Our people

Head of Department

Associate Professor Jesse Bering 

Email jesse.bering@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 471 6147

Administration Staff

Anna Samuel

Client Services Administrator 

(Please call to make appointments to see Jesse)

Email sciencecommunication@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7939

Academic Staff

Dr Cathy Cole

Lecturer

Email cathy.cole@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 6829

Professor Lloyd Spencer Davis

Stuart Professor of Science Communication

Email lloyd.davis@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7654

Professor Nancy Longnecker

Professor

Email nancy.longnecker@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7885

Dr Fabien Medvecky

Senior Lecturer

Email fabien.medvecky@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7848

Dr Gianna Savoie

Lecturer
Director of Filmmaking

Email gianna.savoie@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 4925

Steve Ting

Teaching Fellow

Email steve.ting@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 5676

Support Staff

Neil Harraway

Science and Natural History Filmmaking 

Email n.harraway@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 6829

Robert Brown

Science and Natural History Filmmaking - Camera

Jeff Avery

Science and Natural History Filmmaking - Edit

Andrea Liberatore

Research Assistant to Nancy Longnecker

Tel +64 3 479 9276