Grants and Awards
2016 Hughes Hall Research Grant £750
2015 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research: research grant £5,040 ('Forest exploitation and
sustainability in province and empire' project)
2014-16 University of Cambridge: Vice chair of university wide Postdoctoral Network Also departmental
postdoctoral (co) representative (2014-16 ).
2014 Department of Archaeology Postdoctoral workshop grant £500 for 'The Economic Utility of Olive.'
2014-13 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research: laboratory testing and field work grant £7,440, and
£7,500 respectively for 'Forest exploitation and sustainability in province and empire.'
2013 McDonald Institute Monographs: book subvention for ‘Fuel and Fire in the Ancient Roman World: towards
an economic understanding,’ ca. 50% of costs
2013 Hughes Hall College, appointed Tutor (from September), (part-time academic advising and pastoral care)
2013 Hughes Hall College Cambridge, Research Fellowship, membership of Senior Common
Room, Governing Body, Development and Gresham Rd Building Committees (from May)
2012 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Anniversary Fellowship (Dec 2012-Feb 2016),
University of Cambridge. 'Forest Exploitation and Sustainability in Central Italy and Provincial Britain
in the Roman Period.'
2012 (For expenditure 2013), €1500 Oxford Roman Economy Project and £5,000 (Private donor)
for conference for which I was co-organizer: ‘Fuel and Fire in the Ancient Roman World’
2011 Ralegh Radford Rome Fellow (British School at Rome) Oct 2011- Jun 2012. Residential/research funding.
2010 British Academy Small Grant (with Prof Andrew Scott, Royal Holloway University, London):
'Measuring the Burn Temperature of Pompeiian Wood Fuel Charcoals:Implications for Energy
Consumption and Ancient Forest Management.'
2010 Australian Academy of Humanities Publication Subsidy Award for 'Fuelling Pompeii'
2009 Australasian Society for Classical Studies Early Career Researcher Award (1 of 2 awarded nationally)
2008 Carlyle Greenwell Research Award (University of Sydney) field and laboratory costs
2005 University of Sydney Post-Graduate Award (2005-2008) (full-time PhD scholarship)
2004 Maureen A Byrne Memorial Prize for best dissertation in Archaeology IV (30,000 words)
1990 Australian Graduate Management Award (dux of MBA)
1982 Australian Oceanographic Data Centre (Australian Navy) final year u/g science cadetship ($6,000)
2015 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research: research grant £5,040 ('Forest exploitation and
sustainability in province and empire' project)
2014-16 University of Cambridge: Vice chair of university wide Postdoctoral Network Also departmental
postdoctoral (co) representative (2014-16 ).
2014 Department of Archaeology Postdoctoral workshop grant £500 for 'The Economic Utility of Olive.'
2014-13 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research: laboratory testing and field work grant £7,440, and
£7,500 respectively for 'Forest exploitation and sustainability in province and empire.'
2013 McDonald Institute Monographs: book subvention for ‘Fuel and Fire in the Ancient Roman World: towards
an economic understanding,’ ca. 50% of costs
2013 Hughes Hall College, appointed Tutor (from September), (part-time academic advising and pastoral care)
2013 Hughes Hall College Cambridge, Research Fellowship, membership of Senior Common
Room, Governing Body, Development and Gresham Rd Building Committees (from May)
2012 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Anniversary Fellowship (Dec 2012-Feb 2016),
University of Cambridge. 'Forest Exploitation and Sustainability in Central Italy and Provincial Britain
in the Roman Period.'
2012 (For expenditure 2013), €1500 Oxford Roman Economy Project and £5,000 (Private donor)
for conference for which I was co-organizer: ‘Fuel and Fire in the Ancient Roman World’
2011 Ralegh Radford Rome Fellow (British School at Rome) Oct 2011- Jun 2012. Residential/research funding.
2010 British Academy Small Grant (with Prof Andrew Scott, Royal Holloway University, London):
'Measuring the Burn Temperature of Pompeiian Wood Fuel Charcoals:Implications for Energy
Consumption and Ancient Forest Management.'
2010 Australian Academy of Humanities Publication Subsidy Award for 'Fuelling Pompeii'
2009 Australasian Society for Classical Studies Early Career Researcher Award (1 of 2 awarded nationally)
2008 Carlyle Greenwell Research Award (University of Sydney) field and laboratory costs
2005 University of Sydney Post-Graduate Award (2005-2008) (full-time PhD scholarship)
2004 Maureen A Byrne Memorial Prize for best dissertation in Archaeology IV (30,000 words)
1990 Australian Graduate Management Award (dux of MBA)
1982 Australian Oceanographic Data Centre (Australian Navy) final year u/g science cadetship ($6,000)