Head of School
School of Biological Sciences

• nicola.nelson@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5435
• 027 563 5435
• TTR 214, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences

• wayne.patrick@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4411
• TTR 318, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer

• janet.pitman@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 7450
• TTR 320, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Deputy Head of School

• david.ackerley@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5576
• +64 21 02284710
• TTR 411, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor of Marine Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• james.bell@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4426
• TTR 409, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor of Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• kevin.burns@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6873
• +64 21 2174018
• TTR 326, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer in Biological Sciences
School of Biological Sciences

• zaramasina.clark@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 5608

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science

• davide.comoletti@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6029
• AM 307, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer in Immunology
School of Biological Sciences

• lisa.connor@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4418
• AM 310, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer in Marine Biology
School of Biological Sciences · Marine Biology

• christopher.cornwall@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5150
• TTR 320, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor of Marine Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• simon.davy@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5573
• +64 27 5635573
• TTR 214, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

• darren.day@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6087
• TTR 336, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer in Plant Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• nicola.day@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6649
• 04 463 6649
• TTR 321, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor of Clinical Research
School of Biological Sciences

• elaine.dennison@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4441
• TTR , Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

• julie.deslippe@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6084
• TTR 334, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor of Marine Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• jonathan.gardner@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5574
• TTR 335, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer in Microbiology · Director, Centre for Biodiscovery
School of Biological Sciences

• monica.gerth@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4434
• TTR , Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Director of the Centre of Biodiversity & Restoration Ecology

• stephen.hartley@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5447
• TTR 330, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences

• bronwyn.kivell@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9707
• TTR 317, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor of Immunology
School of Biological Sciences

• anne.laflamme@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6093
• AM 306, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor in Biology

• phil.lester@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5096
• +64 212435096
• TTR 329, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

• joanna.mackichan@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 4711
• +64 21 0533232
• AM 303, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Group Manager Cell and Molecular Biology

• melanie.mcconnell@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4435
• AM 309, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

• andrew.munkacsi@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5171
• AM 322, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer · Chair SBS Learning & Teaching
School of Biological Sciences

• diane.ormsby@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5271
• TTR 331, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences

• jeremy.owen@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5277
• TTR 410, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

• lifeng.peng@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5233
• 04 463 8076
• AM 302, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences

• peter.pfeffer@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 7462
• TTR 319, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences

• peter.ritchie@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4422
• +64 21 660242
• 04 886 4422
• TTR 407, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor in Biology

• ashley.rowden@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6283
• TTR 337, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer in Behavioural Ecology
School of Biological Sciences

• rachael.shaw@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4409
• TTR 321, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor in Ecology

• jeffrey.shima@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6494
• +64 27 5635475
• TTR 328, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Dean - Academic (Programme Development)
Wellington Faculty of Science

• paul.teesdale-spittle@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6094
• AM 308, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences

• heiko.wittmer@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 887 3098
• TTR 323, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer Biological Sciences
School of Biological Sciences

• helen.woolner@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6090
• TTR 325, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Group Manager - Ecology and Biodiversity

• joe.zuccarello@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6414
• TTR 324, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Medicine
Medical Research Institute of New Zealand

Cancer Cell Biology
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Translational Immunology
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Deputy Director of Research
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Director of Research
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Immune Cell Biology
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Emeritus Professor
School of Biological Sciences

Emeritus Professor
School of Biological Sciences

Emeritus Professor
School of Biological Sciences

Research Fellow
· Invasive Species Research Group

• james.baty@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9798
• TTR , Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• mariana.bulgarella@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4424
• TTR , Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• hungen.lai@vuw.ac.nz
• TTR 309, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• maren.preuss@vuw.ac.nz

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• katharina.robichon@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6874
• AM 324, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Post Doctoral Fellow in Ecosystem Services
School of Biological Sciences

• stephanie.tomscha@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 887 3864
• TTR , Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Tutor
School of Biological Sciences

• fabian.westermann@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6136
• TTR 206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Administrator
School of Biological Sciences

• mary.murray@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5339
• TTR 206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Graduate Programmes Administrator
School of Biological Sciences

• mark.stephen@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5581
• TTR 206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Administrator · Operations
School of Biological Sciences

• hannah.hollamby@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4517
• TTR 206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Technical Officer - Ecology and Biodiversity
School of Biological Sciences

• mel.dohner@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 4785
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Equipment Technical Officer
School of Biological Sciences

• craig.doney@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4433
• +64 27 4431918
• TTR 15, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Technician - Biochemistry and Molecular
School of Biological Sciences

• joanna.hamilton@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9757
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Tech Officer - Ecology and Biodiversity
School of Biological Sciences

• kayla.griffin@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9759
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Equipment Technical Officer
School of Biological Sciences

• neville.higgison@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5154
• +64 27 5655154
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Technical Officer - Conservation Ecology
School of Biological Sciences

• susan.keall@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5324
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

IT Systems Consultant
School of Biological Sciences

• danyl.mclauchlan@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5735
• AM 301, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Coastal Ecology Technical Officer
School of Biological Sciences

• daniel.mcnaughtan@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 470 9257
• +64 21 684704
• CEL 101, Coastal Ecology Lab, 396 The Esplanade

Laboratory Technical Officer - Botany and Plant Ecology
School of Biological Sciences

• lesley.milicich@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9733
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Coordinator
School of Biological Sciences

• stacey.parbhu@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6504
• TTR Level 4, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Technical Officer - Cell and Dev Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• sushila.pillai@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4432
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Technician - Microbiology and Molecular Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• pisana.rawson@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4443
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Equipment Technical Officer
School of Biological Sciences

• paul.roulston@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4421
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Technical Officer - Genetics and Ecology
School of Biological Sciences

• chris.thorn@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9756
• TTR 401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Coastal Ecology Technical Officer
School of Biological Sciences

• john.vandersman@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 470 9250
• +64 27 5348377
• CEL 101, Coastal Ecology Lab, 396 The Esplanade