Dawn Lewis

Dawn (she/her) is a Woolwonga PhD Candidate in Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) in association with the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) and Telethon Kids Institute. She is primarily supervised by A/Prof Bastien Llamas and co-supervised by Prof Alex Brown and Mrs Azure Hermes. Her research in Indigenous Genomics is multi-disciplinary, with a focus on community leadership.

Dawn previously completed an MSc (Archaeological Science) at the University of Oxford and a BA (Archaeology) / BSc (Genetics) with Honours and the University Medal at the University of New England. She is a research assistant and member of the organising committee for the Summer Internship for Indigenous Peoples in Genomics (SING) Australia (www.singaustralia.org).