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Email

amy.prendergast@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor in Physical Geography
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
Doctorate
Cambridge, University of
PhD
University of Cambridge
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-9890-7927

A/Prof Amy Prendergast

Associate Professor in Physical Geography
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

49 Scholarly works
12 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Comparing non-staining methods with Mutvei's solution to visualize growth increments in short-lived intertidal marine gastropod shells
    DOI: 10.1002/lom3.70031
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Multi-regional calibration of Patella caerulea as a palaeothermometer using oxygen isotope values and Mg/Ca ratios
    DOI: 10.1177/09596836251378034
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Editorial preface to special issue: High-resolution paleoenvironmental reconstruction through sclerochronology and geochemistry
    DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113262
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Visualising and quantifying Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca heterogeneity in the isochronous growth increments of bivalve shells (Tridacna)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123109
  • 2024

    Internal Research Grant

    ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Environmental and Cultural Change Along the Central Murray River
  • 2016

    Internal Research Grant

    The Role of Climate Change in the Expansion of Early Modern Human Populations and the Demise of Neanderthals
Amy Prendergast

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2017
John McKenzie Early Career Research Award
2012
Chrysalis Scholarship Association for Women Geoscientists
2011
Mary Euphrasia Mosley Award
2009
Rae and Edith Bennett Scholarship

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    A key to seasonal shellfish exploitation: Elemental mapping of Mg/Ca ratios in Lutruwita (Tasmania) Cellana limpets
    DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113023
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The effectiveness of oxygen isotopes in Spinosaurus tooth dentine for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
    DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112908
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Advances in giant clam (Tridacnidae spp.) sclerochronology and sclerochemistry as a high-resolution palaeoenvironmental archive
    DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112576
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Sclerochronology and oxygen isotope variations in modern Conomurex luhuanus shells: An archive for reconstructing palaeotemperature and shellfish gathering on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112633
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Late Quaternary hydroclimate variability in Madagascar and its connection to atmospheric circulation patterns
    DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112336
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Freshwater mollusc sclerochronology: Trends, challenges, and future directions
    DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104621

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2024

    Internal Research Grant

    ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures

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