People

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 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

Uwe Kaulfuss
Post Doctoral Fellow/ Teaching Fellow
PhD(Otago)

Email: uwe.kaulfuss@otago.ac.nz

Phone:

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

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
BSc(Toronto), MSc PhD(Otago) MAusIMM CP(GEO)

• economic geology
• orogenic gold deposits
• structure and fluid flow in the Haast Schists, NZ and Yukon Tanana Terrane, 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

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 Christina Riesselman
BA (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) PhD (Stanford University)

• Cenozoic paleoceanography and paleoclimate
• Antarctic climate evolution
• micropaleontology (diatoms)
• geochemical proxies of paleoenvironmental change

Email: christina.riesselman@otago.ac.nz

Phone:

Dr James Scott
Post-Doctoral Fellow
BscHons, PhD (Otago)

• Igneous and metamorphic petrology
• Mineralisation
• New Zealand tectonics

Email: james.scott (a) otago.ac.nz

Phone: +64 3 479 7520

Matt Sagar
Teaching fellow
BscHons, PhD-submitted (Otago)

Email:matthew.sagar@otago.ac.nz

Phone:

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

Professor Gary S. Wilson

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

Emeritus 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 5615

Emeritus 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

Professor Emeritus Richard H. Sibson
BSc(Auck) MSc PhD DIC(Lond) FRS FGS FRSNZ

• Structural analysis of the 2010-2012 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence
• Seismotectonics of active compressional inversion in NE Honshu and the physical conditions of seismogenesis along subduction megathrusts
•  seismogenesis in the Buller region of active compressional inversion
•  earthquake rupturing in fluid-overpressured crust

129 Takamatua Bay Rd., RD1
Akaroa 7581, Bank's Peninsula
New Zealand

Phone: +64-3-304-8003 

Email rick.sibson@otago.ac.nz

Dr Steven Kidder
Post Doctoral Fellow
B.S. (Univ. of Minnesota), M.S. (Univ. of Arizona)
Ph.D. (Caltech)

• Structural geology
• lithospheric rheology
• tectonics
• deformation mechanisms & microstructures

Email steven.kidder (at) otago.ac.nz

Dr Jon Lindqvist
Research Fellow
MSc, PhD (Otago)

• Sedimentology and ichnology 
• On-land southern NZ Cretaceous–Tertiary basin stratigraphy

Email   jonlind@ihug.co.nz

Phone  021 1762136

Dr Faye Nelson
Assistant Research Fellow (Marine Science, Office in Geology Department)
PhD (Otago)

• Paleomagnetic record of the last million years of climate and oceanographic change in the New Zealand sector of the South Pacific. (PhD 2011)

Email: faye.nelson (a) otago.ac.nz

Adrien Dever
Administration/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 submitted August 2012)

Email: auean368@student.otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 7507

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

Luke Easterbrook
Scientific Illustrator
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
Petrology Technician
BSc (Otago)

• 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, Curator, Otago Paleomagnetic Research Facility supervisor

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
Safety Officer, X-ray Lab, Computing
MSc (Otago)

• Departmental Laboratory Manager
• X-ray Diffractometer & geochemistry laboratories
• information technology
• computer support
• computer networks

Email damian.walls@otago.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 479 7533

Sophie White
Paleontology Lab Technician
BA (Otago)

• Fossil Preparation
• Curation and conservation of collections
• Geology Museum

Dr John G Williams
Departmental Administrator
BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago)

• orders, accounts & purchasing
• equipment hire & loan
• vehicle bookings

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