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Kris D'Aout

Dr Kris D'Aout
PhD, etc.

Senior Lecturer
Musculoskeletal & Ageing Science
Part of
Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Contact

Kristiaan.Daout@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 (0)151 794 9077

Professional Activities

To me, external engagement, be it research, teaching, or outreach, is an essential part of being an academic.
I engage in numerous outreach and public engagement activities, which I really enjoy. Recently I have been involved in events such as Meet the Scientists (World Museum, Liverpool), Pint of Science (Liverpool; as a speaker and as a host), and SciBar (Widnes and Kirkby). I am mentoring sixth-form students for the Social Mobility Foundation.
I have taken up editorial roles in addition to being an active reviewer (Publons record, winner of a 2018 Peer Reviewer Award). I co-organised symposia and conferences such as the 2013 Congress of the European Federation for Primatology and the 2015 Footwear Biomechanics Symposium in Liverpool.

Conference Roles

  • Looking for the best foot in the best shoe: how to stimulate healthy locomotion in an ageing population?, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (17th Stafford Conference on Clinical Biomechanics, 2019)
  • The biomechanics of human locomotion: Evolving barefoot, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Footwear Biomechanics Symposium, Natal, Brazil, 2013)
  • The evolution of feet, by Invitation (Lustrum Congress Podology, Ghent, Belgium, 2012)
  • The biomechanics of bipedal gait: About modern humans, their ancestors, and robots, by Invitation (Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011)
  • Plantar pressure distribution in the normal and in the diabetic foot, by Invitation (Diabetic Foot Society of India, Mumbai, India, 2006)
  • Bipedal walking in hominins: What can we learn from experimental research on apes and humans?, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Anthropological Society of Nippon, 2005)
  • The evolutionary history of the human foot, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (International Footscan Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005)
  • The evolution of habitual bipedalism in humans, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Adidas Technical Summit, Scheinfeld, Germany, 2000)

Editorships

  • Footwear Science (Editorial Board Member, 2018 - present)
  • Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (Member of the Reading Committee, 2017 - present)
  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Associate Editor, 2009 - 2014)

Examination Roles

  • PhD (2022 - present)
  • Queen's University, Mechanical and Materials Engineering (PhD, 2020)
  • University of Dundee, MSc (PGT, 2021)
  • University of Birmingham, Biosciences (PhD, 2021)
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Mechanical Engineering (PhD, 2020)
  • University of Dundee, MSc (PGT, 2020)
  • MSc in Human Anatomy and Evolution (PGT, 2019 - 2023)
  • Anna University, Chennai, PhD (2020)
  • University of Antwerp, PhD, Applied Veterinary Morphology (2019)
  • University of Sheffield, PhD (2019)
  • Liverpool John Moores University, PhD (2019)
  • University of Western Australia (Australia), PhD (2019)
  • Université de Bordeaux (France), PhD (2019)
  • University of Kent, MSc (PGT, 2017)
  • University of Birmingham, PhD (2017)
  • Antwerp University (Belgium), PhD (2017)
  • University of Birmingham, PhD (2016)
  • Royal Veterinary College London, PhD (2016)
  • Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris & Université Paris Descartes (France), PhD (2016)
  • Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France), PhD (2015)
  • University of Birmingham, PhD (2011)
  • Ghent University (Belgium), PhD (2011)
  • Ghent University (Belgium), PhD (2010)
  • George Washington University (USA), PhD (2009)
  • Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France), PhD (2007)
  • Ghent University (Belgium), PhD (2006)
  • Ghent University (Belgium), PhD (2004)
  • University of Kent, MSc, Biological Anthropology (PGT, 2017 - 2018)
  • Université Paris Descartes / Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, PhD (2016 - 2017)
  • Royal Veterinary College, London, PhD (2016 - 2017)
  • University of Birmingham, PhD (2016 - 2017)
  • Antwerp University, Belgium, PhD (2016 - 2017)
  • Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France, PhD (2015 - 2016)
  • University of Birmingham, UK, PhD (2010 - 2011)
  • Ghent University (Veterinary Sciences), Belgium, PhD (2010 - 2011)
  • Ghent University (Movement and Sports Sciences), Belgium, PhD (2009 - 2010)
  • George Washington University, Washington DC, USA, PhD (2008 - 2009)
  • Muséum National de l'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, PhD (2007 - 2008)
  • Ghent University (Movement and Sports Sciences), Belgium, PhD (2005 - 2006)
  • Ghent University (Movement and Sports Sciences), Belgium, PhD (2004 - 2005)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Athena Swan Committee (Faculty, 2023 - present)
  • HLS Faculty Education Advisory Group member (Faculty, 2023 - present)
  • Sustainability Group (Faculty, 2022 - present)
  • Travel & Transport Group (University, 2021 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB) (Member, 2018 - present)
  • Institute for Leadership and Management (Member, 2018 - present)
  • Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2016 - present)
  • Anatomical Society (Member, 2014 - present)
  • Primate Society of Great Britain (Member, 2014 - present)
  • International Society of Biomechanics (Member, 2013 - present)
  • Footwear Biomechanics Group (Member, 2009 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Member of the EDWInA (Equality, Diversity and Well-being) Steering Committee in IACD. Sustainability Lead.
  • Manager of the Medical and Comparative Anatomy Collection of the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease.