Peter Falkingham
@peterfalkingham.com
Professor of Palaeobiology, specialising in locomotion in the fossil record, #dinosaur footprints, #photogrammetry and #simulation. Liverpool/Wales UK
https://peterfalkingham.com
https://peterfalkingham.com
I'm quite happy with this paper - I think it's a relatively accessible read, and includes our most advanced track simulations yet. Thanks to everyone at Palaeontology for making such a nice paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 15, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I'm quite happy with this paper - I think it's a relatively accessible read, and includes our most advanced track simulations yet. Thanks to everyone at Palaeontology for making such a nice paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Newton International Fellowship scheme is open: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
I'd love to host anyone interested in Palaeo/biomechanics, but I'd be excited for a fellow who wants to apply #nvidia technologies like Isaac lab/Newton, or computer vision techniques to foot and mud movement.
I'd love to host anyone interested in Palaeo/biomechanics, but I'd be excited for a fellow who wants to apply #nvidia technologies like Isaac lab/Newton, or computer vision techniques to foot and mud movement.
royalsociety.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The Newton International Fellowship scheme is open: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
I'd love to host anyone interested in Palaeo/biomechanics, but I'd be excited for a fellow who wants to apply #nvidia technologies like Isaac lab/Newton, or computer vision techniques to foot and mud movement.
I'd love to host anyone interested in Palaeo/biomechanics, but I'd be excited for a fellow who wants to apply #nvidia technologies like Isaac lab/Newton, or computer vision techniques to foot and mud movement.
Obligatory new paper post, about abundance and diversity of penetrative #dinosaur tracks
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Obligatory new paper post, about abundance and diversity of penetrative #dinosaur tracks
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I see journal editors are back to work. That's five review requests before 8am
January 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
I see journal editors are back to work. That's five review requests before 8am
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New independent research shows LJMU delivers £470m+ a year to the Liverpool City Region and nearly £900m to the UK.
We’re driving economic growth, social mobility and community impact, from 6,000+ jobs to £174m in annual social value.
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
youtu.be/Xg1Zg3tB6zc
We’re driving economic growth, social mobility and community impact, from 6,000+ jobs to £174m in annual social value.
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
youtu.be/Xg1Zg3tB6zc
LJMU Social and Economic Impact
YouTube video by Liverpool John Moores University
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December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New independent research shows LJMU delivers £470m+ a year to the Liverpool City Region and nearly £900m to the UK.
We’re driving economic growth, social mobility and community impact, from 6,000+ jobs to £174m in annual social value.
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
youtu.be/Xg1Zg3tB6zc
We’re driving economic growth, social mobility and community impact, from 6,000+ jobs to £174m in annual social value.
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
youtu.be/Xg1Zg3tB6zc
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social currently have ~40 permanent academic positions on offer, in a range of subjects including forensics, sports, computer science, engineering etc: jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancies/97...
Academic jobs
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social currently have ~40 permanent academic positions on offer, in a range of subjects including forensics, sports, computer science, engineering etc: jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancies/97...
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Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
c.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK
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Falkingjam wins SVP #2025SVP @peterfalkingham.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Falkingjam wins SVP #2025SVP @peterfalkingham.com
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We’re celebrating after winning two Times Higher Education Awards! 🎉
🏆 Business School of the Year: Liverpool Business School
🏆 Widening participation/ Outreach initiative of the Year: Roma Education Aspiration Project
#THEAwards
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🏆 Business School of the Year: Liverpool Business School
🏆 Widening participation/ Outreach initiative of the Year: Roma Education Aspiration Project
#THEAwards
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We’re celebrating after winning two Times Higher Education Awards! 🎉
🏆 Business School of the Year: Liverpool Business School
🏆 Widening participation/ Outreach initiative of the Year: Roma Education Aspiration Project
#THEAwards
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
🏆 Business School of the Year: Liverpool Business School
🏆 Widening participation/ Outreach initiative of the Year: Roma Education Aspiration Project
#THEAwards
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
I don't know exactly what it is, but this email we just got makes me cringe:
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I don't know exactly what it is, but this email we just got makes me cringe:
Using local AI/LLM in VS Code without third party software
I've found VC Code copilot to be invaluable in writing small scripts and the like for, say, visualizing my DEM output in Blender. Just a super way of speeding up tool-building in scenarios where you can immediately tell if it's worked or…
I've found VC Code copilot to be invaluable in writing small scripts and the like for, say, visualizing my DEM output in Blender. Just a super way of speeding up tool-building in scenarios where you can immediately tell if it's worked or…
Using local AI/LLM in VS Code without third party software
I've found VC Code copilot to be invaluable in writing small scripts and the like for, say, visualizing my DEM output in Blender. Just a super way of speeding up tool-building in scenarios where you can immediately tell if it's worked or not. With an education account, you get access to all kinds of top-end models. But what many people don't realize is that you can also use local models in VS Code.
peterfalkingham.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Using local AI/LLM in VS Code without third party software
I've found VC Code copilot to be invaluable in writing small scripts and the like for, say, visualizing my DEM output in Blender. Just a super way of speeding up tool-building in scenarios where you can immediately tell if it's worked or…
I've found VC Code copilot to be invaluable in writing small scripts and the like for, say, visualizing my DEM output in Blender. Just a super way of speeding up tool-building in scenarios where you can immediately tell if it's worked or…
Well that's pretty cool and earns me some bragging rights at home!
Hey look it's @peterfalkingham.com on Have I got News For You!!
October 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Well that's pretty cool and earns me some bragging rights at home!
Article out about our #dinosaur footprint work and high performance computing #HPC on @ljmuofficial.bsky.social 's 'prospero' cluster.
www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/17/h...
www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/17/h...
www.nextplatform.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Article out about our #dinosaur footprint work and high performance computing #HPC on @ljmuofficial.bsky.social 's 'prospero' cluster.
www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/17/h...
www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/17/h...
October 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Had a great day at MorphUpNorth yesterday and very pleased to have been awarded best talk!
October 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Had a great day at MorphUpNorth yesterday and very pleased to have been awarded best talk!
Congrats to @rebeccalowes.bsky.social on deservedly winning best talk at morphupnorth and a new office mug!
October 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Congrats to @rebeccalowes.bsky.social on deservedly winning best talk at morphupnorth and a new office mug!
Oxford had a talented group make a video about the #dinosaur tracks in Oxfordshire this summer.
Birmingham also had a talented group make a video.
I made the video for our group. It is less professional. And has wildly inappropriate music:
youtu.be/6ULOHr7dkF0
Birmingham also had a talented group make a video.
I made the video for our group. It is less professional. And has wildly inappropriate music:
youtu.be/6ULOHr7dkF0
Oxfordshire Dinosaur tracks - Falkingham Lab from Liverpool John Moores University
YouTube video by Peter Falkingham
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Oxford had a talented group make a video about the #dinosaur tracks in Oxfordshire this summer.
Birmingham also had a talented group make a video.
I made the video for our group. It is less professional. And has wildly inappropriate music:
youtu.be/6ULOHr7dkF0
Birmingham also had a talented group make a video.
I made the video for our group. It is less professional. And has wildly inappropriate music:
youtu.be/6ULOHr7dkF0
Really cool website the BBC have put together on the dinosaur track excavations in Oxfordshire this year
Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Really cool website the BBC have put together on the dinosaur track excavations in Oxfordshire this year
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Our speaker from earlier this year, @peterfalkingham.com, is part of a team that found one of the longest #dinosaur track ways in the world www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Our speaker from earlier this year, @peterfalkingham.com, is part of a team that found one of the longest #dinosaur track ways in the world www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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The release of the BBC story on this year’s dinosaur track excavation at Dewars Farm means I can finally post these team photos. Thanks so much to quarry manager Mark Stanway & all his team at Smiths Bletchington for being utterly amazing & supporting our work at the site.
October 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The release of the BBC story on this year’s dinosaur track excavation at Dewars Farm means I can finally post these team photos. Thanks so much to quarry manager Mark Stanway & all his team at Smiths Bletchington for being utterly amazing & supporting our work at the site.
This morning I am mostly being hoisted by a petard. My own petard.
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This morning I am mostly being hoisted by a petard. My own petard.
Me: I'm not sure I really understand the problem. Could you articulate it in a different way with different words?
My Two Year Old. Again.: NooooOOOoooooOoooOooooooOoooOoooooOoOOOOooo!
My Two Year Old. Again.: NooooOOOoooooOoooOooooooOoooOoooooOoOOOOooo!
September 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Me: I'm not sure I really understand the problem. Could you articulate it in a different way with different words?
My Two Year Old. Again.: NooooOOOoooooOoooOooooooOoooOoooooOoOOOOooo!
My Two Year Old. Again.: NooooOOOoooooOoooOooooooOoooOoooooOoOOOOooo!
Major update to Open Source photogrammetry software Meshroom
Meshroom has for some time been one of my top choices for open-source or free photogrammetry software, offering a really deep amount of customization and tinkering. However, while this blog made a big splash early on reviewing all the…
Meshroom has for some time been one of my top choices for open-source or free photogrammetry software, offering a really deep amount of customization and tinkering. However, while this blog made a big splash early on reviewing all the…
Major update to Open Source photogrammetry software Meshroom
Meshroom has for some time been one of my top choices for open-source or free photogrammetry software, offering a really deep amount of customization and tinkering. However, while this blog made a big splash early on reviewing all the different open-source photogrammetry software, I've found they haven't really kept up with Metashape or RealityScan, and I'm just not using them much any more.
peterfalkingham.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Major update to Open Source photogrammetry software Meshroom
Meshroom has for some time been one of my top choices for open-source or free photogrammetry software, offering a really deep amount of customization and tinkering. However, while this blog made a big splash early on reviewing all the…
Meshroom has for some time been one of my top choices for open-source or free photogrammetry software, offering a really deep amount of customization and tinkering. However, while this blog made a big splash early on reviewing all the…
I say the videos on my YouTube animals in motion playlist are for research and reference, but sometimes they're for fun too. Here's an 8 week old kitten playing, at full speed and slow motion
youtube.com/watch?v=E0tP...
youtube.com/watch?v=E0tP...
8 week old Kitten playing in slow motion and 4k
YouTube video by Peter Falkingham
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August 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I say the videos on my YouTube animals in motion playlist are for research and reference, but sometimes they're for fun too. Here's an 8 week old kitten playing, at full speed and slow motion
youtube.com/watch?v=E0tP...
youtube.com/watch?v=E0tP...
[Academic Tech] XREAL Air Pro 2 – Immersive Augmented Reality Glasses
At the recent SEB conference, I traveled sans laptop, working on the assumption I could do everything urgent on my OnePlus Open. I could... but what I found was that some tasks just needed a larger screen (specifically…
At the recent SEB conference, I traveled sans laptop, working on the assumption I could do everything urgent on my OnePlus Open. I could... but what I found was that some tasks just needed a larger screen (specifically…
[Academic Tech] XREAL Air Pro 2 – Immersive Augmented Reality Glasses
At the recent SEB conference, I traveled sans laptop, working on the assumption I could do everything urgent on my OnePlus Open. I could... but what I found was that some tasks just needed a larger screen (specifically remote-ing into a remote workstation was difficult to make out everything on the small 6-7" unfolded screen). So upon my return, I started looking into AR glasses, for which I'd seen a few reviews on YouTube, in passing.
peterfalkingham.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
[Academic Tech] XREAL Air Pro 2 – Immersive Augmented Reality Glasses
At the recent SEB conference, I traveled sans laptop, working on the assumption I could do everything urgent on my OnePlus Open. I could... but what I found was that some tasks just needed a larger screen (specifically…
At the recent SEB conference, I traveled sans laptop, working on the assumption I could do everything urgent on my OnePlus Open. I could... but what I found was that some tasks just needed a larger screen (specifically…