AQUA@INQUA

INQUA 2023 is being held in Rome, Italy. See below a compiled list of sessions convened and co-convened by AQUA members. Session 21: Records of climate change from MIS 3 and MIS 2 in the Southern Hemisphere: The Lynda Petherick Memorial Session James Shulmeister, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Kathryn Fitzsimmons, University of Tuebingen, Germany,…

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2022 Leanne Armand Travel Prize Winner

Congratulations to University of Queensland PhD candidate Vikki Lowe, who is the inaugural recipient of the Leanne Armand Travel Award. Vikki will use the award to travel to GNS Science in New Zealand to work with Dr. Giuseppe Cortese. You can read more about Vikki’s project on the IODP website.

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AQUA 2022 Registration

Dear AQUA colleagues, It gives us great pleasure to announce that registrations for the AQUA conference are now open.  Please note that early bird registrations close on 7th October. Details about the conference, including the dinner and registration pricing are available here:  https://aqua.org.au/conference/aqua-2022/aqua-2022-registration-portal/ The registration page is here: https://aqua.org.au/conference/aqua-2022/aqua-2022-registration-portal/aqua-2022-registration/ Please note that the pre-conference Kangaroo…

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AQUA 2022 – Australian Archaeological Association Joint Session

AQUA are pleased to be undertaking a joint session with the Australian Archaeological Association, who are hosting their annual conference in Darwin at the same time as the AQUA meeting in December, 2022. The joint session “Human-Environment Interactions: A Joint Session for the Australian Archaeological Association and Australasian Quaternary Association” will be run simultaneously in…

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2022 AQUA Mentoring Program

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…

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AQUA Annual General Meeting 2022

The 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…

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AQUA 2022

AQUA 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…

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XXI INQUA Congress 13-20 July 2023

The 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…

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Interview series: Dr Michelle McKeown

By 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…

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