Director
Dr Robert Munn
Email director.neuroscience@otago.ac.nz
The Director has responsibility for undergraduate matters.
Deputy Director
Associate Professor Paul Szyszka
Tel +64 3 479 7961
Email deputy.neuroscience@otago.ac.nz
The Deputy Director has responsibility for postgraduate matters.
Administrator
Isobel Pearson
Tel +64 3 479 4205
Email neuroscience@otago.ac.nz
Neuroscientists at Otago
Our neuroscientists are located in various departments, depending on their area of specialisation. The neuroscientists below may be available to supervise your postgraduate neuroscience research.
Department of Anatomy
- Professor Greg Anderson BAgrSc(Hons) PhD
- Dr Aline Boer BSc MSc PhD
- Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak MD PhD
- Professor Dave Grattan BSc(Hons) PhD
- Dr Teodora Georgescu BSc(Hons) PhD
- Dr Laura Gumy BSc(Hons) MSc PhD
- Professor Ping Liu MB PhD
- Dr Jerin Mathew BPhty PhD
- Dr Rob Munn BSc MSc PhD
- Professor Dorothy Oorschot BSc(Hons) PhD
- Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie BPhEd MSc PhD
- Professor John Reynolds MB ChB PhD
- Dr Erik Wibowo BMedSci(Hons) PhD
- Associate Professor Joanna Williams BSc MSc PhD
- Dr Joe Yip BBiomedSc(Hons) PhD
Department of Biochemistry
- Professor Stephanie Hughes BSc(Hons) PhD
- Dr Sankalita Ray Das BSc(Hons), MSc, MRes, PhD
Email sankalita.ray@otago.ac.nz
Bioethics Centre
- Emeritus Professor Grant Gillett MSc MB ChB DPhil FRACS FRSNZ
Department of Medicine
- Dr Nick Cutfield MB ChB FRACP
- Professor Patrick Manning BHB MBChB MMedSc FRACP
- Dr John Mottershead BM BCh BA FRCP
- Dr Alan Wright MBhB MD ECFMG FRACP
Department of Oral Sciences
- Professor Mauro Farella DDS PhD PD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Professor John Ashton BSc(Hons) PhD
- Professor Michelle Glass BSc PhD
- Professor Debbie Hay BSc(Hons) PhD
- Professor Ivan Sammut BSc(Hons) PhD
- Associate Professor Yiwen Zheng BSc PhD
School of Pharmacy
- Associate Professor Ailsa McGregor BSc(Hons) PhD
- Professor Bruce Russell BPharm(Hons) PhD
School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences
- Dr Rebekah Blakemore BSc MPhEd PhD
- Professor Jim Cotter BSc MPhEd PhD
Department of Physiology
- Professor Colin Brown BSc(Hons) PhD
- Associate Professor Rosie Brown BSc(Hons) PhD
- Professor Rebecca Campbell BSc PhD
- Dr Jenny Clarkson BPhEd MPhEd PhD
- Associate Professor Karl Iremonger BPhed BSc MSc PhD
- Professor Pete Jones BSc(Hons) PhD
- Dr Joon Kim BSc PGDipSci PhD
- Dr Megan Leask (Kāi Tahu / Kāti Mamoe) BSc(Hons), PhD
- Associate Professor Phil Sheard BSc PGDipSc PhD
- Associate Professor Alexander Tups DipBiol PhD
Department of Psychological Medicine
- Professor Paul Glue MB ChB MD MRCPsych
- Dr Jerry (Che-Wei) Hsu PhD, PGDipCIPs, MEE, MSc, MNZPsS
Department of Psychology
- Professor Cliff Abraham BA PhD FRSNZ
- Professor David Bilkey BA PhD
- Professor Mike Colombo BA MS PhD
- Professor Liz Franz BA MSc PhD
- Associate Professor Olivia Harrison (née Faull) DPHil (Oxon) BPhEd(Hons) BSc
- Professor Liana Machado BA PhD
- Professor Neil McNaughton MA PhD
- Dr Bruce Mockett BSc DipSci PhD
- Dr Narun Pat (Pornpattananangkul) BSc MSc PhD
- Associate Professor Mei Peng MA PhD
- Dr Ryan Ward BS MS PhD
Department of Surgical Sciences
- Professor Dirk De Ridder MD PhD
Department of Women's and Children's Health
- Professor Barbara Galland BSc(Hons) PhD NZCS
- Professor Barry Taylor MB ChB FRACP
Department of Zoology
- Associate Professor Caroline Beck BSc(Hons) (Birmingham), PhD (Warwick)
- Dr Bart Geurten
- Dr Jenny Jandt BSc MSc PhD
- Associate Professor Paul Szyszka Dipl. Biol., Dr. rer. nat.