Natasha Heap

(She/Her)

I am a former airline captain with 25 years experience in the aviation industry, now a university lecturer in Aviation at the University of Southern Queensland. I am also a qualified biological anthropologist / bioarchaeologist, and a PhD candidate linking my interests in biological anthropology and airline safety. My research interests are historic aviation, aviation archaeology, the use of forensic archaeology/anthropology in air accident investigation.

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer in Aviation , University of Southern Queensland

Education

  • 2024 
    University of Southern Queensland , PhD candidate
  • 2022 
    James Cook University , Master of Philosophy

Contact Natasha for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision