Find out about our current PhD candidates and their research

Our Centre is equally devoted to education and research, and nowhere else is this more evident than the number of PhD candidates that we are proud to call members.

Our current PhD Candidates

Christine Adams

Qualifications

Bachelor of Archaeology, Flinders University

Master of Archaeology and Heritage Management (Advanced), Flinders University

Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies, Deakin University

Thesis Title

Investigating the Arabian Neolithic through stable isotope analysis and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS)

Supervisors

Professor Michael Petraglia and Dr Mathew Stewart (Griffith University)

Shinatria Adhityatama

Qualifications

Bachelor of Archaeology (Hons), Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Thesis Title

Sulawesi’s Iron Age: The Underwater sites of Lake Matano

Supervisors

Professor Maxime Aubert, Professor Adam Brumm (Griffith University), Dr R.R Triwurjani (National Research Center for Archeology, Indonesia)

Tseren Byambasuren

Qualifications

Master of Arts, Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester

Thesis Title

Understanding faunal and cultural change in Mongolian rock art: Evolving ecologies, socio-economic strategies and spiritualities.

Supervisors

Professor Michael Petraglia (Griffith University), Distinguished Professor Paul S.C. Taçon (Griffith University)

Basran Basran

Qualifications

TBA

Thesis Title

Archaeological stratigraphy and site formation at the limestone cave of Leang Bulu Bettue, Sulawesi

Supervisors

Professor Adam Brumm and Associate Professor Michelle Langley (Griffith University)

Maya Bharatiya

Qualifications

Bachelors in Science and Arts in Human Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology, Stony Brook University

Thesis Title

TBA

Supervisors

Professor Tanya Smith, Dr Jillian Huntley (Griffith University), Assistant Professor Christine Austin (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

Nikita Coleshill

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts and Science, University of Queensland. Bachelor of Archaeological Science (Hons), University of Queensland. Graduate Diploma in Diagnostic Genomics, Queensland University of Technology.

Thesis Title

TBA

Supervisors

Associate Professor Jeremy Brownlie (Griffith University), Dr Mark de Bruyn (Griffith University) and Professor David Lambert (Griffith University)

Calum Farrar

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts and Science, University of Queensland

Bachelor of Science, Archaeological Science (Hons), University of Queensland

Thesis Title

Integrating Digital Media and Indigenous Australian Cultural Heritage: Community, Heritage and Tourism

Supervisors

Distinguished Professor Paul S.C. Taçon (Griffith University) and Dr Andrea Jalandoni (Griffith University)

Bharti Jangra

Qualifications

Master of Arts in Ancient Indian History and Culture & Archaeology from Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, Pune, India

Thesis Title

A study of formation processes of the Pleistocene archaeological record in the Kalahari Basin, South Africa.

Supervisors

Dr Jayne Wilkins and Professor Adam Brumm (Griffith University)

David McGahan

Qualifications

TBA

Thesis Title

Behavioural adaptations in savannah chimpanzees and their relevance to human evolution

Supervisors

Professor Adam Brumm and Professor Tanya Smith (Griffith University)

Anjali Muthukrishnan

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science (Genomics and Bioinformatics), Monash University

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biotechnology, Monash University

Thesis Title

Deep time extinctions informed by DNA in Australian underwater caves

Supervisors

Professor Julien Louys, Dr. Mark de Bruyn, Dr. Yinika Perston (Griffith University), Professor Nicole Boivin (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology)

Kim Newman

Qualifications

Master of Science, University of New England

Bachelor of Archaeology (Hons), University of New England

Thesis Title

The development and disappearance of the ‘Toalean’ hunter-gatherer culture in South Sulawesi: a reassessment of the Holocene archaeological record through missing deposits

Supervisors

Professor Adam Brumm and Associate Professor Michelle Langley (Griffith University)

Adhi Agus Oktaviana

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts, University of Indonesia

Thesis Title

Prehistoric Human Migrations in Indonesia: a rock art perspective

Supervisors

Professor Maxime Aubert and Professor Adam Brumm (Griffith University)

Andrew Prentice

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology, La Trobe University, Australia

Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Classical Archaeology, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Master of Science in Archaeological Practice, The University of Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Thesis Title

Modelling Social Dynamics: Landscape Archaeology, Archaeogaming, and Machine Learning

Supervisors

Associate Professor Carney Matheson and Dr Andrea Jalandoni (Griffith University)

Alex Ressel

Qualifications

Master of Arts in Modern European Philosophy from Kingston University

Bachelor of Arts (Double Hons) in Fine Art/Art History from Goldsmiths College, University of London

PgDip in Artists' Moving Image, Central St Martins' College, University of the Arts London

Foundation in Art and Design, Central St Martins' College, University of the Arts London

Thesis Title

Time of western Arnhem Land rock art

Supervisors

Distinguished Professor Paul S.C. Taçon (Griffith University), Associate Professor Sally K. May (University of Adelaide)

Sahitya Raja

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and Ancient History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Laurea Magistrale (Second cycle degree/Two-year Master) in Science for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna

ERASMUS Plus Programme for Thesis Internship, University of the Basque Country

Thesis Title

Analysis of Salt Damage and Conservation Strategies for the Rock Art Sites of Southern Cape York

Supervisors

Dr. Jillian Huntley, Professor Lynley Wallis & Dr. Troy Meston (Griffith University)

Emma Sudron

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Anthropology, University of Otago

BA(Hons) in Anthropology, University of Otago

Thesis Title

Teething Problems: using elemental and isotopic analysis to better understand childhood diet.

Supervisors

Professor Tanya Smith and Associate Professor Carney Matheson (Griffith University)

Meg Walker

Qualifications

Master of Archaeological and Evolutionary Sciences (MAES)

Thesis Title

Deep Time Extinctions and Environment in Australian Underwater Caves

Supervisors

Professor Julien Louys and Professor Michael Petraglia (Griffith University)

Contact details

Phone
(07) 3735 8523
Email
j.papas@griffith.edu.au
Location, mail and delivery address
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
Griffith University
170 Kessels Road
Nathan, Qld 4111

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