Biomechanics, biomaterials and oral implantology
Key personnel and collaborations

Academic and research staff

• Dr Carolina Loch Santos Da Silva
• Professor Warwick Duncan
• Professor Neil Waddell
• Associate Professor Jonathan Broadbent
• Professor Paul Brunton
• Dr Peter Cathro
• Dr Joanne Choi
• Associate Professor Dawn Coates
• Ms Suzanne Hanlin
• Dr Kai Chun (KC) Li
• Professor Karl Lyons
• Mr Ludwig Jansen van Vuuren
• Mrs Wendy Jansen van Vuuren
• Dr Sunyoung Ma
• Professor Patrick R. Schmidlin (University of Zurich, Honorary Professor at Otago)
• Dr Donald Schwass
• Associate Professor Andrew Tawse-Smith
• Professor Darryl Tong

Current and recent postgraduate students

Christina Gee
Dina Abdelmoneim
Asar Badarnesh
Huda Mohammed
Abdula Barazanchi
Vidya Mudliar
Lisa Falland
Janine Tiu
Andrew Tawse-Smith
Donald Schwass
Sunyoung Ma
Ludwig Jansen van Vuuren
Veivakatorocaketaki Masi Ovini

Interested in joining our programme?

National and international collaborations

Our work involves a multi-disciplinary approach and we collaborate with a wide group of researchers within

University of Otago

• Department of Geology
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Anatomy
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Marine Sciences

National

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury
• Van Der Veer Institute, University of Canterbury
• Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Auckland
• Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland
• Forensic Science, Environmental Science and Research
• South Island Brain Injury Research Group (SIBIRG)

International

• School of Dentistry, University of Adelaide
• Impact and Armour Group, Cranfield University
• Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham
• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
• South African Nuclear Energy Corporation in Palindaba
• Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo
• Facharzt für Rechtsmedizin, Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Leipzig, Germany
• University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
• Université Bordeaux
• Hampden-Sydney College USA
• South Australian Museum, Adelaide
• CENPAT Puerto Madryn, Argentina
• Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil