Dr Tara Djokic
Tara is a Scientific Officer in the Palaeontology Collection, at the Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum.
She is a geologist with a passion for science education and communication. She is currently investigating the fossilisation processes (taphonomy) that occurred within an 11-16 million-year-old rainforest-lake deposit called McGraths Flat situated in central New South Wales.
She also conducted the evaluation of research and engagement outcomes of the citizen scientist project, Date a Fossil, which engages the general public in palaeontology research. The results of this work were published in the Journal PloS, 2023.
Qualifications
PhD, University of New South Wales | 2020.
Lithofacies and Biofacies analysis of Earth’s oldest subaerial hot spring deposits from the ca. 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia
MPhil, University of New South Wales | 2015
Assessing the link between Earth’s oldest stromatolites and hydrothermal fluids: The c. 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia
Bachelor of Science, Macquarie University | 2013
Geology and Palaeontology
Appointments
Member, Geological Society of Australia.
Adjunct Lecturer, University of New South Wales.
Adjunct Fellow, University of Queensland.
Grants, awards and scholarships
- Australian Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, UNSW. 2016-2019
- Best student presentation, 17th Australian Space Research Conference. November 15, 2017
- Australian Centre for Astrobiology Scholarship, UNSW, 2013.
- Macquarie Education Costs Scholarship, Macquarie University, 2011-2012.
Publications
For more on Tara's publications, go to:
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=BvdjfwsAAAAJ&hl=en
