Professor Brendan McCane, Associate Dean (Academic)
As Associate Dean (Academic) Brendan supports and monitors the academic work of the Division’s departments in relation to curriculum development, quality assurance and the implementation of University policies. Brendan leads and supports strategic developments relating to academic matters at both the Divisional and University levels.
Brendan has been a member of the Department of Computer Science at Otago since 1997. His research interests include machine learning, deep networks, computer vision, biomedical imaging and robotics.
Contact
Brendan McCane
Associate Dean (Academic)
Tel +64 3 479 8588
Email ada.sciences@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Nigel Lucas, Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
Nigel has responsibility for the Division of Sciences postgraduate research and coursework programmes, providing advice and support to staff and students within the Division. His role includes a strategic overview and development of the Division’s postgraduate programmes, an oversight of admissions through to examinations, and he represents the Division on a number of University committees.
Nigel is a chemist and crystallographer whose research focuses on the synthesis of organic molecular materials of interest for their unique structure and properties. His group’s efforts in synthesis are coupled with a range of investigations undertaken in-house and through collaborations, including with other investigators within the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. He enjoys supporting the development of the technical skills of students, but also notes that generic skills such as critical analysis, writing and communication are just as important and relevant for growing independent researchers.
Contact
Nigel Lucas
Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
Tel +64 3 479 5377
Email adpgsci@otago.ac.nz
Mark Wilesmith, Specialist, Academic Committees and Services
Mark manages matters concerning new programmes and papers for the Division of Sciences. He deals with complex degree structure questions for staff and students and other related activities. Mark is based in the Union Court Building. As part of his role, Mark processes Late Timetable Change requests and course variations for the Division of Sciences. This can be emailed to Mark once complete.
Download the course variation form (PDF)
Contact
Mark Wilesmith
Specialist, Academic Committees and Services
Tel +64 3 244 8482
Email mark.wilesmith@otago.ac.nz
