Head of School
School of Biological Sciences

• nicola.nelson@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5435
• 027 563 5435
• TTR214, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Deputy Head of School

• david.ackerley@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5576
• +64 21 02284710
• TTR411, 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
• TTR409, 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
• TTR326, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science

• davide.comoletti@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6029
• AM307, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer in Immunology
School of Biological Sciences

• lisa.connor@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4418
• AM310, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor of Marine Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• simon.davy@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5573
• +64 27 5635573
• TTR214, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

• darren.day@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6087
• TTR336, 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
• TTR321, 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
• TTR334, 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
• TTR335, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
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
• TTR330, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences

• bronwyn.kivell@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9707
• TTR317, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor of Immunology
School of Biological Sciences

• anne.laflamme@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6093
• AM306, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor in Biology

• phil.lester@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5096
• +64 212435096
• TTR329, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

• joanna.mackichan@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4420
• +64 21 0533232
• AM303, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Group Manager Cell and Molecular Biology

• melanie.mcconnell@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4435
• AM309, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

• andrew.munkacsi@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5171
• AM322, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Head of School
School of Biological Sciences

• nicola.nelson@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5435
• 027 563 5435
• TTR214, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer · Chair SBS Learning & Teaching
School of Biological Sciences

• diane.ormsby@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5271
• TTR331, 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
• TTR410, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Director, Centre for Biodiscovery
School of Biological Sciences

• wayne.patrick@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4411
• TTR318, 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
• AM302, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences

• peter.pfeffer@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 7462
• TTR319, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Dean - Students (International) · Director, Coastal Ecology Laboratory
· ,School of Biological Sciences

• nicole.phillips@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 470 9259
• 04 463 9259
• TTR, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer

• janet.pitman@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 7450
• TTR320, 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
• TTR407, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer in Fisheries Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• alice.rogers@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4413
• TTR325, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor in Biology

• ashley.rowden@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6283
• TTR337, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer in Conservation Management
School of Biological Sciences

• danielle.shanahan@vuw.ac.nz

Lecturer in Behavioural Ecology
School of Biological Sciences

• rachael.shaw@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4409
• TTR321, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor · Programme Manager Ecology & Biodiversity, Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• ken.ryan@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6083
• 027 6333 147
• 04 463 6083
• TTR333, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor in Ecology

• jeffrey.shima@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6494
• +64 27 5635475
• TTR328, 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
• AM308, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences

• heiko.wittmer@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 7432
• TTR323, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Group Manager - Ecology and Biodiversity

• joe.zuccarello@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6414
• TTR324, 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

Professor in Cell Biology and Physiology

• john.h.miller@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6082
• 0210787487
• 463 6082
• TTR213, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Emeritus Professor
School of Biological Sciences

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences · Microbes Molecules and Evolution

• emma.andrews@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4635233 +8838
• TTR307, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Research Fellow
· Invasive Species Research Group

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

Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Biotechnology
School of Biological Sciences

• alistair.brown@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4417
• TTR309, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Research Assistant
School of Biological Sciences

• kaitlin.buick@vuw.ac.nz

Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

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

Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Microbial Biotechnology
School of Biological Sciences

• mark.calcott@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9788
• TTR, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• zaramasina.clark@vuw.ac.nz

Research Fellow in Marine Biology · Rutherford Discovery Fellow
School of Biological Sciences · Marine Biology

• christopher.cornwall@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5150
• TTR321, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Research Assistant
School of Biological Sciences

• antoine.felden@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4446
• TTR, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• balam.jimenezbrito@vuw.ac.nz

Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Microbiology
School of Biological Sciences

• randy.lacey@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4429

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• hungen.lai@vuw.ac.nz
• TTR309, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• naasson.mbambi@vuw.ac.nz

Post Doctoral Fellow in Marine Biology
School of Biological Sciences

• clint.oakley@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9796
• TTR, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Post Doctoral Fellow in Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences

• tifany.oulavallickal@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4445
• TTR307, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Post Doctoral Fellow in Neurobiology
School of Biological Sciences

• kelly.paton@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4410
• TTRA357, 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
• AM324, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Vaccine Development
School of Biological Sciences

• isabelle.stewart@vuw.ac.nz

Post Doctoral Fellow in Ecosystem Services
School of Biological Sciences

• stephanie.tomscha@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 9783
• TTR, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Fellowship
School of Biological Sciences

• chelsea.vickers@vuw.ac.nz

Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

• elsie.williams@vuw.ac.nz

Senior Tutor
School of Biological Sciences

• david.maass@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4423
• TTR206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Tutor
School of Biological Sciences

• fabian.westermann@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6136
• TTR206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

School Manager
School of Biological Sciences

• tara.fisher@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6022
• TTR212, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Administrator
School of Biological Sciences

• paul.marsden@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5555
• TTR206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Administrator
School of Biological Sciences

• mary.murray@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5339
• TTR206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Graduate Programmes Administrator
School of Biological Sciences

• mark.stephen@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5581
• TTR206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Administrator
School of Biological Sciences

• sandra.taylor@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5747
• TTR206, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Manager Technical Services
School of Biological Sciences

• stephen.meyer@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5579
• TTR211, 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
• TTR401, 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
• TTR15, 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
• TTR401, 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
• TTR401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Technical Officer - Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences

• derek.heath@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5580
• TTR401, 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
• TTR15, 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
• TTR401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

IT Systems Consultant
School of Biological Sciences

• danyl.mclauchlan@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 5735
• AM301, 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
• CEL101, 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
• TTR401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Laboratory Coordinator
School of Biological Sciences

• stacey.parbhu@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 463 6504
• TTRLevel 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
• TTR401, 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
• TTR401, Te Toki A Rata, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Equipment Technical Officer
School of Biological Sciences

• paul.roulston@vuw.ac.nz
• +64 4 886 4421
• TTR401, 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
• TTR401, 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
• CEL101, Coastal Ecology Lab, 396 The Esplanade