People

Assoc. Prof. R. Ewan Fordyce
Head of Department
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

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

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

Dr Andrew R. Gorman
BSc(Calgary) PhD(Br Col)

• geophysics
• crustal controlled-source seismology
• marine seismology
• gas hydrates

Email andrew.gorman@otago.ac.nz

Assoc. Prof. Daphne E. Lee (part-time)
BSc PhD(Otago)

• invertebrate paleontology (esp. brachiopods)
• Cenozoic stratigraphy
• earth science education

Email daphne.lee@otago.ac.nz

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

Ray Marx
Teaching Fellow

• teaching 100-level laboratories
• demonstrating in laboratories

Email ray.marx@otago.ac.nz

Dr Doug MacKenzie
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

Dr Christopher Moy

Email moyc@stanford.edu

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

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

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

Assoc. Prof. James D.L. White
BA BSc(TCU) MSc(Missouri) PhD(UCSB)

• volcaniclastic rock sequences
• sedimentology
• hydrovolcanism
• tectonics

Email james.white@otago.ac.nz

Professor Emeritus Douglas S. Coombs

• mineralogy and petrology of metamorphic and igneous rocks
• New Zealand tectonics

Email doug.coombs@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

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

Doug MacKenzie
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

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

Adrien Dever
Academic Administrator
PA to HOD
(all enquiries)

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

Kat Lilly
Electron Microprobe Officer
& XRF officer .

• Microbeam analytical techniques
• X-ray spectroscopy
• Pleistocene history of the East Antarctic ice sheet
• Cosmogenic exposure dating

Email kat.lilly@gmail.com
Phone: +64 3 479 7507

Christian Ohneiser
Supervisor: Otago Paleomagnetic Research Facility

BSc. MSc. (Otago)

• Paleomagician

Email christian.ohneiser@otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 9262

Brent W Pooley
Technician

• thin sectioning and polishing of rock samples
• equipment maintenance

Email brent.pooley@otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 7502

Kay Swann
Scientific Illustrator
BSc (UEA) MSc (UCW, Aberystwyth)

• computer graphics support
• website management
• GIS ArcMap system

Email kay.swann@otago.ac.nz
Ph: +64 3 479 7554

Claudio A. Tapia
Teaching Support Technician (Part-time)

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

Mike W Trinder
Senior Technical Officer &
Departmental Health and Safety Officer.

• electronics, computers, electrical
• palaeomagnetism laboratory

Email mike.trinder@otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 7517

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
• Tel 479 7523

Email john.williams@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 7523