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Dr Toni Ferrara
Lecturer

Dr Toni Ferrara

Science
School of Biotech & Biomolecular Science
E-mail
t.ferrara@unsw.edu.au
Location
Biological Sciences Building
  • Journal articles | 2013
    Ferrara TL; Boughton P; Slavich E; Wroe S, 2013, 'A novel method for single sample multi-axial nanoindentation of hydrated heterogeneous tissues based on testing great white shark jaws', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081196
    Journal articles | 2011
    Attard M; Chamoli U; Rogers T; Ferrara T; Wroe S, 2011, 'Skull mechanics and implications for feeding behaviour in a large marsupial carnivore guild: the thylacine, Tasmanian devil and spotted-tailed quoll', Journal of Zoology, 285, pp. 292 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00844.x
    Journal articles | 2011
    Ferrara T; Clausen P; Huber D; McHenry C; Peddemors V; Wroe S, 2011, 'Mechanics of biting in great white and sandtiger sharks', Journal of Biomechanics, 44, pp. 430 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.09.028
    Journal articles | 2010
    Wroe S; Ferrara T; McHenry C; Curnoe D; Chamoli U, 2010, 'The craniomandibular mechanics of being human', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 277, pp. 3579 - 3586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0509
    Journal articles | 2009
    Fry B; Wroe S; Teeuwisse W; Van Osch M; Moreno K; Ingle J; McHenry C; Ferrara T; Clausen P; Scheib H; Winter K; Greisman L; Roelants K; Van Der Weerd L; Clemente C; Giannakis E; Hodgson W; Luz S; Martelli P; Krishnasamy K; Kochva E; Hang F; Scanlon D; Karas J; Citron D; Goldstein E; Mcnaughtan J; Norman J; Ferrara TL, 2009, 'A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus ( Megalania) priscus', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106, pp. 8969 - 8974, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810883106
    Journal articles | 2008
    Wroe S; Huber D; Lowry M; McHenry C; Moreno K; Clausen P; Cunningham E; Dean M; Summers A; Ferrara T, 2008, 'Three-dimensional computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanics: how hard can a great white bite?', Journal of Zoology, 276, pp. 336 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00494.x
    Journal articles | 2008
    Wroe S; Huber D; Lowry M; McHenry C; Moreno K; Clausen P; Ferrara TL, 2008, '3D computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanics: how hard can a great white bite?', Journal of Zoology, 276, pp. 336 - 342

My Teaching

I am an Education Focused Lecturer in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences.   I am a co-convener for two courses, BIOC2101 Principles of Biochemistry (Advanced) and BIOC2201 Principles of Molecular Biology (Advanced).