prof HR Buckley, University of Otago
I have 46 publications as of Apr 2022. I have so far secured >$570k in research grants as a PI, and >$13k towards research travel. Including collaborative grants (as a CI/AI), I have featured on >$1.8 million worth of research grants.
Available student projects
I am happy to mentor research students who are interested in learning how microscopic analyses of bones and teeth inform about human and non-human animal behaviour in the past and present.
Current student projects
2022 Channon Golledge (Honours) Co-Supervisor, UQ, Histotaphonomy of burials
2022 Jamie Tromp (Honours) Co-Supervisor, UQ, Bone health and anorexia nervosa
2022 James Callanan (Honours) Co-Supervisor, Melbourne, Sex and femoral head
2021 Lauren Richards (Masters) Primary Supervisor, ANU, Bone health and inequality
2020 Lucille Pederson (PhD) External Supervisor, JCU, Intra-skeletal bone remodelling
2019 Pau Basilia (PhD) Co-Supervisor, Griffith, Insular dwarfism in SEA Stegodon sp. fossils
2018 Karen Cooke (PhD) Primary Supervisor, ANU, Bone histopathology of treponemal disease
2018 Tahlia Stewart (PhD) Primary Supervisor, ANU, Rib and femur microanatomy and age
2018 Chelsea Morgan (MPhil) Primary Supervisor, ANU, Sex and gender in bioarchaeology
Past student projects
LAB ALUMNI
Visiting post-docs
2019-2021 Dr Eline Schotsmans, University of Wollongong/University of Bordeaux
2019-2021 Dr Anne Marie E. Sohler-Snoddy, University of Otago
Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhDs
2021 Madeleine Fleming (MPhil) Co-supervisor, ANU Investigation of type 2 diabetic trabecular compensation in femoral bone of the NOD·B10 foz/foz mouse
2021 Lauren Meckel (PhD) Associate supervisor, University of Otago Structural Violence in Éire: Bone Histology of Victims from the Great Famine (Ireland 1845-1852)
2019 Hannah Miles (Masters) ANU Osteocyte lacunae in medieval human bone
2019 Nathalia Dias Guimaraes (Masters) ANU Human Palaeohistology at Santana Do Riacho
2019 Meg Walker (Masters) ANU Ancient behaviour and ancestry in Holocene Vietnam
2019 Kate Phillips (Masters) Co-supervisor, ANU Sex, age, physical activity and bone loss
2019 Sarah Robertson (PhD) Primary Supervisor, ANU Cribra orbitalia at Spitalfields
2018 Tara Mann (Honours) ANU Tibia vara and obesity
2018 Diana Tieppo (Masters) ANU Sex-specific bone microstructure of the midshaft femur
2018 Danielle Rosenquist (Masters) ANU Remodelling in phalanges of hands and feet
2017 Coco James (Masters) ANU Femoral muscle markings and endo-cortex remodelling
2017 Stephanie Robinson (Masters) ANU Chalcolithic Wedge Tombs and an Iron Age Burial
2017 Bronwyn Wyatt (Masters) ANU Health and disease in prehistoric Indonesia
2017 Claire Rider (Masters) ANU Hip joint pathology and lower limb skeletal adaptation
2016 Natasha Langley (Masters) ANU The effects of experimental burning on pig enamel
2016 Ashley Bridge (Masters) ANU Stature in forensics using modern Australian data
2014 Rosie Pitfield (Masters) Co-supervisor, University of Kent Histomorphometry of the human humerus during ontogeny
Internships
2017 Daisy Wang Policy position in science, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra
2017 Tegan Cassell Animals in research: A researcher's guideline to communication, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra
Smaller undergraduate and graduate projects
ANU 2016-2021:
Graduate Research Project in Archaeological and Evolutionary Science (Masters) - 11 students (C March, O Batbayar, A Isaac, B Campbell, A Backshall, M Walker, S McInnes, K Phillips, B Bayliss, T Stewart, A Beugelsdyk)
Supervised Research Project in Biological Anthropology (Undergradute) - 6 students (E Drew, G Smith, B Taylor, J Tucker, M Walker, T Mann)
University of Kent 2013-2014:
Project in Anthropological Science (Undergraduate) - 13 students (5 co-supervised) (C Aris, C Audige-Soutter, Yana Bezirganova, T Brah, P Fuente, C Sillett, S O’Byrney, K Warner, H Goman, C Icke, C Kilfoil, E Morgan, E Myles-Hook)
Publications
- Miszkiewicz JJ, van der Geer AE. 2022. Inferring longevity from advanced rib remodelling in insular dwarf deer. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136(1): 41-58.
- Snoddy A, Miszkiewicz JJ et al. 2022. Bone Remodeling Changes in an Individual with Tuberculosis- Induced, Left- Sided Femoroacetabular Joint Destruction, from Nineteenth- Century Milton, New Zealand. Bioarchaeology International early view
- Mahoney P, McFarlane G, Smith BH, Miszkiewicz JJ, Cerrito Paola, Liversidge H, Mancini L, Dreossi D, Veneziano A, Bernardini F, Cristiani E, Behie A, Coppa A, Bondioli L, Frayer D, Radovcic D, Nava A. 2021. Growth of Neanderthal infants from Krapina (120-130 ka), Croatia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288(1963): 1-8
- Miszkiewicz JJ, Valentin F, Vrahnas C, Sims NA, Vongsvivut P, Tobin MJ, Clark G. 2021. Bone loss markers in the earliest Pacific islanders. Scientific Reports 11, 3981
- Cooke K, Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz J. 2021 in press. Secondary Osteon Variants and Remodeling in Human Bone. The Anatomical Record
- Vlok M, Buckley H, Miszkiewicz JJ et al. 2021. Forager and farmer evolutionary adaptations to malaria evidenced by 7000 years of thalassemia in Southeast Asia Scientific Reports 11(1), 1-15.
- Westaway M, Williams D, Lowe K, Wright NJ, Kerkhove R, Silcock J, Gorringe J, Miszkiewicz J, Wood R, Adams R, Manne T, Adams S, Miscamble T, Stout J, Wrobel GD, Kemp J, Hendry B, Gorringe M, Gorringe B, Lander K, Gorringe S, Andrews I, Collard M. 2021. Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland. Antiquity 95 (382), 1043-1060.
- Stewart T, Louys J, Miszkiewicz JJ. 2021. Intra-skeletal vascular density in a bipedal hopping macropod with implications for analyses of rib histology. Anatomical Science International 96, 386–399.
- Sohler-Snoddy A, Miszkiewicz J, Loch C, Tromp M, Buckley HR. 2021. An image analysis protocol for the quantification of interglobular dentine in anthropological tooth sections. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174(1): 144-148.
- Walker MM, Louys J, Herries AIR, Price GJ, Miszkiewicz JJ. 2021 in press. Humerus midshaft histology in a modern and fossil wombat. Australian Mammalogy
- Miszkiewicz JJ. 2020. The importance of open access software in the analysis of bone histology in biological anthropology. Evolutionary Anthropology 29: 165-167.
- Miszkiewicz JJ, Rider C, Kealy S, Vrahnas C, Sims NA, Vongsvivut J, Tobin MJ, Bolunia MJ, De Leon AS, Peñalosa AL, Pagulayan PS, Soriano AV, Page R, Oxenham F. 2020. Asymmetric midshaft femur remodeling in an adult male with left sided hip joint ankylosis, Metal Period Nagsabaran, Philippines. International Journal of Paleopathology 1:14-22.
- Mahoney P, McFarlane G, Pitfield R, O'Hara M, Miszkiewicz JJ, Deter C, Seal H, Guatelli-Steinberg D. 2020. A structural biorhythm related to human sexual dimorphism. Journal of Structural Biology 211, 1-9.
- Miszkiewicz JJ, Louys J, Beck R, Mahoney P, Aplin K, O'Connor S. 2020. Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129 (3), 570-586.
- Bridge A, Oxenham M, Miszkiewicz JJ. 2020. Estimating stature using human forearm and leg anthropometric data in an Australian female sample. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences 52 (1): 83-95.
- Behie A, Miszkiewicz JJ. 2019. Enamel neonatal line thickness in deciduous teeth of Australian children from known maternal health and pregnancy conditions. Early Human Development, 137: 104821.
- Miszkiewicz JJ, Cooke K. 2019. Socio-economic Determinants of Bone Health from Past to Present. Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism 17: 109–122.
- Wyatt B, Miszkiewicz J. 2019. Skeletal markers of health and disease in the Northern Moluccas, in Peter Bellwood (ed.), The Spice Islands in Prehistory: Archaeology in the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 201-209.
- Miszkiewicz J. 2019. How adapting to research setbacks can pave the way to greater outcomes. Nature doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01916-x
- Miszkiewicz JJ, Louys J, O'Connor S. 2019. Micro-anatomical record of cortical bone remodeling and high vascularity in a fossil giant rat midshaft femur. The Anatomical Record 302(11): 1934-1940.
- Kinaston R, Willis A, Miszkiewicz JJ, Tromp M, Oxenham MF. 2019. The Dentition: Development, Disturbances, Disease, Diet, and Chemistry. In: Buikstra JE (ed) Ortner's Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remain, Academic Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 749-797.
- Pitfield R, Miszkiewicz JJ, Mahoney P. 2019. Microscopic markers of an infradian biorhythm in human juvenile ribs. Bone 120: 403-410.
- Dempsey N, Gilbert F, Miszkiewicz JJ, Oxenham M. 2019. Biomechanical analysis of controlled tibial blunt force trauma. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences 51(5): 538-548.
- Miszkiewicz JJ, Mahoney P. 2019. Histomorphometry and cortical robusticity of the adult human femur. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 37(1): 90-104.
- Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ, Chapple S, Le Luyer M, Schlecht SH, Stewart TJ, Griffiths RA, Deter C, Guatelli-Steinberg D. 2018. The biorhythm of human skeletal growth. Journal of Anatomy 232(1):26-38.
- Fahy G, Deter C, Pitfield R, Miszkiewicz JJ, Mahoney P. 2017. Bone deep: Variation in stable isotope ratios and histomorphometric measurements of bone remodelling within adult humans. Journal of Archaeological Science 87: 10-16.
- Pitfield R, Miszkiewicz JJ, Mahoney P. 2017. Cortical histomorphometry of the human humerus during ontogeny. Calcified Tissue International 101(2), 148-158
- Miszkiewicz JJ, Mahoney P. 2017. Human bone and dental histology in an archaeological context. In: Thompson T, Errickson D (eds) Human Remains: Another Dimension, Academic Press - Elsevier, US, pp. 29-43.
- Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ, Pitfield R, Deter CA, Guatelli-Steinberg D. 2017. Enamel biorhythms of humans and great apes: the Havers-Halberg Oscillation hypothesis reconsidered. Journal of Anatomy 230: 272-281.
- Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ, Pitfield R,Schlecht SH, Deter C, Guatelli-Steinberg D. 2016. Biorhythms, deciduous enamel thickness, and primary bone growth: A test of the Havers-Halberg Oscillation hypothesis. Journal of Anatomy 228(6): 919-928.
- Mahoney P, Schmidt C, Deter C, Slavin P, Johns SE, Miszkiewicz JJ, Nystrom P. 2016. Deciduous enamel 3D microwear texture analysis as an indicator of childhood diet in medieval Canterbury, England. Journal of Archaeological Science 66: 128-136.
- Miszkiewicz JJ, Mahoney P. 2016. Ancient human bone microstructure in Medieval England: Comparisons between two socio-economic groups. The Anatomical Record 299(1): 42-59.
- Miszkiewicz JJ. 2016. Investigating histomorphometric relationships at the human femoral midshaft in a biomechanical context. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 34: 179-92.
- Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz J. 2015. Formation times in thermally altered enamel. In: Schmidt CW, Symes SA (eds) The Analysis of Burned Human Remains, Academic Press, Amsterdam, pp. 355-363.
- Miszkiewicz JJ. 2015b. Histology of a Harris line in a human distal tibia. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 33(4): 462-466.
- Miszkiewicz JJ. 2015a. Linear enamel hypoplasia and age-at-death at Medieval (11th-16th Centuries) St. Gregory's Priory and Cemetery, Canterbury, UK. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 25(1): 79-87.
Projects and Grants
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- Bone metabolism change with lifestyle in ancient Asia-Pacific populations (Primary Investigator)