Dr Melandri Vlok is a bioarchaeologist and lecturer at Charles Sturt University in Australia. Her research focuses on tracing the origins of infectious diseases in Southeast Asia through analysis of prehistoric skeletal assemblages.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
  • 2023–2025
    Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
  • 2021–2023
    Postdoctoral research associate, University of Sydney

Education

  • 2020 
    University of Otago, PhD

Honours

National Geographic Explorer

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