Our Staff
For staff contact details please refer to the University of Otago directory
Head of Department
Deputy Head of Department – Māori
- Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie (Ngāti Maniapoto me Te Arawa)
Deputy Head of Department – Teaching
Academic staff
- Dr Alana Alexander Lecturer
- Professor Greg Anderson
- Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak
- Dr Catherine Collins Pūkenga (Lecturer)
- Professor George Dias
- Dr Natasha Flack Lecturer
- Associate Professor Mike Garratt
- Professor Neil Gemmell
- Associate Professor Jane Girling
- Professor Dave Grattan
- Dr Laura Gumy Senior Lecturer
- Professor Sian Halcrow
- Associate Professor Tim Hore
- Professor Gareth Jones
- Dr Charlotte King Lecturer
- Associate Professor Michael Knapp
- Professor Beulah Leitch
- Professor Ping Liu
- Dr Jerin Mathew Lecturer
- Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith
- Dr Rob Munn Lecturer
- Professor Helen Nicholson
- Professor Dorothy Oorschot
- Dr Michael Pankhurst Senior Lecturer
- Professor John Reynolds
- Associate Professor Joanna Williams
- Associate Professor Megan Wilson
- Associate Professor Ming Zhang
Professional Practice Fellows / Teaching Fellows
- Dr Ashraf Amer Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Priya Aravazhi Teaching Fellow
- Dr Rebecca Bird Senior Teaching Fellow
- Dr Suranga Dassanayake Teaching Fellow
- Dr Jade De La Paz Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Viraj De Silva Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Danielle Jenkins Teaching Fellow
- Ms Rachel Lissaman Senior Teaching Fellow
- Mrs Leema Prasath Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Niranjan Ramesh Teaching Fellow
- Dr Latika Samalia Senior Professional Practice Fellow
- Amanda Still Teaching Fellow
- Dr Kanchana Subasinghe Professional Practice Fellow
External teaching staff
- Dr Phil Blyth Senior Lecturer
Research-only staff
- Dr Ashik Banstola Postdoctoral Fellow
- Rakesh Bastola Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr Aline Boer Research Fellow
- Mr Ben Bolton Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr Donna Bond Scientific Officer
- Dr Tamsin Braisher Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr Caroline Decourt Research Fellow
- Miss Sara Ferreira Research Technician
- Dr Teo Georgescu Research Fellow
- Dr Anna Gosling Research Fellow
- Ms Emma Gowing Assistant Research Fellow
- Ms Diane Guevremont Scientific Officer
- Dr Laura Gumy Senior Research Fellow
- Nethmini Haththotuwa Assistant Research Fellow
- Mrs Megan Inglis Research Technician
- Gert-Jan Jeunen Research Fellow
- Dr Rena Jing Scientific Officer
- Dr Kaj Kamstra Postdoctoral Fellow
- Mr Zin Khant Aung Scientific Officer
- Dr Elodie Kip Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ms Pene Knowles Research Technician
- Dr Sharon Ladyman Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Melanie Laird Research Fellow
- Rebecca Lord Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr Pascale Lubbe Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ms Judith McHugh Assistant Research Fellow
- Allison Miller Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ms Fay Morland Postdoctoral Fellow
- Chantelle Murrell Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr Christine Neyt Research Technician
- Dr Oscar Ortega Recalde Research Fellow
- Dr Mohammed Rizwan Research Fellow
- Dr Margaret Ryan Senior Research Fellow
- Amit Sarker Assistant Research Fellow
- Anurag Singh Postdoctoral Fellow
- Associate Professor Jo Stanton Research Associate Professor
- Victoria Sugrue Postdoctoral Fellow
- Mrs Alex Sweetman Programme Business Manager
- Michael Taylor Scientific Officer
- Mr Jackson Treece Research Technician
- Dr Chloe Van Der Burg Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ruth Warren Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Brooke Whitelaw Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Joe Yip Research Fellow
Administration and finance staff
- Debbie Acreman Finance Associate
- Laura Bennison Administrator
- Clare Dangerfield Lead Administrator
- Duminda Karunarathne Administrator
- Michelle Langham Administrator
- Maureen Lloyd Administrator
- Andrew Lonie Manager, Ageing Well National Science Challenge
- Gemma McLaughlin Business Support Coordinator, Ageing Well National Science Challenge
- Hannah Powell Administrator
- Ms Rebecca Richardson Communications Adviser, Ageing Well National Science Challenge
Teaching and research support staff
- Mr Tim Anstey Research and Teaching Equipment IT Technician
- Miss Marlene Black Anatomy Museum Technician - Plastination
- Ms Carol Dunstone Technical Manager
- Ms Djuna Elkan Prosector
- Jacob Galacgac Gross Anatomy Technician - Undergraduate Teaching
- Mr Mark Gould Health and Safety Officer
- Mr Jason Gray Technician - Department Operations
- Ms Siti Hajar Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Mrs Sue Hammond Teaching Support Technician
- Kevin Hill Gross Anatomy Technician - Undergraduate Teaching
- Miss Rachel Kinnaird Gross Anatomy Manager
- Ms Rachna Luthra Anatomy Museum Technician - Teaching Support
- Mr Ross Marshall-Seeley Scientific Officer - eLearning
- Ms Kathryn McClea Body Bequest Liaison Officer
- Ms Fieke Neuman Teaching Laboratory Manager
- Mrs Liane Sim Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Mr Chris Smith Museum Curator
- Miss Ellie Stevens Gross Anatomy Technician - Quality Control
- Nabila Tahsin Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Ms Sharon White Anatomy Museum Technician - Wet Collection
- Mr Alex Witherow General Assistant
- Ms Elise Wolfgram Gross Anatomy Technician - Undergraduate Teaching
Research Support Services staff
- Mrs Joanne Gillum Manager, Genetic Analysis Services
Emeriti
- Professor Hallie Buckley Emeritus Professor
- Professor David Green Emeritus Professor
Honorary staff
- Dr Eddy Dowle Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Kristen Fernandes Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Peter Hurst Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Dr Phil Peplow Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Professor Mark Stringer Honorary Professor
- Associate Professor Nancy Tayles Honorary Associate Professor
Affiliates
- Professor Greg Jones Affiliate
- Dr Ruth Napper Affiliate