MrSteve Richey

(He/him)

Graduate Researcher

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

  • Graduate Researcher
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

I am a forensic anthropologist and archaeologist who is an international PhD student in forensic science. In my spare time, I am executive director and chief forensic archaeologist and anthropologist for Kolibri Forensics (www.kolibriforensics.org) and a volunteer forensic anthropologist for Indigenous Missing Persons Support Services.  

My previous career was in emergency and critical care medicine where I was originally an emergency medical services provider and later a respiratory therapist. I still maintain my respiratory therapy credentials including subspecialty certifications in adult critical care, neonatal and pediatric critical care, pulmonary function testing, and sleep disorders.  I helped edit the most recent editions of the two most commonly used pocket reference guides in respiratory therapy (The Oakes' Pocket Guides series).  

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Graduate Researcher
    Deakin University, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

DEGREES

  • Masters by research, Archaeology
    Cranfield University, United Kingdom
  • Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Studies
    Thomas Edison State University, United States
  • Technical diploma, Cardiopulmonary Science
    Community College of the Air Force, United States

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
    National Board for Respiratory Care, United States
  • RRT-Adult Critical Care Specialist (RRT-ACCS)
    National Board for Respiratory Care
  • RRT-Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist (RRT-NPS
    National Board for Respiratory Care
  • RRT-Sleep Disorders Specialist (RRT)
    National Board for Respiratory Care
  • Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT)
    National Board for Respiratory Care

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Forensic science and management
  • Historical archaeology (incl. industrial archaeology)
  • Biological (physical) anthropology
  • Criminology
  • Archaeology
  • Cultural heritage management (incl. world heritage)
  • Maritime archaeology
  • History, heritage and archaeology
  • Forensic psychology
  • Photogrammetry and remote sensing
  • Injury prevention
  • Respiratory diseases
  • Emergency medicine
  • Disaster and emergency management

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Life and Environmental Sciences

AREAS OF EXPERTISE