Our People
Staff, adjuncts and research students work across the JCU network work in archaeology or archaeology-related areas. This page presents a list of current staff, adjuncts and research students affiliated with TARL. Click on ‘More Details’ to see current research projects and further information.
Directors
TARL Director
Research interests: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology; Coastal and island archaeology; Impacts of people on new environments; Radiocarbon dating of marine materials.
TARL Deputy Director
Research interests: Archaeology of Southeast Asia; Long-term changes in society and environment; Community-based archaeology.
JCU Staff with Archaeological Research Interests
Isotope Geochemist
Research interests: Geoarchaeology; Isotope geochemistry; Quaternary science; Radiocarbon pretreatment.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Frequency and Bayesian analysis of 14C datasets; human-climate interactions; impacts of environmental hazards on human mobility
Biological anthropologist
Research interests: Bioarchaeology (esp. Southeast Asia); Palaeohealth, palaeopathology, trauma; Demography, migration.
Senior Lecturer, IERC
Research interests: eResearch and archaeological datasets, Maritime archaeology.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Archaeoicthyology; Marine environment; Fish ecology; Fisheries Sustainability; Fishing.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Quality assurance; Geochronology; Geoarchaeology.
Senior Curator/Senior Lecturer, Maritime Archaeology
Research interests: Maritime Archaeology; Wooden ship construction (17-20th centuries); Underwater; Cultural Heritage; Archaeological visualisation: 3D photogrammetry, legacy data and interpretation; Outreach and public archaeology.
Lecturer, Medical Education
Research interests: Historical archaeology; Archaeology of Lord Howe Island.
Head, Earth and Environmental Science
Research interests: Vertebrate taphonomy; Sedimentology and stratigraphy; Geochronology; Continental ichnology.
Research fellow
Research interests: Palaeoecology; Palynology
Lecturer, Archaeology
Research interests: Bioarchaeology; Palaeodiet; Palaeohealth; Southeast Asian Archaeology
Technical Staff
Cailey Maclaurin
Laboratory Supervisor (Cairns)
Rainy Comley
Research Assistant (Cairns)
Josh Connelly
Research Assistant (Cairns)
Kayla Turner
Research Assistant (Cairns)