Meg is a Ph.D. Candidate at Griffith University in Australia, focusing on megafauna fossil assemblages from the underwater caves in Mount Gambier, South Australia. With a background in archaeological and evolutionary sciences, she aims to investigate past environments and bone biology. As part of her research, she is undertaking Scientific and Cave Diver training with the Cave Divers Association of Australia with the aim of developing methods to conduct systematic research, and safely recover ossils from these unique sites. Meg’s research centers on the interplay between underwater caves, bone deposition and fossilization. By identifying indicators of aquatic submersion across bone surfaces and microstructures, Meg aims to establish another proxy to detect past environmental change for submerged cave systems. This method will explore the links between changing environments, human occupation of Australia, and megafauna extinctions.

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