If you are interested in coming to the AAIA in Athens or Sydney as a Research Fellow or Honorary Visiting Fellow, please contact the AAIA Director.
Dr Stavros Paspalas
Senior Research Fellow 2025-2028
Stavros served as AAIA Deputy Director from 1996 until 2025, when he retired. His research interests include the Greek world’s links with Lydia and the Achaemenid Empire, the archaeology of the northern Aegean during the Archaic and Classical periods, and the Early Iron Age Aegean. He co-directs the University of Sydney’s Zagora Archaeological Project (ZAP), with Associate Professor Lesley Beaumont and Dr Paul Donnelly. As the AAIA’s Senior Research Fellow, Stavros is overseeing the research and publication of the legacy excavations at Zagora and Torone undertaken by Alexander Cambitoglou on behalf of the University of Sydney.
Dr Kostas Trimmis
Research Fellow 2025-2028
Kostas is Assistant Professor in Geomatics and Cultural Landscapes at the University of Thessaloniki. He is a specialist in landscape archaeology, including cave contexts. As an AAIA Research Fellow, Kostas is preparing the final publication of the Australian Paliochora-Kythera Archaeological Survey (APKAS). He is also laying foundations for a new excavation project on Kythera in collaboration with Tamar Hodos and Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory that builds on APKAS’s results.
Beatrice McLoughlin
Research Fellow 2025-2028
Beatrice is an independent scholar who specialises in ceramic study from the perspective of the producers and users themselves. As an AAIA Research Fellow, Beatrice is preparing for final publication the coarse wares and cooking installations from the University of Sydney excavations at Zagora undertaken by Alexander Cambitoglou. She also supports the current University of Sydney excavations at Zagora.
Dr Susan Lupack
Honorary Visiting Fellow 2025 (Athens)
Susan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University. A Bronze Age specialist, her expertise lies in Aegean religion and society. She also co-directs Macquarie University’s Perachora Peninsula Archaeological Project (PPAP) with Panagiota Kasimi, Director of Antiquities for the Corinthia. As an AAIA Honorary Visiting Fellow during 2025, Susan is undertaking research on Perachora to support a new phase of fieldwork at the site.
Dr Olivier Mauriad
Honorary Visiting Fellow 2025 (Sydney)
Olivier is Associate Professor in Ancient Greek History and Archaeology at Grenoble Alpes University (UGA). A specialist in the Iron Age Greek world, his expertise lies in the development of social and cultural identities as expressed in funerary archaeology. As an AAIA Honorary Visiting Fellow during 2025, Olivier is undertaking research on writing in Archaic Greek funerary burial customs, and the role of Caria in Greek-Anatolian relations between 1100 and 500 BCE.
Candace Richards
AAIA Higher Degree by Research Fellow 2025
Candace is a PhD student at the University of Sydney. Her dissertation investigates architectural reuse and recycling practices in the World Heritage Site of Nea Paphos, Cyprus, from antiquity to the modern day. As the AAIA HDR Fellow, Candace is undertaking library research to support the completion of her doctorate.
Nicholas Kazamias
Kallinikos Scholar 2025
Nicholas is a PhD student at Macquarie University. His thesis analyses Mycenaean economic and political developments in the northeast Aegean. As the AAIA Kallinikos Scholar, Nicholas is looking at material first-hand on Lesvos to support his doctoral research.