
Dr Hannah Hilbert-Wolf ~ Adjunct Research Associate
College of Science & Engineering
- About
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- Experience
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- 2018 to present - Adjunct Research Associate, James Cook University (Townsville, QLD, Australia)
- 2017 to present - STEM Careers Coordinator, Scitech (Perth, WA, Australia)
- 2016 to 2017 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University (Townsville, QLD, Australia)
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2016 - Dean's Award for Higher Degree by Research Excellence (PhD, James Cook University)
- 2016 - Lystrosaurus Shield - best student paper (Paleontological Society of South Africa)
- 2012 - Magna Cum Laude; Distinction in Major; Distinction in Thesis: B.A. Geology, Carleton College (USA)
- 2006 - Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award - First Place, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
- Other
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- 2018 - The Leakey Foundation Research Grant (Malawi hominin project)
- 2016 - US National Science Foundation Grant (BCS-1638796) - PIs: Stevens, Roberts, O'Connor; SP: Hilbert-Wolf
- 2015 - The Explorers Club Exploration Fund Grant
- 2014 - AAPG Foundation Grant (Suzanne Takken Memorial Grant)
- 2010 - Grand Staircase Institute of Science Graduate Research Grant
- Publications
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- Journal Articles
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- Lawrence L, Spandler C, Roberts E and Hilbert-Wolf H (2021) Mineralogy and origin of the alkaline Nsungwe Formation tuffs of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. Lithos, 380-381.
- Robbins J, Dirks P, Roberts E, Kramers J, Makhubela T, Hilbert-Wolf H, Elliott M, Wiersma J, Placzek C, Evans M and Berger L (2021) Providing context to the Homo naledi fossils: Constraints on the age of sediment deposits in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa. Chemical Geology, 567.
- Dirks P, Roberts E, Hilbert-Wolf H, Kramers J, Hawks J, Dossetto A, Duval M, Elliott M, Evans M, Grün R, Hellstrom J, Herries A, Joannes-Boyau R, Makhubela T, Placzek C, Robbins J, Spandler C, Wiersma J, Woodhead J and Berger L (2017) The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa. eLife, 6. pp. 1-59
- Hawks J, Elliott M, Schmid P, Churchill S, DeRuiter D, Roberts E, Hilbert-Wolf H, Garvin H, Delezene L, Williams S, Feuerriegel E, Randolph-Quinney P, Kivell T, Laird M, Tawane G, DeSilva J, Bailey S, Brophy J, Meyer M, Skinner M, Tocheri M, VanSickle C, Walker C, Campbell T, Kuhn B, Kruger A, Tucker S, Gurtov A, Hlophe N, Hunter R, Morris H, Peixotto B, Ramalepa M, van Rooyen D, Tsikoane M, Boshoff P, Dirks P and Berger L (2017) New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa. eLife, 6. pp. 1-63
- Hilbert-Wolf H, Roberts E, Downie B, Mtelela C, Stevens N and O'Connor P (2017) Application of U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology to drill cuttings for age control in hydrocarbon exploration wells: a case example from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania. AAPG Bulletin, 101 (2). pp. 143-159
- Mtelela C, Roberts E, Hilbert-Wolf H, Downie R, Hendrix M, O'Connor P and Stevens N (2017) Sedimentology and paleoenvironments of a new fossiliferous late Miocene-Pliocene sedimentary succession in the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 129. pp. 260-281
- Hilbert-Wolf H, Roberts E and Simpson E (2016) New sedimentary structures in seismites from SW Tanzania: evaluating gas- vs. water-escape mechanisms of soft-sediment deformation. Sedimentary Geology, 344. pp. 253-262
- Roberts E, Todd C, Aanen D, Nobre T, Hilbert-Wolf H, O'Connor P, Tapanila l, Mtelela C and Stevens N (2016) Oligocene termite nests with in situ fungus gardens from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania, support a paleogene African origin for insect agriculture. PLoS ONE, 11 (6). pp. 1-17
- Spandler C, Hammerli J, Sha P, Hilbert-Wolf H, Hu Y, Roberts E and Schmitz M (2016) MKED1: a new titanite standard for in situ analysis of Sm–Nd isotopes and U–Pb geochronology. Chemical Geology, 425. pp. 110-126
- Wizevich M, Simpson E, Hilbert-Wolf H and Tindall S (2016) Development of large-scale seismites in Upper Cretaceous fluvial sandstones in a fault-proximal setting. Sedimentology, 63 (3). pp. 1719-1738
- Hilbert-Wolf H and Roberts E (2015) Giant seismites and megablock uplift in the East African Rift: evidence for Late Pleistocene large magnitude earthquakes. PLoS ONE, 10 (6). pp. 1-18
- Simpson E, Koch R, Heness E, Wizevich M, Tindall S, Hilbert-Wolf H, Golder K and Steullet A (2014) Sedimentology and Paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Wahweap Formation sag ponds adjacent to syndepositional normal faults, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. Cretaceous Research, 50. pp. 332-343
- More
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 14+ research outputs authored by Dr Hannah Hilbert-Wolf from 2013 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
The Leakey Foundation - Research Grant
Dating hominin fossils in the East African Rift, Malawi
- Indicative Funding
- $25,787 over 1 year
- Summary
- This project will use detrital zircon geochronology to date the Paranthropus boisei and Homo rudolfenisis hominin fossils from the northern Malawi Rift. These fossils are remarkable, as they represent a co-occurrence of these two species in southwestern Africa, the meeting point for endemic faunas of both southern and eastern Africa. The location of the fossils in the volcanic East African Rift System is a perfect depositional setting in which to apply detrital zircon geochronology to precisely date P. boisei and H. rudolfensis, to test hypotheses about faunal exchange between the two 'cradles' of humankind, in south and east Africa.
- Investigators
- Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Eric Roberts, Timothy Bromage and Friedmann Schrenk (College of Science & Engineering, New York University and Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat)
- Keywords
- Hominin; Sedimentology; Geochronology; Geology; Malawi; Palaeoanthropology
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
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