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Our people in Food Science

Head of Department

Professor Indrawati Oey Head of Department

+64 3 479 8735
foodscience.hod@otago.ac.nz
indrawati.oey@otago.ac.nz

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Administrative staff

Khazima Tahir Administrator, Food Science, Sciences
Administrator Client Services, Shared Services, Director's Office, Operations Services

+64 3 479 7562
foodscience.office@otago.ac.nz
khazima.tahir@otago.ac.nz
Shelley Linwood

Administrator, Food Science, Sciences
Administrator Client Services, Shared Services, Director's Office, Operations Services

+64 3 479 3149
foodscience.postgrad@otago.ac.nz
shelley.linwood@otago.ac.nz
Ian Ross Head Technician

+64 3 479 8708
foodscience.headtech@otago.ac.nz
ian.ross@otago.ac.nz

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Academic staff

Dominic Agyei Lecturer

+64 3 479 7545
dominic.agyei@otago.ac.nz
Azam Ali

Associate Professor

+64 3 479 7456
azam.ali@otago.ac.nz
Aladin Bekhit Associate Professor

+64 3 479 4994
aladin.bekhit@otago.ac.nz
Phil Bremer

Professor
Postgraduate Coordinator

+64 3 479 5469
phil.bremer@otago.ac.nz
Graham Eyres Senior Lecturer

+64 3 479 7661
graham.eyres@otago.ac.nz
Biniam Kebede Lecturer

+64 3 479 7257
biniam.kebede@otago.ac.nz
Sze Ying Leong Assistant Research Fellow

+64 3 479 7565
sze.leong@otago.ac.nz
Miranda Mirosa Associate Professor and 4th year coordinator

+64 3 479 7953
miranda.mirosa@otago.ac.nz
Fiona Nyhof Professional Practice Fellow

+64 3 479 4193
fiona.nyhof@otago.ac.nz
Indrawati Oey Professor
Head of Department

+64 3 479 8735
indrawati.oey@otago.ac.nz
Mei Peng Senior Lecturer

+64 3 479 4052
mei.peng@otago.ac.nz
Peter Zhao Research assistant +64 3 479 7558
peter.zhao@otago.ac.nz

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Product Development Research Centre (PDRC)

Pat Silcock

Manager PDRC

+64 3 479 7564
pat.silcock@otago.ac.nz
Nerida Downes Researcher

+64 3 479 7560
nerida.downes@otago.ac.nz
Fiona Nyhof Researcher

+64 3 479 4193
fiona.nyhof@otago.ac.nz
Stephanie Then Researcher

+64 3 479 7560
stephanie.then@otago.ac.nz
Roy Ma Assistant Research Fellow

+64 3 479 7560
roy.ma@otago.ac.nz

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Support staff

Technical staff

Jo'ann Ayers

Technical Assistant,
Food Teaching Laboratories

+64 3 479 7544
jo-ann.ayers@otago.ac.nz
Sarah Johnson (previously Henry)

Senior Technician, Food Teaching Laboratories

+64 3 479 7544
sarah.henry@otago.ac.nz
Bill Ingram Workshop Technician

+64 3 479 5160
bill.ingram@otago.ac.nz
Michelle Leus

Scientific Officer,
Flavour and Analytical Chemist

 +64 3 479 7565
michelle.leus@otago.ac.nz
Michelle Petrie Chemistry and Microbiology Technician

+64 3 479 7558
michelle.petrie@otago.ac.nz
Ian Ross Head Technician

+64 3 479 8708
ian.ross@otago.ac.nz

IT Support

Kunal Kamble IT Support foodscience.it@otago.ac.nz

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Postgraduate students

Amali Alahakoon ext 9198 amali.alahakoon@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Mohammed Alsaif (470) 4778 mohammed.alsaif@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Amir Amini (470) 4778 amir.amini@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Mylene Anwar ext 7475 mylene.anwar@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Senni Bunga ext 7475 senni.bunga@otago.ac.nz
Keegan Burrow (470) 4778 keegan.burrow@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Jimmy Cahayadi ext 8457 jimmy.cahayadi@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Jonathan Chua ext 9198
Lei Cong ext 5753 lei.cong@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Sheba Mae Duque ext 7475 sheba.duque@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Justin Geng ext 5463 justin.geng@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Stephen Giteru ext 5753 stephen.giteru@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Ryan High ext 7628 higry363@student.otago.ac.nz
Rachel Ginieis ext 8258 rachel.ginieis@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Yakun Hou ext 5753 yakun.hou@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Mengxin (Mou) Huang mou.huang@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Nassim Jalil Mohzdehi ext 5463 nassim.jalilmozhdehi@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Prit (Ed) Khrisanapant ext 7628 prit.khrisanapant@postgrad.ac.nz
Dong Ju (Jenny) Kim (470) 4778 kimdo511@student.otago.ac.nz
Tingting (Lily) Liu ext 8258 lily.liu@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Yafei Liu yafei.liu@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Yang (Sunny) Liu sunny.liu@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Chia Chun (Marcus) Loi (470) 4778 marcus.loi@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Hajar Mohamad ext 9198 hajar.mohamad@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
TA Mungure (470) 4778 tanyaradzwa.mungure@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Rajkumar Nandakumar ext 5463 rajkumar.nandakumar@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
William Pickup ext 5463 picwi639@student.otago.ac.nz
Tobias Richter ext 9198 tobias.richter@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Abduh Setya ext 5753 setya.abduh@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Thirawat (TK) Tantamacharik ext 7475 tk.tantamacharik@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Andrea Warburton ext 8258 andrea.warburton@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Hongxia Zhang ext 9198 hongxia.zhang@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Yuanyang Zhang ext 8258 yuanyang.zhang@postgrad.otago.ac.nz

Past members of the Department of Food Science

  • Associate Professor John Birch