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General enquiries and administrative matters:

Academic Administrator
geology@otago.ac.nz
ph + 64 3 479 7519

Head of Department
hod.geology@otago.ac.nz
ph: + 64 3 479 7535

Academic Staff

	Professor David J. Prior Head of Department BSc (University of Wales), PhD (Leeds) Grain Boundary Sliding (GBS) and Earth Rheology The Alpine Fault Zone, South Island, New Zealand Ice microstructure and mechanics Email: david.prior@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 5279

Professor David J. Prior

Head of Department
BSc (University of Wales), PhD (Leeds)

Grain Boundary Sliding (GBS) and Earth Rheology
The Alpine Fault Zone, South Island, New Zealand
Ice microstructure and mechanics

Email: david.prior@otago.ac.nz

Phone: +64 3 479 5279

	Professor Alan F. Cooper BSc(Sheff) PhD(Otago) metamorphic mineralogy & petrology of the Haast Schists petrogenesis of carbonatites and the N.Z. lamprophyre dyke swarms Alpine Fault structure and activity Antarctica Email alan.cooper@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7515
	Professor Dave Craw BSc PhD(Otago) MSc(Calgary) economic geology structure & mineralization in the Haast Schists fluid flow in orogenic belts Email dave.craw@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7529
	Professor R. Ewan Fordyce BSc PhD(Cant) vertebrate paleobiology systematics and phylogeny of Cetacea (whales and dolphins) Cretaceous-Cenozoic paleontology & stratigraphy paleoceanography and paleoclimates Email ewan.fordyce@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7510
	Dr Andrew R. Gorman BSc(Calgary) PhD(Br Col) geophysics crustal controlled-source seismology marine seismology gas hydrates Email andrew.gorman@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7516
	Dr Dushan Jugum MSc BSc (Auckland) PhD(Otago) teaching laboratories stages 1 - 3 teaching field trips stages 1 - 2 Email dushan@geology.co.nz Phone: +64 3 479 5695
	Assoc. Prof. Daphne E. Lee (part-time) BSc PhD(Otago) Cenozoic paleobotany and paleoclimate invertebrate paleontology (brachiopods) Cenozoic stratigraphy earth science education Email daphne.lee@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7525
	Dr Doug MacKenzie Teaching/Research Fellow BSc(Toronto), PhD MSc(Otago) gold mineralisation orogenic (mesothermal) fluid flow structural evolution of the Otago Schist, NZ and Klondike Schist, Canada Email doug.mackenzie@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 8023
	Dr Candace E. Martin (part-time) BS(NCarol) MPhil PhD(Yale) environmental geology biogeochemical cycles radiogenic isotope and trace element geochemistry Email candace.martin@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7526
	Dr Christopher Moy BSc (Union College) MSc (Syracuse University) PhD (Stanford University) Sedimentology Stable Isotope Geochemistry Paleoclimatology Email chris.moy@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 470 3538
	Professor Richard J. Norris MA DPhil(Oxon) FGS FRSNZ structural geology & tectonics neotectonics, paleoseismology, Alpine Fault structure N.Z. Cenozoic tectonics & basin evolution deformation in the Haast Schists Email richard.norris@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7520
	Dr J. Michael Palin (part-time) BA(Calif State Fullerton) MS(New Mexico Tech) PhD(Yale) mineralogy and petrology geochronology and isotope geology mineral deposits Email michael.palin@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 9083
	Dr Virginia G. Toy BSc MSc(Auckland) MPhil(ANU) PhD (Otago) structure of shear zones microstructure and texture analysis coseismic fault rocks SW Pacific tectonics Email virginia.toy@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7506
	Assoc. Prof. James D.L. White BA BSc(TCU) MSc(Missouri) PhD(UCSB) subaqueous & subglacial eruptions explosive basaltic eruptions shallow intrusions volcaniclastic sedimentology Email james.white@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 9009

Academic Staff: adjunct, emeritus & retired

	Professor Emeritus Douglas S. Coombs mineralogy and petrology of metamorphic and igneous rocks New Zealand tectonics Email doug.coombs@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7505
	Assoc. Prof. Charles A. Landis (retired) sedimentation & sedimentary petrology Permian-Jurassic stratigraphy of New Zealand regional geology & tectonics of the Pacific rim Email landis@clear.net.nz
	Dr Anthony Reay (retired) analytical & environmental geochemistry mineralogy geochemistry of andesites & basic- ultrabasic rocks upper mantle xenoliths & megacrysts Email tony.reay@clear.net.nz
	Professor Emeritus Richard H. Sibson BSc(Auck) MSc PhD DIC(Lond) FRS FGS FRSNZ structure of crustal fault zones and mechanics of the shallow earthquake source seismotectonics structural controls on mineralisation Email rick.sibson@otago.ac.nz
	Professor Gary S. Wilson Head of Department - Marine Science BSc BMus PhD(Well) palaeomagnetism integrated chronostratigraphy palaeoceanography palaeoclimatology stratigraphy, sedimentology & palaeoenvironments Email gary.wilson@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7509

Research Staff

	Hamish Bowman Research Assistant MSc (Marine Science) pending University of Otago research support for marine geophysical operations and seismic analysis lab Email hamish.bowman (at) otago ac nz
	Martin Jutzeler Research Fellow MSc (Lausanne), PhD (Tasmania) Explosive subaqueous eruptions Volcaniclastic sedimentology Email jutzeler@gmail.com
	Dr Jon Lindqvist Research Assistant MSc, PhD (Otago) Sedimentology and ichnology On-land southern NZ Cretaceous–Tertiary basin stratigraphy Email jonlind@ihug.co.nz Phone 021 1762136
	Dr James Scott Research Fellow BscHons, PhD (Otago) mantle xenoliths metamorphism Email: james.scott (a) otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 470 3539

General Staff

	Adrien Dever Academic Administrator PA to HOD (all enquiries) geology@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7519

Adrien Dever
Academic Administrator
PA to HOD
(all enquiries)

geology@otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 7519

	Andreas Auer Electron Microprobe Officer & Teaching Fellow Microbeam analytical techniques X-ray spectroscopy Sedimentary Response to Debris Avalanche and Eruption at Mt Ruapehu (PhD) Email: auean368@student.otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7507
	Luke Easterbrook Scientific Illustrator (blog) BSc, MSc (Otago) computer graphics support website management GIS system Email: luke.easterbrook@otago.ac.nz Ph: +64 3 479 7554
	Dr Kat Lilly Scientific officer BSc (Hons), PhD ANU Microbeam analytical techniques X-ray spectroscopy Pleistocene history of the East Antarctic ice sheet Cosmogenic exposure dating Email kat.lilly@otago.ac.nz SEM lab Ph: 471 6097
	Brent W Pooley Technician thin sectioning and polishing of rock samples equipment maintenance Email brent.pooley@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7502
	Claudio A. Tapia Teaching Support Technician (Part-time) Supervisor: Otago Paleomagnetic Research Facility BSc & MSc (University of Chile) Supervision and maintenance, of teaching laboratories. Technical and organisational support for all teaching activities. Curator of departmental collections. Email claudio.tapia@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7513
	Damian J Walls IT Manager, X-ray Diffractometer, Departmental Laboratory Manager MSc (Otago) information technology computer support computer networks X-ray & geochemistry laboratories Email damian.walls@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7533
	Dr John G Williams Administrator BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago) orders, accounts & purchasing equipment hire & loan vehicle bookings Email jg.williams@otago.ac.nz Phone: +64 3 479 7523