Rate My Professor Julien Louys

Professor Julien Louys is Professor of Palaeontology in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution at Griffith University. He specializes in vertebrate palaeontology and palaeoecology, developing and applying new methods to examine past environments through the mammalian fossil record. Louys obtained a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Newcastle in 2003, a Bachelor of Science with Honours in 2004, and a PhD in 2008 from the University of New South Wales. His career trajectory includes a three-year postdoctoral research assistant position at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK (2008-2011), a 12-month role as Curator of Geosciences at the Queensland Museum (2012), a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Queensland (2012-2013), and a postdoctoral research associate position at the Australian National University (2013-2017). He joined Griffith University in 2017 as an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019, and to full Professor in 2023. He formerly served as Deputy Director of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution.