AQUA Constitution
AQUA committee 2026-present
The current AQUA committee was elected at the 2026 Annual General Meeting (22/04/2026).
President – Dr Timothy Barrows, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW president@aqua.org.au
Vice-president – Dr Lydia Mackenzie, University of Tasmania, Tas vicepresident@aqua.org.au
Past President – Dr John Tibby, University of Adelaide, SA
Secretary – Dr Caroline Mather, University of Western Australia, WA, secretary@aqua.org.au
Treasurer – Patrick Adams, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, treasurer@aqua.org.au
IT & communications – Dr Matt Harris, Earth Sciences New Zealand, Wellington, NZ communications@aqua.org.au
Quaternary Australasia Editor – Dr Lauren Linnenlucke, ANSTO, NSW editor@aqua.org.au
Ordinary members
Shadow treasurer – Dr Alex Francke, University of Adelaide, SA
Quaternary Australasia shadow editor – Victoria Schwarz, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
Quaternary Australasia shadow editor – Vikki Lowe, University of Queensland, QLD
Foreign correspondent – Dr Micheline Campbell, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany
Archaeology representative – Dr Ingrid Ward, Adelaide University
Social media influencer – Dr Helen Bostock, University of Queensland, QLD
New Zealand representative – Dr Greer Gilmer, Earth Sciences New Zealand, NZ
New Zealand student representative – Caeli Connolly, University of Canterbury, NZ
ECR representative – Teresa Dixon, University of Queensland, QLD
ECR representative – Calla Gould-Whaley, University of New South Wales, NSW
AGM minutes
Past Presidents
- 1985-1989 Eric Colhoun
- 1989-1990 Bob Galloway
- 1990-1992 Lesley Head
- 1992-1994 Geoff Hope
- 1994-1997 Ian Thomas
- 1997-2001 Paul Hesse
- 2001-2004 Simon Haberle
- 2004-2008 Henk Heijnis
- 2008-2010 Patrick Moss
- 2010-2012 Peter Almond
- 2013-2014 Jessica Reeves
- 2014-2016 Helen Bostock
- 2016-2018 Scott Mooney
- 2018-2020 Tim Cohen
- 2020-2022 Lynda Petherick
- 2022-2024 John Tibby
Past Editors of QA
- 1989-1997 Bill Boyd
- 1997-2003 Kate Harle
- 2003-2007 Kale Sniderman
- 2007-2015 Kat Fitzsimmons
- 2015-2021 Carol Smith
- 2012-2016 Pia Atahan
- 2016-2022 Sanja van Huet
- 2022-2024 Lydia MacKenzie
- 2022-2024 Emma Rehn