Dr Sanja Van Huet

Dr Sanja Van Huet is a Taphonomist and Sedimentologist who specialises in studying fossils and soil from sand dunes, swamps and bogs.

Sanja completed various studies including Bachelor of Education, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy at Monash University to find herself in teaching and research roles today. Her teaching interests vary from Australian Quaternary Ecology, to Landscape evolution, Taphonomy, sedimentology and of course climate change and extinction.

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Sanja shows great interest in area of the environment related to the Quaternary age (the last 2 million years) and the animals that lived at the time, known as megafauna. So it goes hand in hand that Sanja’s expertise and love for swamps, dunes and bogs have been able to aid her work at various sites such as Lancefield in Victoria and King Island in Tasmania.

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A large amount of Sanja’s time goes toward her teaching and research, however the majority of her time is dedicated to the Lancefield Megafauna site where Sanja has been researching and facilitating fossil digs for 20 years which has proven to become quite a popular topic.

Sanja is dedicated and extremely passionate and her experience and knowledge are invaluable. It is exciting to think of what she may find or be involved within the coming years.

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A link to Dr Sanja Van Huet's Deakin University Staff profile is provided below:

https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/sanja-van-huet

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