Tim Denham

Tim Denham is a Professor of Archaeological Science at the Australian National University's School of Archaeology & Anthropology. He holds a BA (Hons) from Cambridge University, an MS from Penn State University, and a PhD from ANU. His research focuses on plant domestication, geoarchaeology, and environmental archaeology, with a particular emphasis on tropical regions like Papua New Guinea, Island Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.

• Key roles: Former ARC Future Fellow (2016-2020), Associate Dean (HDR), and leader of the Geoarchaeology Research Group (GRG) and TropArch (Tropical Archaeobotany).
• Expert in microCT applications for archaeobotanical analysis, including domestication studies of rice, sorghum, and bananas.

Research interests include early agriculture transitions, human-environment interactions, and the socio-cultural dimensions of domestication. Denham has published extensively on topics such as Kuk Swamp cultivation, tropical plant domestication, and the use of advanced imaging technologies in archaeology.

His work integrates multidisciplinary approaches, bridging archaeology, botany, and earth sciences. Notable contributions include clarifying New Guinea's role in early agriculture and advancing methodologies like microCT for studying charred plant remains.