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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
Bronwyn Hughes Finance Associate +64 3 479 7561
bronwyn.hughes@otago.ac.nz
Shelley Linwood

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

+64 3 479 3149
foodscience.office@otago.ac.nz
shelley.linwood@otago.ac.nz
Leonie McGeady Lead Administrator Client Services, Food Science +64 21 279 0429
leonie.mcgeady@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 Senior Lecturer

+64 3 479 7545
dominic.agyei@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 Senior 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
Fiona Nyhof Researcher

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

+64 3 479 7560
stephanie.then@otago.ac.nz

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Support staff

Technical staff

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

Dean Johnstone IT Support foodscience.it@otago.ac.nz

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Postgraduate students

Sashie Abeywickrema sashie.abeywickrema@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Parise Adadi parise.adadi@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Mirja Ahmmed mirja.ahmmed@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Mohammed Alsaif mohammed.alsaif@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Hannah Browne hannah.browne@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Siyu (Shirley) Chen siyu.chen@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Grace Clare grace.clare@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Ladie Conde ladieanne.conde@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Jess Fitzgerald jess.fitzgerald@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Ari Hayati hayar206@student.otago.ac.nz
Ryan High higry363@student.otago.ac.nz
Rachel Ginieis rachel.ginieis@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Neda Irvani neda.irvani@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Siripong Kanokruangrong siripong.kanokr@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Soundarya Karamcheti soundarya.karamcheti@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Roman Karki roman.karki@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Ruchita Rao Kavle kavru760@student.otago.ac.nz
Ruijun (Charlene) Li charlene.li@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Nassim Jalil Mohzdehi nassim.jalilmozhdehi@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Xingchen (Annie) Li lian6214@student.otago.ac.nz
Johannes Magpusao johannes.magpusao@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Jessica O'Connor jessica.oconnor@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Trong Phan trong.phan@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Victoria Purdy victoria.purdy@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Saratjedevi Rajendran sarathadevi.rajendran@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Rebecca Roberts rebecca.roberts@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Caleb Robinson caleb.robinson@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Joy Sim simjo010@student.otago.ac.nz
Yi-Ting Sung sunyi847@student.otago.ac.nz
Andrea Warburton andrea.warburton@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Chao (Rebecca) Yang rebecca.yang@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Erin Young erin.young@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Peter Zhao zhape806@student.otago.ac.nz
Stella Zhou zouyu502@student.otago.ac.nz
Yao Zhang zhaya499@student.otago.ac.nz

Past members of the Department of Food Science

  • Associate Professor John Birch