Mark Walters – Committee Member
BSc (Hons), MSc (UWA)

Mark is a senior research scientist with the Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Unit at Princess Margaret Hospital for children. He has been instrumental in establishing a computer-assisted surgical planning facility and developing facial analysis tools applicable to 3-dimensional facial scanning. He has a background in human and veterinary anatomy with specific research interests in functional cranio-dental-facial anatomy and bone biology.

Currently primary research effort is being directed in establishing the Western Australian Face-Space Statistic, for which a sample of healthy young Western Australians have had their faces scanned with a 3D stereophotogrammetry system. These scans contribute to statistical dataset quantifying population shape variances and modes of facial symmetry. This is made possible with the application of engineered geometric morphometric techniques that are being applied in a spatially dense manner. As a proponent of the ‘new anthropometrics’ Mark has assembled a dynamic group of clinical consultants, postgraduate science students and computer engineers developing objective screening, diagnostics, treatment planning and treatment outcome assessment tools.

In his limited spare time, Mark enjoys sailing and maintaining his timber yacht.