Dr Renaud Joannes-Boyau is the Director of Higher Degree Research Training at Southern Cross Geoscience, Southern Cross University. https://www.scu.edu.au/southern-cross-geoscience/ Dr Joannes-Boyau's research focuses on the development and application of direct dating methods and micro-analytical techniques to key questions in archaeological sciences, such as the timing of human evolution, interaction with the surrounding environment and ecological niche, as well as hominids diet and early life history.