Our Staff
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Head of Department
Deputy Head of Department – Teaching
Academic staff
- Dr Alana Alexander Lecturer
- Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak
- Dr Catherine Collins Pūkenga (Lecturer)
- Professor George Dias
- Dr Natasha Flack Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor Mike Garratt
- Professor Neil Gemmell
- Professor Jane Girling
- Professor Dave Grattan
- Dr Anna Gosling Lecturer
- Dr Laura Gumy Senior Lecturer
- Professor Sian Halcrow
- Professor Tim Hore
- Dr Charlotte King Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor Michael Knapp
- Professor Ping Liu
- Dr Jerin Mathew Senior Lecturer
- Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith
- Dr Rob Munn Senior Lecturer
- Professor Dorothy Oorschot
- Dr Michael Pankhurst Senior Lecturer
- Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie (Ngāti Maniapoto me Te Arawa)
- Professor John Reynolds
- Associate Professor Joanna Williams
- Associate Professor Megan Wilson
Professional Practice Fellows / Teaching Fellows
- Dr Ashraf Amer Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Avisak Bhattacharjee Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Rebecca Bird Senior Teaching Fellow
- Dr Suranga Dassanayake Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Jade De La Paz Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Danielle Jenkins Teaching Fellow
- Mrs Leema Prasath Senior Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Niranjan Ramesh Teaching Fellow
- Dr Damith Rathnayake Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Margaret Ryan Senior Teaching Fellow
- Dr Latika Samalia Senior Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Amanda Still Teaching Fellow
- Dr Kanchana Subasinghe Senior Professional Practice Fellow
External teaching staff
- Associate Professor Phil Blyth Associate Professor
Research-only staff
- Dr Sebastian Alavarez-Costes Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Nicholas Anderson Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Ashik Banstola Research Fellow
- Professor David Baxter
- 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
- Dr Benjamín Durán Vinet Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ms Sara Ferreira Research Technician
- Ms Emma Gowing Assistant Research Fellow
- Mrs Diane Guevremont Scientific Officer
- Dr Nethmini Haththotuwa Assistant Research Fellow
- Mrs Megan Inglis Research Technician
- Dr Kaj Kamstra Research Fellow
- Mr Zin Khant Aung Scientific Officer
- Ms Pene Knowles Research Technician
- Ms Yvon Lamberts Assistant Research Fellow
- Ms Rebecca Lord Assistant Research Fellow
- Mr Tristan Paulino Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr Mohammed Rizwan Research Fellow
- Dr Amit Sarker Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Shruthi Sateesh Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Michael Taylor Scientific Officer
- Dr Ruth Warren Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Brooke Whitelaw Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr Joe Yip Research Fellow
- Dr Jessica Young Assistant Research Fellow
Administration and finance staff
- Debbie Acreman Finance Associate
- Clare Dangerfield Operations Lead
- Jaedon Faed Administrator
- Claire Dizon Administrator
- Hannah Powell Administrator
- Mario Sadra-de Jong Administrator
Teaching and research support staff
- Tim Anstey Research and Teaching Equipment IT Technician
- Ms Marlene Black Anatomy Museum Technician - Plastination
- Miss Carol Dunstone Technical Manager
- Ms Djuna Elkan Prosector
- Mr Jacob Galacgac Gross Anatomy Technician - Undergraduate Teaching
- Mr Mark Gould Health and Safety Officer
- Mr Jason Gray Technician - Department Operations
- Ms Bhagya Herath Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Mr 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
- Miss Kathryn McClea Body Bequest Liaison Officer
- Dr Tim Moser Museum Preparator
- Ms Fieke Neuman Teaching Laboratory Manager
- Dr Maryam Sardari Assistant Research Fellow
- Mrs Liane Sim Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Mr Chris Smith Museum Curator
- Miss Ellie Stevens Gross Anatomy Technician - Quality Control
- Miss 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
- Professor Gareth Jones Emeritus Professor
- Professor Helen Nicholson Emeritus Professor
Honorary staff
- Dr Jamie Metzger Honorary Fellow
- Dr Allison Miller Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Phil Peplow Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Professor Mark Stringer Honorary Professor
- Associate Professor Nancy Tayles Honorary Associate Professor
Affiliates
- Dr Teo Georgescu Affiliate
- Professor Greg Jones Affiliate
- Dr Fay Morland Affiliate
- Dr Steve Seo Affiliate
- Associate Professor Ming Zhang Affiliate