Calling all Australian and New Zealand Quaternary scientists! We are launching our inaugural AQUA mentoring program! AQUA (Australasian Quaternary Association) brings together researchers that study the Quaternary climate and landscape changes. The organisation aims to provide a forum for Quaternary researchers to collaborate and share findings with one another. The goal of our inaugural mentoring…
Continue ReadingThe 2022 AQUA Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held online on Monday 11th April from 1-2 pm (AEST). All AQUA members and non-members are invited to attend, however only current financial members are able to nominate for committee positions and vote. If you are not a current financial member you can renew your membership…
Continue ReadingAQUA 2022 The next AQUA conference will be held in Adelaide, Australia from Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th December, 2022! This will be the first in-person AQUA conference for 4 years and we can’t wait to see as many AQUA members there as possible. However, due to travel constraints this meeting will likely be offered as…
Continue ReadingThe XXI INQUA congress is to be held from the 13-20th of July 2023! The first circular and call for sessions has just been released. It would be great to see some sessions proposed from the AQUA community, in particular those with a Southern Hemisphere focus. Session proposals are due by March 31, 2022. Check…
Continue ReadingBy Dr Annie Lau I got the opportunity to ask Dr Michelle McKeown some questions before she moves out of Australasia and back to her native country, Ireland. I wish her all the best in her new role as a lecturer at University College Cork! 1. Hi Michelle, you seem to have worked in many…
Continue ReadingThe 2021 AQUA virtual conference is just around the corner (8th & 9th of July 2021). We have a full schedule of Australian and New Zealand Quaternary Science coming to you over 2 days. We are also pleased to announce that our two keynote speakers for this virtual event will be Dr. Amy Prendagast (University…
Continue ReadingAQUA will be hosting an online/virtual conference on the 8th-9th of July 2021! Anyone working on quaternary research in Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific or Antarctica are welcome to participate. Presentation content can span a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to) past climates/environments, stratigraphy, geomorphology, volcanology and biogeography. Students (PhD and Masters),…
Continue ReadingBy Dr Annie Lau and Dr Lynda Petherick We are delighted to have Dr Haidee Cadd, research associate at the University of New South Wales, as the first interviewee in this new series. 1. Can you tell us about yourself, your research interest, and your career path? I am currently a post-doctoral research associate working…
Continue ReadingWe are transforming the AQUA blog into an ECR blog. To kick off this refurbished blog, we will be interviewing AQUA researchers to know more about each other’s research, science journey, and life outside work. Do you want to be interviewed? Contact us to chat more! http://aqua.org.au/blogs/ecr-blog/
Continue ReadingNEOTOMA(TILIA)/OCTOPUS and Pollen Data Analysis Online Workshop Hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) Registration page: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/neotomatiliaoctopus-and-pollen-data-analysis-registration-98975946721 CABAH are hosting a free online workshop and training sessions available to everyone interested in learning, upskilling and participating in discussions around the theme of developing a Quaternary Research database for Australia. This…
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