For staff contact details please refer to the University of Otago directory
Head of Department
Deputy Head of Department
Deputy Head of Department - Māori
- Associate Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie (Ngāti Maniapoto me Te Arawa) Director Ageing Well National Science Challenge
Academic Staff
- Dr Alana Alexander Lecturer
- Professor Greg Anderson
- Professor Hallie Buckley
- Associate Professor Stephen Bunn
- Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak
- Dr Andrew Clarkson Senior Lecturer
- Dr Catherine Collins Pūkenga (Lecturer)
- Professor George Dias
- Dr Natasha Flack Lecturer
- Dr Mike Garratt Senior Lecturer
- 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
- Associate Professor Beulah Leitch
- Professor Ping Liu
- Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith
- Dr Rob Munn Lecturer
- Professor Helen Nicholson Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
- Professor Dorothy Oorschot
- Dr Michael Pankhurst Senior Lecturer
- Dr Erik Wibowo Lecturer
- Associate Professor Joanna Williams
- Associate Professor Megan Wilson
- Associate Professor Stephanie Woodley
- Associate Professor Ming Zhang
Professional Practice Fellows/Teaching Fellows
- Dr Ashraf Amer Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Rebecca Bird Teaching Fellow
- Dr Sachi Jayarathna Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Amrit Kaur Senior Professional Practice Fellow
- Ms Rachel Lissaman Teaching Fellow
- Mr Jerin Mathew Teaching Fellow
- Dr Jeremy McCallum-Loudeac Teaching Fellow
- Tim McLennan Teaching Fellow
- Mrs Leema Prasath Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Niranjan Ramesh Teaching Fellow
- Dr Latika Samalia Senior Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Kanchana Subasinghe Professional Practice Fellow
External Teaching Staff
- Dr Phil Blyth Senior Lecturer
- Professor Greg Jones
Research Only Staff
- Dr Caroline Ancel Assistant Research Fellow with Anderson Group
- Dr Ashik Banstola Postdoctoral Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Miss Anna-Claire Barker Assistant Research Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Mrs Nicola Batchelor Research Technician with Pankhurst Group
- Mr Ben Bolton Assistant Research Fellow with Oorschot Group
- Dr Donna Bond Scientific Officer with Hore Group
- Jacob Bond Research Assistant
- Dr Tamsin Braisher Assistant Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Ms Nicola Collie Assistant Research Fellow with Williams Group
- Ms Lisa Davis Manager, Ageing Well NSC
- Dr Caroline Decourt Postdoctoral Fellow with Anderson Group
- Dr Eddy Dowle Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Maggie Evans Scientific Officer with Anderson Group
- Charlie Fang Assistant Research Fellow
- Kristen Fernandes Assistant Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Miss Sara Ferreira Research Technician with Gemmell Group
- Dr Teo Georgescu Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Anna Gosling Research Fellow with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Ms Emma Gowing Assistant Research Fellow with Gumy Group
- Mr Jason Gray Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Ms Diane Guevremont Scientific Officer with Williams Group
- Dr Laura Gumy Senior Research Fellow
- Rachel Hansen Research Assistant
- Mr Tobias Hoeta Assistant Research Fellow
- Mrs Megan Inglis Research Technician with Anderson Group
- Gert-Jan Jeunen Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Rena Jing Scientific Officer with Liu Group
- Dr Kaj Kamstra Postdoctoral Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Ms Olga Kardailsky Research Technician with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Ms Annabel Kean Research Assistant with Reynolds Group
- Marion Kennedy Assistant Research Fellow
- Mr Zin Khant Aung Scientific Officer with Grattan Group
- Dr Elodie Kip Assistant Research Fellow with Parr-Brownlie Group
- Ms Pene Knowles Research Technician with Grattan Group
- Bruce Kyle Facility Manager with Hore Group
- Dr Sharon Ladyman Senior Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Melanie Laird Research Fellow with Hore Group
- Dr Mariana Leriche Vazquez Postdoctoral Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Dr Lizhou Liu Assistant Research Fellow, Ageing Well National Science Challenge
- Rhys Livingstone Postdoctoral Fellow with Williams Group
- Ashim Maharjan Research Assistant
- Ms Judith McHugh Assistant Research Fellow with Nicholson Group
- Dr Jamie McQuillan Postdoctoral Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Melanie Miller Postdoctoral Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Brittany Moller Assistant Research Fellow with Buckley Group
- Dr Jaye Moors Assistant Research Fellow with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Dr Christine Neyt Research Technician with Garratt Group
- Dr Karen Ng Postdoctoral Fellow with Cakmak Group
- Dr Oscar Ortega Recalde Research Fellow with Hore Group
- Dr Macarena Pavez Postdoctoral Fellow with Gumy Group
- Giovanni Pedone Research Assistant with Reynolds Group
- Dr Holly Phillipps Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Nikita Potemkin Postdoctoral Fellow with Clarkson Group
- Geetanjali Rai Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Sharon Richard Assistant Research Fellow with Wibowo Group
- Miss Yeri Rim Research Assistant
- Dr Mohammed Rizwan Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Margaret Ryan Senior Research Fellow with Williams Group
- Jamie Salemink-Waldren Research Assistant with Girling Group
- Mr Bahram Sangelaji Research Assistant
- Dr Annie Sohler Research Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Megan Southorn Research Assistant
- Mr Jackson Treece Research Technician
- Dr Conor Underwood Postdoctoral Fellow with Parr-Brownlie Group
- Dr Nico Vautrelle Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Dr Yugo Watanabe Postdoctoral Fellow with Jasoni Group
- Dr Mick Watt Research Fellow
- James Wilson Research Assistant with Flack Group
- Hui Xiao Assistant Research Fellow with Wibowo Group
- Dr Jason Xu Assistant Research Fellow with Zhang Group
- Dr Joe Yip Research Fellow with Bunn Group
- Dr Xiao-Wen Yu Research Fellow with Williams Group
- Miss Ute Zellhuber-McMillan Research Technician with Clarkson Group
Administration and Finance Staff
- Debbie Acreman Finance Associate
- Laura Bennison Administrator Client Services
- Sarah Benwell Business Support Coordinator, Ageing Well National Science Challenge
- Ms Aven Drayson Administrator Client Services
- Michelle Langham Administrator Client Services
- Joanna Ling Lead Administrator Client Services
- Maureen Lloyd Administrator Client Services
- Mrs Annette McCormack Administrator Client Services
- Ms Rebecca Richardson Communications Advisor, Ageing Well National Science Challenge
Teaching and Research Support Staff
- Mr Tim Anstey Research and Teaching Equipment IT Technician
- Miss Marlene Black Plastinator/Prosector
- Ms Carol Dunstone Technical Manager
- Ms Djuna Elkan Prosector
- Ms Lorryn Fisher Departmental Research Technician
- Mr Michael Gillies Cleaner
- Mr Wim Gillis Engineer Research and Teaching Solutions
- Mr Mark Gould Health and Safety Officer
- Ms Siti Hajar Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Mrs Sue Hammond Teaching Support Technician
- Miss Rachel Kinnaird Gross Anatomy Manager
- Ms Rachna Luthra Anatomy Museum Assistant
- 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 Dissecting Room Technician
- Mr Alex Witherow General Assistant
- Ms Elise Wolfgram Gross Anatomy Technician - Undergraduate Teaching
Research Support Services Staff
- Mrs Joanne Gillum Manager, Genetic Analysis Services
- Miss Julia Jenkins Laboratory Coordinator, Behavioural Phenotyping Unit
Emeriti
- Professor David Green Emeritus Professor
Honorary Staff
- Dr Peter Hurst Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Dr Jennifer Juengel Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Rebecca Kinaston Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Ilona Kokay Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Phil Peplow Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Dr Vivek Perumal Honorary Lecturer
- Associate Professor Nancy Tayles Honorary Associate Professor
- Dr Helen Taylor Honorary Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Professor Jeff Wickens Honorary Professor
Affiliates
- Dr Ruth Napper Affiliate
- Mr Mario Scholze Affiliate
- Dr Mel Vlok Affiliate
- Stacey Ward Affiliate
