Rebecca Hamilton

Dr. Rebecca Hamilton is a Visiting Lecturer at the Australian National University (ANU) within the School of Culture, History & Language. She currently holds a Lecturer position at the University of Sydney's School of Geosciences (since 2023) and has been a visiting scholar at ANU. Previously, she conducted research at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (2020–2023) and ANU (2017–2019). Her research bridges physical and social sciences, focusing on long-term environmental data to understand human-landscape-climate interactions and inform decision-making amid global change.

**Education**: PhD in Geosciences from the University of Sydney (2017).** Research Interests**: Paleoecology (climate, fire, human impacts on landscapes), historical ecology (socio-ecological data mapping), and planetary habitability.** Key Projects**: Includes studies on tropical forests, Southeast Asian environmental histories, and policy-relevant research on Asia's poultry industry and river basin pollution.

**Publications**: Over 25 peer-reviewed articles, including high-impact works on the Anthropocene, tropical forest dynamics, and sedimentary DNA analyses.** Awards**: Not explicitly listed but recognized for contributions to environmental and anthropological research.

**Grants & Collaborations**: Involved in projects like 'Planet Chicken' (agriculture policy) and 'Pantropocene' (geomorphic responses). Active in interdisciplinary initiatives such as the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions.

**Labs/Teams**: Collaborates with global networks in paleoecology and historical ecology, contributing to the Resilience Initiative for Food and Agriculture (RIFA) and Zero Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific (ZCEAP).