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
Distinguished Professor Sean UIm
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.
Dr Nigel Chang
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
Distinguished Professor Michael Bird
Isotope Geochemist
Research interests: Geoarchaeology; Isotope geochemistry; Quaternary science; Radiocarbon pretreatment.
Dr Magdalena Bunbury
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Frequency and Bayesian analysis of 14C datasets; human-climate interactions; impacts of environmental hazards on human mobility
A/Professor Kate Domett
Biological anthropologist
Research interests: Bioarchaeology (esp. Southeast Asia); Palaeohealth, palaeopathology, trauma; Demography, migration.
Dr Dianna Hardy
Senior Lecturer, IERC
Research interests: eResearch and archaeological datasets, Maritime archaeology.
Dr Ariana Lambrides
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Archaeoicthyology; Marine environment; Fish ecology; Fisheries Sustainability; Fishing.
Dr Lauren Linnenlucke
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Quality assurance; Geochronology; Geoarchaeology.
Dr Mirani Litster
Lecturer, Archaeology
Research interests: Archaeomalacology; Glass beads; Indian Ocean archaeology; Cultural heritage management; Globalisation; Archaeological theory; World Heritage.
Dr Madeline McAllister
Senior Curator, 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.
Dr Kimberley Owens
Lecturer, Medical Education
Research interests: Historical archaeology; Archaeology of Lord Howe Island.
Dr Emma Rehn
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Human-environment interactions; Aboriginal fire regimes
A/Professor Eric Roberts
Head, Earth and Environmental Science
Research interests: Vertebrate taphonomy; Sedimentology and stratigraphy; Geochronology; Continental ichnology.
Dr Anna Willis
Lecturer, Archaeology
Research interests: Bioarchaeology; Palaeodiet; Palaeohealth; Southeast Asian Archaeology
Dr Katherine Woo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Australian Archaeology; Archaeomalacology; Mollusc ecology and biology; Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions; Human-environmental interactions
Technical Staff
Cailey Maclaurin
Laboratory Supervisor (Cairns)
Rainy Comley
Research Assistant (Cairns)
Josh Connelly
Research Assistant (Cairns)
Kayla Turner
Research Assistant (Cairns)