Jarred C. Lloyd graduated with honours from the University of Adelaide in 2014. He submitted a PhD in March 2022 focusing on the detrital provenance and tectonic evolution of the Adelaide Superbasin. He began employment as a postdoctoral researcher in March 2022 at the University of Adelaide within the critical minerals team, investigating the application of novel geochronological techniques. His research interests are zircon geochronology and provenance, Neoproterozoic geology, general geochronology, tectonics, sedimentology, and stratigraphy. He is currently the treasurer of the Geological Society of Australia–South Australia Division, convener of the South Australian stratigraphic subcommittee, and communications officer for the Australian Sedimentology Group. He is also an avid photographer, and an advocate of open science and equality.