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Dr Martina Demuro is an ARC Future Fellow and Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide's School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences within the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology. Her research focuses on luminescence dating techniques to reconstruct Quaternary environmental, paleontological, and archaeological histories in southwest Europe and Australia. She holds a PhD from the University of Wollongong (2009) and has conducted postdoctoral research at Spain’s CENIEH through a Marie Curie grant. Her work includes projects on Neanderthal histories, Middle Pleistocene human evolution, and megafaunal extinction chronologies in Australia.
- Current Role: ARC Future Fellow investigating Neanderthal histories in southwest Europe
- Key Grants: ARC DECRA (2016–2019), ARC Future Fellowship (2020–2025), Marie Curie IRG (2011–2014)
- Research Sites: Atapuerca (Spain), Naracoorte Caves (Australia), Iberian Peninsula fossil sites
Her research integrates luminescence dating with archaeological and paleoenvironmental proxies to address questions about human evolution, climate change impacts, and species extinction timelines. She currently supervises a PhD student (Ben Thomas Robertson) and collaborates on international projects such as the ARC-funded investigation of Australian underwater cave extinctions.