Christopher Laurikainen Gaete

Chris Laurikainen Gaete is a palaeoecologist, isotope geochemist, and wildlife photographer working at the Wollongong Isotope Geochronology Laboratory (WIGL), University of Wollongong.

He completed a Bachelor of Conservation Biology (Honours) (Dean’s Scholar) at the University of Wollongong. Currently he is completing his PhD, studying life history traits and behaviours of extinct kangaroos (Macropodids) using isotopic proxies preserved in fossil teeth.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Wollongong, Bachelor of Conservation Biology (Honours) (Deans Scholar)

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