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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

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

Ph.D. Geology  University of Utah, USA; 
M.Sc. Geology  University of Montana, USA;
B.A. Geology & Environmental Studies  Cornell College, USA.


Primary supervisor for most of the Gravelmonkeys.


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Vice Director

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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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Current PhD Candidates


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Jess Robbins, PhD Candidate (2016-) - Supervisors Prof. Paul Dirks & Prof. Eric Roberts
Constraining the age and paleoenvironment of Homo naledi, Rising Star Cave, South Africa.

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Kelly Heilbronn, PhD Candidate (2016-) - Primary Supervisor Dr. Carl Spandler
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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Chris Yule, PhD Candidate (2017-) - Supervisors Dr. Eric Roberts & Dr. 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-) - Supervisors Dr. James Daniell & Eric Roberts
Cenozoic Seismic Stratigraphy of the Great Barrier Reef

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

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​Elliot Foley, PhD Candidate (2018-) - Primary Supervisor Dr. Eric Roberts
Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and tectonic reconstruction of the northern Great Australian Superbasin

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

Editor, Gravelmonkeys Research Page (2020-)

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Theresa Orr, PhD Candidate (2018-) - Primary Supervisor Dr. Eric Roberts
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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