Dr Patrick Mahoney

Reader in Human Skeletal Biology Manager of the Histology Lab Lead for taught MSc Degrees in Chemistry and Forensic Science
Email
p.mahoney@kent.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)1227 827927
Dr Patrick Mahoney

About

Dr Mahoney was awarded a first-class BSc degree in Archaeology from University College London in 1999, and a distinction for an MSc in Human Osteology and Palaeopathology from the University of Sheffield in 2000. With Research Council funding he gained a PhD from the University of Sheffield in 2004. He was employed as a postdoctoral researcher on UK Research Council and USA National Science Foundation funded projects before joining the University of Kent as a Lecturer in 2008.

Research interests

Dr Mahoney is a skeletal biologist who specialises in dental histology to address questions about human growth in the present and past.

Teaching

  • CHEM5010 - Analytical Chemistry 1: Methods and Validation
  • FOST7002 -  Growth, Disease, and Taphonomy - (Module Convenor)
  • FOST7004 - Field Excavation and Recovery Methods - (Module Convenor)
  • FSCI6004 - Forensic Science Research Project
  • FSCI7007 - Research Skills and Advanced Analytical Methods - (Module Convenor)    

Supervision

Current PhD students:
  • Petrina Barnard. Provenancing unidentified individuals from a combined dental histology and trace element approach.
  • Clarice Skinner. Developing a method to estimating adult age-at-death from root dentin histology.
  • Kaity Bailey. An isotopic approach to Medieval pilgrimages
  • Rebecca Singleton .Tooth cementum annulations and seasonality

Professional

  • Editorial Board Member for the American Journal of Biological Anthropology and Section Editor for the Annals of Human Biology from 2026. 
  • Dr Mahoney leads a Royal Society funded Histology Lab that is equipped for thin sectioning and high resolution microscopy.

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