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Head of Department

Professor Miles Lamaremiles_lamare

Office 310 Castle Street, room 103 or PML, room 306
Tel +64 3 479 7463 (campus), +64 3 479 7463 (PML)
Mob +64 21 279 7463
Email miles.lamare@otago.ac.nz

  • Fjord systems, Antarctic biology, Ocean acidification, Climage Change Research Themes
  • Kaiawhina – Māori Student Support Liaison
  • MSc Co-ordinator
  • Chair, University of Otago Research Grants, Life Sciences Panel

Academic staff

Dr Bridie AllanDr Bridie Allan Image

Office 310 Castle Street, room 148
Tel +64 3 479 8327
Email bridie.allan@otago.ac.nz

Ceridwen Fraser imageProfessor Crid Fraser

Office 310 Castle Street, room 143
Tel +64 3 479 8306
Email ceridwen.fraser@otago.ac.nz

  • Biogeography; long-distance dispersal; Antarctic and sub-Antarctic ecology and evolution; how density-dependent processes influence spatial biodiversity patterns
  • Coastal People: Southern Skies

Gaya Gnanalingam imageDr Gaya Gnanalingam

Office 310 Castle Street, room 149
Tel +64 3 479 5369
Email gaya.gnanalingam@otago.ac.nz

Professor Chris HepburnChris Hepburn in dive gear 2020 Image

Office PML, room 309
Tel +64 3 479 7462
Mob +64 21 279 7462
Email chris.hepburn@otago.ac.nz

Professor Cliff Law

Cliff Law ImageEmail clifford.law@otago.ac.nz

Principal Scientist-Marine Biogeochemistry
Programme Leader - Oceanic Control of Atmospheric Composition
Tel +64 4 386 0478
Mob +64 27 891 1340
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)
301 Evans Bay Parade, Greta Point, Wellington New Zealand
Connect with NIWA:  niwa.co.nzFacebookLinkedInTwitterInstagram

  • Marine biogeochemistry, nutrient cycles and phytoplankton, interaction of Climate Change and the ocean: impacts of ocean acidification and warming, marine trace gases
  • Coastal People: Southern Skies

More information on Cliff Law

Associate Professor Will Raymentwill_rayment

Office 310 Castle Street, room 211a
Tel +64 3 479 8304
Email will.rayment@otago.ac.nz

Dr Christina Riesselmanchristina_riesselman

Office (Marine Science) 310 Castle Street, room 150; (Geology) room GN1
Tel  (Marine Science) +64 3 479 5732; (Geology) +64 3 479 7505
Email christina.riesselman@otago.ac.nz

Dr Pete RussellPete Russell

Office 310 Castle Street, room 153
Mob +64 21 279 0076
Email peter.russell@otago.ac.nz

  • Coastal and estuarine processes
  • Tropical cyclone generated primary production
  • Putahitanga – Intersection of Mātauranga and oceanography
  • Sea ice physics
  • Coastal People: Southern Skies

Associate Professor Candida Savagecandida_savage

Office PML, room 210
Tel +64 3 479 8324 (PML)
Email candida.savage@otago.ac.nz

Professor Abby Smithabby_smith

Office 310 Castle Street, room 101
Tel +64 3 479 7470
Mob +64 27 606 3552
Email abby.smith@otago.ac.nz

  • Marine sedimentology, skeletal geochemistry
  • Chief Course Advisor

Dr Rob SmithRob_Smith

Office 310 Castle Street, room 152
Tel +64 3 479 5365
Email robert.smith@otago.ac.nz

Professor Steve Wingsteve_wing

Office 310 Castle Street, room 145 or PML, room 211
Tel +64 3 479 9038 (campus), +64 3 479 5827 (PML)
Mob +64 21 279 9038
Email steve.wing@otago.ac.nz

  • Marine ecology, coastal ecosystems, marine conservation, food webs, population biology, fisheries and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
  • PhD Co-ordinator

Emeriti

Professor Steve DawsonProfessor Steve Dawson Image 2020

Email steve.dawson@otago.ac.nz

  • Marine conservation, behaviour and ecology of whales, dolphins and other marine mammals.

Honorary and adjunct staff

Dr Alexander Arkhipkin

AtaSuandaDr Ata Suanda

Email suandas@uncw.edu

  • Circulation and water properties in coastal, estuarine and nearshore environments
  • The interaction of physical processes with biogeochemistry and human interests in the coastal ocean
  • Tides, internal waves, wind- and wave-driven physics
  • Numerical models of ocean circulation and model literacy

Professor Gary Wilsongary_wilson

Email gary.wilson@otago.ac.nz

  • Marine geology, marine sedimentology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology paleomagnetism

Dr Lucy Wing (née Jack)lucy_wing

Email lucy.wing@otago.ac.nz

  • Marine ecology, food webs, stable isotopes, trace metals, zooarchaeology

Teaching Fellows

Ursula Ellenberg image 160Dr Ursula Ellenberg

Office 310 Castle Street, room 105
Tel +64 3 479 5453
Email ursula.ellenberg@otago.ac.nz

  • MARI 112
  • MARI 301
  • MARI 302

Dr Jean McKinnonjean_mckinnon

Office 310 Castle Street, room 105
Tel +64 3 479 5453
Mob +64 21 279 5453
Email jean.mckinnon@otago.ac.nz

  • MARI 112
  • MARI 202
  • MARI 301
  • OCEN 322
  • NZMSC Education

Katie Nelson

Office 310 Castle Street, room 105
Tel +64 3 479 5453
Email katie.nelson@otago.ac.nz

  • MARI 201
  • MARI 322

Assistant Research Fellows / Research Fellows / Postdoctoral Fellows

Evelyn Armstrong image 2021Dr Evelyn Armstrong

Office Mellor Building, Room 114 or 310 Castle street, room 150
Tel +64 3 479 5376 (Office)
Lab +64 3 479 8463
Email evelyn.armstrong@otago.ac.nz

  • Physiological processes and elemental composition of Subantarctic and Antarctic phytoplankton and effects related to climate change
  • Biodiversity of Subantarctic phytoplankton
  • Climate change and phytoplankton

Lucy Coyle

Office 310 Castle Street, room 209
Tel +64 3 479 7468
Email lucy.coyle@otago.ac.nz

Dr Matt Desmond

Office PML, Room 208
Tel +64 3 479 5828
Mob +64 27 331 3844
Email matthew.desmond@otago.ac.nz

  • Macroalgal ecology and physiology
  • Temperate reef ecology
  • Fisheries habitat interactions
  • Seafloor mapping

Dr Grant Duffy

Office 310 Castle Street, room 153
Tel +64 3 479 5732
Email grant.duffy@otago.ac.nz

Dr Marta Guerra

Office 310 Castle Street, room 209
Tel +64 3 479 7468
Email marta.guerra@otago.ac.nz

Tim Howarth

Email tim.howarth@otago.ac.nz

Gert-Jan Jeunen thumbnailDr Gert-Jan Jeunen

Office 310 Castle Street, room 153
Email gert-jan.jeunen@otago.ac.nz

Anna Kluibenschedl image 2022Dr Anna Kluibenschedl

Email anna.kluibenschedl@otago.ac.nz

  • Macroalgal ecophysiology
  • Ocean Acidification
  • Seaweed culture

Dr Duong Le

Email duong.le@otago.ac.nz

Dr Isla Twigg

Office 310 Castle Street, room 209
Tel +64 3 479 7468
Email isla.twigg@otago.ac.nz

Professional staff – campus

Katia Borisova

Office 310 Castle Street, room 150
Tel +64 3 479 4104
Email marine.science@otago.ac.nz

  • Administrator

Nerida Downes

Email nerida.downes@otago.ac.nz

  • Project Manager, Antarctic Science Platform Project

Dylan Shield

Office 310 Castle Street, room 102
Tel +64 3 479 5085
Email marine.science@otago.ac.nz

  • Administrator

Bob Dagg

Office Department of Geology, Leith St, Room 1n21
Mob +64 21 279 5815
Email bob.dagg@otago.ac.nz

  • Scientific Officer / Sediment Core Specialist

Alice Gourlay

Office 310 Castle Street, room 131
Tel +64 3 479 8308
Email marine.science@otago.ac.nz

  • Administrator

Portobello Marine Laboratory and New Zealand Marine Studies Centre reception

Tel +64 3 479 5826
Email portobello.marinescience@otago.ac.nz

New Zealand Marine Studies Centre

New Zealand Marine Studies Centre website

Sally Carson 2020 ImageSally Carson

Office PML, room 213
Tel +64 3 479 5842
Mob +64 21 279 5842
Email sally.carson@otago.ac.nz

Hannah Drury

Office NZMSC
Tel +64 3 479 5843
Email hannah.drury@otago.ac.nz

  • Professional Practice Fellow / Educator

Aaron Heimann

Office NZMSC
Tel +64 3 479 5841
Mob +64 21 279 5841
Email aaron.heimann@otago.ac.nz

  • NZMSC Curator

Rob Lewis

Office NZMSC
Mob +64 21 279 0058
Email rob.lewis@otago.ac.nz

  • Teaching Fellow / Educator

Glenis Paul

Tel 021 4 OCEAN
Email glenis.paul@otago.ac.nz

  • Educator (Nelson region)

Hanna Ravn

Office NZMSC
Tel +64 3 479 5843
Email hanna.ravn@otago.ac.nz

  • Professional Practice Fellow / Educator

Ella Robinson

Reception NZMSC
Tel +64 3 479 5826
Email portobello.marinescience@otago.ac.nz

  • Administrator Assistant

Portobello Marine Laboratory

Adam Brook

Office PML, room 211
Tel +64 3 479 5813
Mob +64 21 279 5812
Email adam.brook@otago.ac.nz

  • Laboratory and Aquatic Systems Technician

Linda Groenewegen

Office PML, room 211
Tel +64 3 479 5813Mob +64 21 279 5813
Email linda.groenewegen@otago.ac.nz

  • Lead Marine Laboratory Technician

Workshop

Office PML
Tel +64 3 479 5822

Fieldwork / Vessels

Bill Dickson

Office PML, room 207
Tel +64 3 479 5814
Mob +64 21 283 7735
Email bill.dickson@otago.ac.nz

  • Polaris II Master

Mark Elder

Office PML, room 207
Tel +64 3 479 5814
Mob +64 21 275 4772
Email m.elder@otago.ac.nz

  • Polaris II Master/Engineer

Adelle HeinemanAdelle O'Neill 2020 Image

Office PML, room 207
Tel +64 3 479 5814
Mob +64 27 453 2489
Email adelle.heineman@otago.ac.nz

  • Research Vessel Crew Person/Relief Skipper

Will Pinfold

Office PML, room 301
Mob +64 21 225 3053
Email will.pinfold@otago.ac.nz

  • Marine Field Operations Technician/Research Vessel Crew

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