Our staff boast a wide range of expertise
ARCHE is home to a diverse group of internationally renowned experts in a wide range of fields. We are united in our passion for exploring the origins and future of our species and increasing our understanding of humanity’s place in the natural world.
Director
Professor Michael Petraglia
Human evolution, Palaeolithic archaeology, climate change and human dispersals.
Members
Associate Professor Jeremy Brownlie
Genetics and Genomics, host-parasite interactions, evolution
Dr Mark de Bruyn
Evolutionary biology, environmental DNA, ancient DNA, South East Asian biogeography
Dr Jillian Huntley
Physicochemical characterisation, provenance studies, Australian archaeology, rock art, human climate adaptation
Dr Andrea Jalandoni
Digital archaeology, rock art, archaeology of the Philippines and Micronesia
Dr Justine Kemp
Quaternary geochronology, optically stimulated luminescence dating
Professor David Lambert
Ancient genomes, rates of molecular change, Indigenous genomics
Associate Professor Michelle Langley
Human behavioural evolution, traceology, Palaeolithic archaeology, Australian archaeology, Neanderthals, archaeology of children
Dr Tim Maloney
Australian Indigenous archaeology, archaeology of island South East Asia, morphological and microscopic stone tool analysis, human evolution
Associate Professor Carney Matheson
Paleomultiomics, Molecular paleopathology, Ancient DNA, Taphonomy, Residue analysis, Archaeological chemistry, Forensic science
Kasih Norman
Archaeology of Australia and Indonesia, Geochronology, Drowned landscapes, Geospatial archaeology, Human dispersals.
Professor Tanya Smith
Palaeoanthropology, biological anthropology, evolution of human life history, tooth development and chemistry
Dr Mathew Stewart
Zooarchaeology, palaeontology, palaeoecology, proteomics, human and animal dispersals, drylands
Distinguished Professor Paul Taçon
Rock art, human evolution, symbolic material culture, Australian Indigenous archaeology and ethnography, Southeast Asian archaeology
Professor Lynley Wallis
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology, archaeological science, historical archaeology, heritage and cultural conservation and management
Dr Jayne Wilkins
Palaeoarchaeology, lithic analysis, origins of modern humans, African archaeology
Masters and Honours Students
- Alexandra Bubniak
- Jamie Campbell
- Aidan Hughes
- Brittany Sawyer
- Aisling Taylor
Past Higher Degree Research Students
- Shaun Adams
- Pauline Basilia
- Daniel Borombovitis
- Haya Cohen
- Samuel Dix
- Tal Fitzpatrick
- Marisa Giorgi
- Robert Haubt
- Andrea Jalandoni
- Jono Lineen
- Janet Marles
- Eva Martellotta
- Emily Miller
- Yinika Perston
- Marcela Ortega Rincon
- Irina Ponomareva
- Holly Smith
- Adrian Strong
- Roxanne Tsang
- Nicola Winn