Shimona Kealy

Experience

• –present
  Postdoctoral Researcher, Australian National University

Education

• 2019 
  Australian National University, Doctor of Philosophy
• 2013 
  University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Science: Geology, Honours 1st Class
• 2012 
  University of New England, Bachelor of Science: Palaeobiology

Publications

• 2018
  Least-cost pathway models indicate northern human dispersal from Sunda to Sahul, Journal of Human Evolution, 125, 59-70
• 2018
  A geological and spatial approach to prehistoric archaeological surveys on small islands: case studies from Maluku Barat Daya, Indonesia, Kapata Arkeologi 4(1), 1-14
• 2017
  Total evidence phylogeny and evolutionary timescale for Australian faunivorous marsupials (Dasyuromorphia), BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17, 240
• 2017
  Reconstructing palaeogeography and inter-island visibility in the Wallacean Archipelago during the likely period of Sahul colonization, 65 - 45,000 years ago, Archaeological Prospection 24(3), 259-272
• 2016
  Islands under the sea: a review of early modern human dispersal routes and migration hypotheses through Wallacea, Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 11(3), 364-384

Grants and Contracts

• 2019
  Humanities Travelling Fellowship

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian Academy of Humanities

• 2019
  Research Exploration Grant

  Role:

  Team Member

  Funding Source:

  National Geographic Society

• 2019
  Internship for Women/Researcher Exchange

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage

• 2017
  Vice-Chancellor Student Travel Grant

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian National University

• 2016
  Student Research Grant

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian Archaeology Association

Professional Memberships

• Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
• Canberra Archaeological Society