Our people

Dean of School

Antoni Moore

Dean of School and Professor
Location
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.08
Telephone
+64 3 479 7589
Email
tony.moore@otago.ac.nz

Kaiawhina (Māori and Pacific Islands student support)

Francesca Marzatico

Lecturer
Location

Ōwheo Building, Room 1.12

Telephone

+64 3 479 0745
Email

francesca.marzatico@otago.ac.nz

Academic staff

Riki Cambridge

Senior Professional Practice Fellow
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.14

Email riki.cambridge@otago.ac.nz

Paul H Denys

Senior Lecturer
GPS, Geodesy, Earth Deformation, Sea Level Rise
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.17
Tel: +64 3 479 7596

Email: paul.denys@otago.ac.nz

Nic Donnelly

Teaching Fellow
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.21D
Tel: +64 3 556 6746

Email: nic.donnelly@otago.ac.nz

Kelly Gragg

Senior Professional Practice Fellow
Software, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Data Management
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.05b
Tel: +64 3 479 7602

Email: kelly.gragg@otago.ac.nz

Richard Hemi

Professional Practice Fellow
Cadastral Surveying, Land Development Planning, Engineering Surveying, Spatial documentation of Heritage sites
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.16
Tel: +64 3 479 7595

Email: richard.hemi@otago.ac.nz

Christina Hulbe

Professor
Glaciers and Polar Ice Sheets Modelling
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.09
Tel: +64 3 479 7613

Email: christina.hulbe@otago.ac.nz

Fraser Jopson

Professional Practice Fellow
Project Management, Construction Management, Land Development Engineering
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.15
Tel: +64 3 479 9008

Email: fraser.jopson@otago.ac.nz

Greg Leonard

Senior Lecturer
Antarctic Sea Ice, Polar Oceanography, GIS, Environmental Modelling, Civil Engineering
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.10
Tel: +64 3 479 5075

Email: greg.leonard@otago.ac.nz

Francesca Marzatico

Lecturer
Traditional governance, land tenure and natural resources governance, climate change, human mobility, conflicts
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.12
Tel: +64 3 479 0745

Email: francesca.marzatico@otago.ac.nz

Aubrey Miller

Professional Practice Fellow
GIS, Spatial Analysis, Natural Hazards, Cryosphere, Outdoor Recreation
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.13
Tel: +64 3 479 7606

Email: aubrey.miller@otago.ac.nz

Antoni Moore

Dean of School and Professor
GIS, Geovisualization, Cartography, Spatial Algorithms, Spatial Analysis, Geographical Modeling
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.08
Tel: +64 3 479 7589

Email: tony.moore@otago.ac.nz

Robert Odolinski

Associate Professor
Geodesy, GNSS, RTK
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.05c
Tel: +64 3 479 5401

Email: robert.odolinski@otago.ac.nz

Fardin Seifi

Lecturer
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.21B
Tel: +64 3 556 5146

Email: fardin.seifi@otago.ac.nz

Pascal Sirguey

Associate Professor
Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Spatial Analysis, GIS, Cryosphere, UAV/RPAS
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.11
Tel: +64 3 479 7698

Email: pascal.sirguey@otago.ac.nz

Mick Strack

Senior Lecturer
Land tenure, Māori land, Customary rights, Planning, Sustainability
Surveying Building 1st Floor, Room 114
Tel: +64 3 479 7603

Email: mick.strack@otago.ac.nz

Emily Tidey

Senior Lecturer
Hydrographic Surveying
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.03
Tel: +64 3 479 7587

Email: emily.tidey@otago.ac.nz

Brae Ihaka Wingate

Lecturer
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.07

Email: braeihaka.wingate@otago.ac.nz

Yong Chien Zheng

Lecturer
Tectonic Geodesy, Earth Deformation, GPS/GNSS
Ōwheo Building, Room 1.05a
Tel: +64 3 479 7584

Email: yong.chienzheng@otago.ac.nz

Support staff

Mike Denham

Technical Officer
Ōwheo Building, Room G.02c
Tel: +64 3 479 5026

Email: mike.denham@otago.ac.nz

Judy Rodda

Technical Officer
Ōwheo Building, Room G.02c
Tel: +64 3 479 5010 or 4074

Email: judy.rodda@otago.ac.nz

Craig Tidey

Senior Technical Officer
Ōwheo Building, Room G.02b
Tel: +64 3 479 7590

Email: craig.tidey@otago.ac.nz

Rhiannon Cooper

Operations Lead
Ōwheo Building, Room G.16a
Tel: +64 3 556 6203

Email: rhi.cooper@otago.ac.nz

Dylan Shield

Administrator
Ōwheo Building, Room G.16a
Tel +64 3 556 5587

Email: dylan.shield@otago.ac.nz

Postdoctoral and Research Fellows

Quyen Nguyen

Research Fellow
Climate
Surveying Building 1st Floor, Room 123

Email: quyen.nguyen@otago.ac.nz

Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Tectonics, Geodetic Reference Systems
We are saddened to report that Chris Pearson passed away on 19 May 2026. The School of Surveying offers its condolences to those affected by this loss.

Emeritus Professors

John Hannah

Areas of Interest

Geodesy, Sea Level Change, Professional Education

Postgraduate students

Find out about our postgraduate students at the School of Surveying