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Head of Department

Professor Miranda Mirosa Head of Department +64 3 479 7953
foodscience.hod@otago.ac.nz
miranda.mirosa@otago.ac.nz

Administrative staff

Richard Blakeley Administrator +64 3 556 5234
foodscience.office@otago.ac.nz
Location: Science 2, Ground floor, C.01
Shelley Brenssell Administrator, Food Science, Sciences
Administrator, Shared Services, Director's Office, Operations Services 		+64 3 479 3149
shelley.brenssell@otago.ac.nz
Location: Archway West G.10 
Amber West Operations Lead +64 3 556 6647
 amber.west@otago.ac.nz
Bronwyn Hughes Finance Associate +64 3 479 7561
bronwyn.hughes@otago.ac.nz
Ian Ross Head Technician +64 3 479 8708
+64 21 279 1830
foodscience.headtech@otago.ac.nz
ian.ross@otago.ac.nz

Academic staff

Aladin Bekhit Professor +64 3 479 4994
aladin.bekhit@otago.ac.nz
Phil Bremer Professor +64 3 479 5469
+64 21 279 5469 
phil.bremer@otago.ac.nz
Craig Bunt Professor +64 3 479 8365
craig.bunt@otago.ac.nz
Graham Eyres Associate Professor +64 3 479 7661
graham.eyres@otago.ac.nz
Emily Fanning Postdoctoral Fellow +64 3 556 7517
emily.fanning@otago.ac.nz
Yakun Hou Lecturer +64 3 479 3060
yakun.hou@otago.ac.nz
Jessie King Postdoctoral Fellow jessie.king@otago.ac.nz
Sze Ying Leong Assistant Research Fellow sze.leong@otago.ac.nz
Karen Lusk Senior Teaching Fellow +64 3 479 3980
karen.lusk@otago.ac.nz
Miranda Mirosa Professor
Head of Department 		+64 3 479 7953
miranda.mirosa@otago.ac.nz
Jessica O’Connor Lecturer +64 3 556 5393
jessica.oconnor@otago.ac.nz
Indrawati Oey Professor
Postgraduate Coordinator  		+64 3 479 8735
indrawati.oey@otago.ac.nz
Erin Young Professional Practice Fellow +64 3 556 5873
erin.young@otago.ac.nz

Support staff

Technical staff

Michelle Leus Scientific Officer,
Flavour and Analytical Chemist 		+64 3 556 5076
michelle.leus@otago.ac.nz
Ian Ross Head Technician +64 3 479 8708
+64 21 279 1830
ian.ross@otago.ac.nz
Paul Turner Senior Laboratory Technician, Shared +64 3 556 5211
paul.turner@otago.ac.nz
Crystal van Gorp Laboratory Technician – Food Grade
Disability Support          		+64 3 471 6428
crystal.vangorp@otago.ac.nz

Postgraduate students

Md Altaf Hossain mdaltaf.hossain@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Kawindhya Abewarna Patabendige abeka172@student.otago.ac.nz
Safira Andayani andsa428@student.otago.ac.nz
Elizabeth Agbor Epse Muluh agbel354@student.otago.ac.nz
Norma Cecille Bagarinao bagno602@student.otago.ac.nz
Tianming Chen cheti537@student.otago.ac.nz
Ma. Carisse Compendio comma049@student.otago.ac.nz
Sakuni De Silva sakuni.desilva@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Salome Dini dinsa022@student.otago.ac.nz
Joseph Diprose dipjo357@student.otago.ac.nz
Rizwan Matloob Ellahi rizwan.matloob@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Ai Ting Goh aiting.goh@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Sofija Golo golso916@student.otago.ac.nz
Stella Green stella.green@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Maggie Hames maggie.hames@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Nazuna Harada harna552@student.otago.ac.nz
Alvina Hayat hayal000@student.otago.ac.nz
Anila Joseph josan139@student.otago.ac.nz
Tuamelie K F Laimani laitu427@student.otago.ac.nz
Shuxian Li lish6041@student.otago.ac.nz
Stephanie McLeod stephanie.mcleod@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Betelhem Mengistu menbe456@student.otago.ac.nz
Yunfan (Nancy) Mo yunfan.mo@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Abdullah Mutis mutmu987@student.otago.ac.nz
Somiya Nair naiso440@student.otago.ac.nz
Max Nally max.nally@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Ramodya Pathirannahalage ranra733@student.otago.ac.nz
Elena Piere elena.piere@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Akash Rachapudi racse987@student.otago.ac.nz
Swathi Sadanandan swathi.sadanandan@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Muhammad Saqib saqmu649@student.otago.ac.nz
Navratan Sharma shana194@student.otago.ac.nz
Pipuni Tennakoonge tenpi720@student.otago.ac.nz
Chathumadhuri Thennakoon patch919@student.otago.ac.nz
Steffi Thomas thost597@student.otago.ac.nz
Kla Thongngam thokl494@student.otago.ac.nz
Quynh Vu vuqu2465@student.otago.ac.nz
Ke Wang wanke683@student.otago.ac.nz
Yin Wang wanyi626@student.otago.ac.nz
Nick Wong wonni807@student.otago.ac.nz
Angela Wulansari wulan793@student.otago.ac.nz
Min (Emma) Xu xumi2728@student.otago.ac.nz
Yuqing Yan yanyu436@student.otago.ac.nz
George Yang yange860@student.otago.ac.nz

Past members of the Department of Food Science

  • Dr Dominic Agyei
  • Associate Professor John Birch
  • Dr Biniam Kebede
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