For staff contact details please refer to the University of Otago directory
Head of Department
- Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith Professor, Head of Department
Deputy Head of Department
- Professor Christine Jasoni Professor, Deputy Head of Department
Academic Staff
- Professor Greg Anderson Professor
- Professor Hallie Buckley Professor
- Assoc. Prof. Stephen Bunn Associate Professor
- Dr Yusuf Cakmak Senior Lecturer
- Dr Andrew Clarkson Senior Lecturer
- Professor George Dias Professor
- Dr Natasha Flack Lecturer
- Dr Gina Forster Lecturer
- Dr Mike Garratt Lecturer
- Professor Neil Gemmell Professor
- Dr Jane Girling Lecturer
- Professor Dave Grattan Professor
- Assoc. Prof. Sian Halcrow Associate Professor
- Dr Tim Hore Senior Lecturer
- Professor Gareth Jones Professor/Emeritus Professor
- Dr Michael Knapp Senior Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Beulah Leitch Associate Professor
- Assoc. Prof. Ping Liu Associate Professor
- Dr Ruth Napper Senior Lecturer
- Professor Helen Nicholson Professor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement)
- Assoc. Prof. Dorothy Oorschot Associate Professor
- Dr Michael Pankhurst Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Louise Parr-Brownlie Associate Professor, Co-Director Ageing Well National Science Challenge
- Professor John Reynolds Professor, Director (Health Sciences First Year Programme)
- Dr Erik Wibowo Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Joanna Williams Associate Professor
- Dr Megan Wilson Senior Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Stephanie Woodley Associate Professor
- Assoc. Prof. Ming Zhang Associate Professor
- Dr Johann Zwirner Lecturer
Professional Practice Fellows/Teaching Fellows
- Dr Ashraf Amer Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Rebecca Bird Teaching Fellow
- Dr Brad Hurren Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Amrit Kaur Professional Practice Fellow
- Ms Rachel Lissaman Teaching Fellow
- Tim McLennan Teaching Fellow
- Dr Vivek Perumal Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Latika Samalia Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Kanchana Subasinghe Professional Practice Fellow
External Teaching Staff
- Dr Phil Blyth Senior Lecturer
- Professor Greg Jones Contracted Professor
Research Only Staff
- Dr Faraz Ahmad Postdoctoral Fellow with Liu Group
- Dr Alana Alexander Postdoctoral Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Houman Alimoradi Postdoctoral Fellow with Clarkson Group
- Dr Caroline Ancel Assistant Research Fellow with Anderson Group
- Dr Ashik Banstola Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Deanna Barwick Assistant Research Fellow with Clarkson 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
- Dr Tamsin Braisher Assistant Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Catherine Collins Research Fellow with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Dr Hugh Cross Scientific Officer - Bioinformatics
- Dr Paul Czechowski Postdoctoral Fellow with Knapp Group
- Dr Rob Day Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Caroline Decourt Postdoctoral Fellow with Anderson Group
- Dr Eddy Dowle Postdoctoral Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Maggie Evans Postdoctoral Fellow with Anderson Group
- Miss Sara Ferreira Research Technician with Gemmell Group
- Dr Teo Georgescu Postdoctoral Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Antonella Gianfelice Assistant Research Fellow with Gumy Group
- Dr Kelly Glendining Research Fellow with Jasoni Group
- Dr Anna Gosling Research Fellow with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Miss Emma Gowing Research Technician with Clarkson Group
- Mr Jason Gray Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Ms Diane Guevremont Scientific Officer with Williams Group
- Dr Laura Gumy Research Fellow
- Mrs Megan Inglis Research Technician with Anderson Group
- Gert-Jan Jeunen Postdoctoral Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Rena Jing Scientific Officer with Liu Group
- Ms Olga Kardailsky Research Technician with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Ms Annabel Kean Research Assistant with Reynolds Group
- Mr Zin Khant Aung Assistant Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Mr Prash Khwaounjoo Postdoctoral Fellow with Cakmak Group
- Dr Rebecca Kinaston Research Fellow
- Dr Charlotte King Postdoctoral Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Dr Elodie Kip Assistant Research Fellow with Parr-Brownlie Group
- Ms Pene Knowles Research Technician with Grattan Group
- Dr Sharon Ladyman Senior Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Melanie Laird Postdoctoral Fellow with Hore Group
- Mr Peter Lawrenson Postdoctoral Fellow with Woodley Group
- Dr Mariana Leriche Vazquez Postdoctoral Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Dr Michael Meier Postdoctoral Fellow with Wilson Group
- Dr Melanie Miller Postdoctoral Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Dr Christine Neyt Research Technician with Garratt Group
- Oscar Ortega Recalde Scientific Officer with Hore Group
- Dr Macarena Pavez Postdoctoral Fellow with Gumy Group
- Dr Holly Phillipps Postdoctoral Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Florian Pichlmueller Postdoctoral Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Niranjan Ramesh Assistant Research Fellow with Dias Group
- Ms Christy Rand Research Technician with Stanton Group
- Dr Chris Rawle Research Fellow with Stanton Group
- Kyle Richardson Assistant Research Fellow with Hore Group
- Dr Mohammed Rizwan Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Margaret Ryan Senior Research Fellow with Williams Group
- Dr Steve Seo Postdoctoral Fellow with Oorschot Group
- Dr Kristina Smiley Postdoctoral Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han Postdoctoral Fellow with Nicholson Group
- Dr Annie Sohler Postdoctoral Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Assoc. Prof. Jo Stanton Research Associate Professor
- Miss Mariana Te Pou Assistant Research Fellow with Parr-Brownlie Group
- Dr Erica Todd Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Mr Jackson Treece Research Technician with Stanton Group
- Mr Conor Underwood Postdoctoral Fellow with Parr-Brownlie Group
- Dr Lara Urban Postdoctoral Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Nico Vautrelle Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Stacey Ward Assistant Research Fellow with Buckley Group
- Dr Yugo Watanabe Postdoctoral Fellow with Jasoni Group
- Dr Mick Watt Research Fellow with Forster Group
- Dr Sujan Yellagunda Programme Business Manager with Reynolds Group
- Dr Joe Yip Scientific Officer with Bunn Group
- Ms Sylvia Zellhuber-McMillan Research Technician with Reader Group
- Miss Ute Zellhuber-McMillan Research Assistant with Clarkson Group
Administration and Finance Staff
- Debbie Acreman Finance Associate
- Ms Aven Drayson Administrator Client Services
- Mrs Joanna Isaacs Lead Administrator Client Services
- Maureen Lloyd Administrator Client Services
- Mrs Annette McCormack Administrator Client Services
Teaching and Research Support Staff
- Mr Tim Anstey Research and Teaching Equipment IT Technician
- Dr Louisa Baillie Anatomical Model Fabricator
- Miss Marlene Black Plastinator/Prosector
- Mr Brynley Crosado Prosector
- Ms Carol Dunstone Technical Manager
- Ms Djuna Elkan Prosector
- Ms Lorryn Fisher Departmental Research Technician
- Mr Brian Fitzpatrick Physical Resource Manager
- 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
- Zak Luskie Purchasing Officer (Supply Chain)
- Ms Rachna Luthra Anatomy Museum Assistant
- Mr Ross Marshall-Seeley Scientific Officer - eLearning
- Ms Kathryn McClea Body Bequest Liaison Officer
- Mr Robbie McPhee Illustrator/Graphic Artist
- Ms Fieke Neuman Teaching Laboratory Manager
- Mr Evan Roberts Storeperson (Supply Chain)
- Mrs Liane Sim Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Mr Chris Smith Museum Curator
- Miss Ellie Stevens Dissecting Room Technician
- Nabila Tahsin Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Ms Sharon White Dissecting Room Technician
- Mr Alex Witherow General Assistant
Research Support Services Staff
- Dr Patricia Fuentes-Cross Sequencing Technician, Genetic Analysis Services
- Mrs Joanne Gillum Manager, Genetic Analysis Services
- Miss Emma Gowing Laboratory Coordinator, Behavioural Phenotyping Unit
- Miss Julia Jenkins Laboratory Coordinator, Behavioural Phenotyping Unit (on leave)
Emeriti
- Professor David Green Emeritus Professor
Honorary Staff
- Dr Peter Hurst Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Dr Ilona Kokay Honorary Senior Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Phil Peplow Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Nancy Tayles Honorary Associate Professor
- Dr Helen Taylor Honorary Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Professor Jeff Wickens Honorary Professor
Affiliates
- Mr John Dennison Affiliate
- Mr Mario Scholze Affiliate
- Dr Monica Tromp Affiliate
