Gravelmonkeys 2018. Back (L-R): James, Chris T, Michal, Chris Y, Kelly, Prince, Jelle.
Front (L-R): Tegan, Paul, Maree, Eric, Leigh. ​

Gravelmonkeys Team


Supreme Director

Associate Professor Eric M. Roberts 
Head of Geosciences, College of Science and Engineering, JCU

Ph.D. Geology ('05)  University of Utah, USA; 
M.Sc. Geology ('99) University of Montana, USA;
B.A. Geology & Environmental Studies ('96) Cornell College, USA.

Primary supervisor for most of the Gravelmonkeys.

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Dr. Espen Knutsen
Senior Curator of Palaeontology at the Museum of Tropical Queensland
Lecturer, Palaeontology, Geosciences, JCU


Primary supervisor for some of the Gravelmonkeys


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Dr. James Daniell
Lecturer, Geosciences, JCU


Primary supervisor for some of the Gravelmonkeys

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Current Students

Prince Owusu Agyemang, PhD Candidate (2014-)
Sedimentary Provenance analysis of Jurassic-Cretaceous continental strata across central Africa.
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Christopher Todd, PhD Candidate (2015-), Editor-in-Chief, Gravelmonkeys.org (2015 - ),   
The stratigraphy and sedimentary basin analysis of Queensland's Mesozoic basins and the reconstruction of their histories and palaeodrainage evolutions.
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B. Geology (Class I Honours), 2014 - James Cook University.


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Jelle Wiersma, PhD Candidate (2016-)
Cave Sedimentation Processes and Geochronology of the Rising Star Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.

MSc. Geology, 2015. University of Utah, USA.
BSc. Geology, 2011. VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands.


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Jess Robbins, PhD Candidate (2016-) - Primary Supervisor Paul Dirks
Constraining the age and paleoenvironment of Homo naledi, Rising Star Cave, South Africa.



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Kelly Heilbronn, PhD Candidate (2016-) - Primary Supervisor Rob Holm
Establishing a tectonic framework for the eastern margin of Australia during the Jurassic:
Sedimentary provenance, basin analysis and geodynamic modelling of the Queensland Plateau and Lord Howe Rise.

B. Geology (Class I Honours), 2015 - James Cook University

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​Tegan Beveridge, PhD Candidate (2017-)
Bentonite tephrostratigraphy and high-precision geochronology of richly fossiliferous Upper Cretaceous continental strata in the Western Interior Basin, North America

B. Geology (Class 1 Honours). 2016 - James Cook University.
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​Elliot Foley, PhD Candidate (2018-)
Modelling the evolution of the Mesozoic sedimentary basins of northern Queensland, with emphasis on establishing the geochronology & provenance of the basin fill and an evaluation of hydrocarbon resource potential

MSc. Integrated Petroleum Geoscience (2017) - University of Aberdeen, UK.
BSc. Geology (2016) - University College Cork, Ireland

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Theresa Orr, PhD Candidate (2018-)
Classification and morphology of selected Cretaceous, Paleogene and Neogene paleosols in the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. Reconstruction of the Oligocene paleoenvironment and paleoclimate using paleosol horizons

BSc. Geology (Class I Honours), 2017 - James Cook University

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Leigh Lawrence, PhD Candidate (2017-) - Primary Supervisor Carl Spandler.
​Geochemistry of titanite-hosted alkaline melt inclusions from Oligocene-aged volcanic tuffs in the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania

B. Geology (Class 1 Honours), 2016 - James Cook University
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Chris Yule, PhD Candidate (2017-) - Primary Supervisor James Daniell.
Seismic stratigraphy and petroleum systems of the Mentelle Basin, south west Western Australia

B. Science (Adv.) Geology (Class 1 Honours). 2016 - James Cook University

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Michal Wenderlich, PhD Candidate (2017-) - Primary Supervisor James Daniell
Cenozoic Seismic Stratigraphy of the Great Barrier Reef

Bachelor of Geology (Class I Honours) - James Cook University

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Paul Slezak, PhD Candidate (2015-) ​- Primary Supervisor Carl Spandler
Evolution and origin of the Gifford Creek Carbonatite Complex: Understanding Rare Earth Element Mobility in the Continental Crust

M.Sc. Geology ('12) Queen's University, Canada
B.S. Geology ('09) New Mexico Tech, USA

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Research Undergraduates

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Cedric Hagen, Research Exchange Student, Macalester College, USA.
​Project: Geology and Taphonomy of the Lotosaurus Adentus bonebed, Hunan, China.

Semester 1 - 2015


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Alyssa Erding, Study Abroad Student from Macalester College, USA.
Project: petrographic analysis of a volcanic ash bed & U-Pb DZ geochronology of a separate unit.

Semester 2 - 2015

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Grace Guenthner, Study Abroad Student from Macalester College, USA.

Semester 1 - 2016

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​Rachel Surprenant, Study Abroad Student from Macalaster College, USA.

Semester 1, 2017

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