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
- Dr Alana Alexander Lecturer
- Professor Greg Anderson Professor
- Professor Hallie Buckley Professor
- Associate Professor Stephen Bunn Associate Professor
- Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak Associate Professor
- Dr Andrew Clarkson Senior Lecturer
- Professor George Dias Professor
- Dr Natasha Flack Lecturer
- Dr Mike Garratt Senior Lecturer
- Professor Neil Gemmell Professor
- Dr Jane Girling Senior Lecturer
- Professor Dave Grattan Professor
- Dr Laura Gumy Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor Sian Halcrow Associate Professor
- Dr Tim Hore Senior Lecturer
- Professor Gareth Jones Professor/Emeritus Professor
- Dr Charlotte King Lecturer
- Associate Professor Michael Knapp Associate Professor
- Associate Professor Beulah Leitch Associate Professor
- Professor Ping Liu Professor
- Professor Helen Nicholson Professor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
- Professor Dorothy Oorschot Professor
- Dr Michael Pankhurst Lecturer
- Associate Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie Associate Professor, Director Ageing Well National Science Challenge
- Professor John Reynolds Professor
- Dr Margaret Ryan Lecturer
- Dr Erik Wibowo Lecturer
- Associate Professor Joanna Williams Associate Professor
- Dr Megan Wilson Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor Stephanie Woodley Associate Professor
- Associate Professor 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 Sachi Jayarathna Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Amrit Kaur Professional Practice Fellow
- Ms Rachel Lissaman Teaching Fellow
- Jeremy McCallum-Loudeac Teaching Fellow
- Tim McLennan Teaching Fellow
- Mrs Leema Prasath Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Niranjan Ramesh Teaching 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 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
- Miss Anna-Claire Barker Assistant Research Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Mrs Nicola Batchelor Research Technician with Pankhurst Group
- Lisa Biiri Research Assistant with Matisoo-Smith 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
- Dr Catherine Collins Research Fellow with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Dr Hugh Cross Scientific Officer - Bioinformatics
- Dr Paul Czechowski Postdoctoral Fellow with Knapp 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
- Miss Sara Ferreira Research Technician with Gemmell Group
- Katie Frost Research Assistant with Flack Group
- Dr Teo Georgescu Scientific Officer with Grattan 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 Senior Research Fellow
- Rachel Hansen Research Assistant
- 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 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
- Dr Mariana Leriche Vazquez Postdoctoral Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Dr Liz 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 Michael Meier Postdoctoral Fellow with Wilson Group
- Dr Melanie Miller Postdoctoral Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Jaye Moors Assistant Research Fellow with Clarkson Group
- Dr Christine Neyt Research Technician with Garratt Group
- Dr Karen Ng Postdoctoral Fellow with Cakmak Group
- Oscar Ortega Recalde Scientific Officer 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 Assistant Research Fellow with Stanton Group
- Dr Muhammad Qasim Postdoctoral Fellow with Clarkson 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
- Miss Yeri Rim Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr Mohammed Rizwan Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Margaret Ryan Senior Research Fellow with Williams Group
- Mr Bahram Sangelaji Research Assistant
- Dr Steve Seo Postdoctoral Fellow with Oorschot Group
- Dr Kristina Smiley Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han Research Fellow with Nicholson Group
- Dr Annie Sohler Postdoctoral Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Megan Southorn Research Assistant
- Associate Professor Jo Stanton Research Associate Professor
- Mr Jackson Treece Research Technician with Stanton Group
- Dr Conor Underwood Postdoctoral Fellow with Parr-Brownlie Group
- Dr Lara Urban Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Nico Vautrelle Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Dr Mel Vlok Assistant Research Fellow with Buckley Group
- Dr Yugo Watanabe Postdoctoral Fellow with Jasoni Group
- Dr Mick Watt Research Fellow with Forster Group
- Hui Xiao Assistant Research Fellow
- 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
- Sarah Benwell Administrator Client Services, 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
- Anne Stansfield 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Miss Ute Zellhuber-McMillan Dissecting Room Technician
Research Support Services Staff
- Dr Patricia Fuentes-Cross Sequencing Technician, Genetic Analysis Services
- 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 Ilona Kokay Honorary Senior Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- 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
- Stacey Ward Affiliate
- Professor Jeff Wickens Honorary Professor
Affiliates
- Dr Ruth Napper Affiliate
- Mr Mario Scholze Affiliate
- Dr Monica Tromp Affiliate
