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SAS Executive Officers & Administration
AJ White, Lecturer at California State University, Long Beach;
AJ White was awarded his PhD in Anthropology by the University of California, Berkeley. He has conducted geoarchaeological research in Jordan, Egypt, Vietnam, and the United States. He is primarily interested in using geochemistry to link archaeological and paleoenvironmental data sets to better understand human/climate relationships in the past, including at Cahokia, Illinois during the Mississippian Period (c. 1000-1400 CE) and Kharaneh IV, Jordan during the early Epipaleolithic (c. 20,000-18,000 BP). Prior to becoming the SAS Webmaster, AJ was a Student Ambassador. He also served as the co-chair of the Art & Archaeology Section at the SAS partner conference SciX in 2023.
Brandi MacDonald, Assistant Research Professor in the Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR., 1513 Research Park Drive, MURR, University of Missouri,
Dr. MacDonald is a specialist in archaeological science, with interests in multi-method analytical approaches to pigments, rock art, ceramics, obsidian, and glass. She presently studies rock art and mineral pigment use in the Pacific Northwest and in the lower Canadian Shield, as well as obsidian resource use in Northwestern Patagonia. Dr. MacDonald also coordinates the MURR Archaeometry Laboratory Pre-Doctoral Internship Program.
Editor for Archaeometry
Rachel Popelka-Filcoff, Rock Art Australia Minderoo Chair in Archaeological Science, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia,
Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff is the Rock Art Australia Minderoo Chair in Archaeological Science in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne, where she leads archaeological science initiatives. Her research develops novel multidisciplinary approaches to analyse cultural materials, artifacts and landscapes. These integrated methods offer an extraordinary view into past cultures, understanding of current society, and insight into our future. Her group explores provenience, sourcing and exchange of geological materials and artifacts through analysis and statistical approaches, and the development of high-resolution, non-invasive characterisation of cultural heritage materials. Her research is to the first comprehensive integrative characterisation of Australian natural mineral pigments on cultural heritage materials. Rachel is on the editorial board of Journal of Archaeological Science and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.