Head of School · Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• martyn.coles@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6357
• +64 4 463 6357
• LB 406a, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Associate Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• ben.ruck@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5089
• LB 506, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Senior Lecturer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• robert.keyzers@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5117
• AM 208, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Lecturer - Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• mathew.anker@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6760
• AM 201, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer in Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• baptiste.auguie@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5547
• LB 522, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Lecturer in Chemistry Education
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• suzanne.boniface@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6485
• LB 104, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Senior Lecturer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• stephen.curran@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6109
• LB 501, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• nathaniel.davis@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 9693
• AM 209, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Tutor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• courtney.davy@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5962
• LB 117A, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Associate Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• j.robin.fulton@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 9799
• LB 514, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Associate Professor in Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• petrik.galvosas@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5911
• LB 308, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Professor of Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• michele.governale@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5951
• LB 402, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Associate Professor · Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences · Organic chemistry

• joanne.harvey@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5956
• 04 463 5956
• AM 207, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Tutor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• ahmed.hemady@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5355
• LB 204, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Co-Director, MacDiarmid Institute
MacDiarmid Institute

• justin.hodgkiss@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6983
• LB 409, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• patricia.hunt@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5954

Senior Lecturer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• malcolm.ingham@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5216
• LB 515, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• jim.johnston@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5334
• +64 27 2421428
• LB 303, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Senior Lecturer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• robert.keyzers@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5117
• AM 208, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Professor in Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• eric.leru@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 7509
• LB 205, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Lecturer - Inorganic Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• luke.liu@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5591
• 64 04 463 5591
• AM 202, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Senior Lecturer, Physical Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• kim.mckelvey@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5957

Senior Lecturer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• franck.natali@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5809
• 02108445660
• LB 513, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Lecturer Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• tulasi.parashar@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5804

Associate Dean of Science - Research
Wellington Faculty of Science

• emily.parker@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 46 39055
• +64272781819
• LB 312, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Lecturer in Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• yvette.perrott@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6543
• 04 4636543
• LB 523, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Senior Lecturer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• natalie.plank@vuw.ac.nz
• LB 503, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Lecturer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• andrew.ross@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5819
• LB 204, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Associate Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• ben.ruck@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5089
• LB 506, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

• krista.steenbergen@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6926
• LB 505, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Associate Professor of Bio-Medical Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• bridget.stocker@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6481
• LB 508, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Associate Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• mattie.timmer@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6529
• +64 27 5636529
• LB 507, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Associate Dean - Academic (Postgraduate)
Wellington Faculty of Science

• gillian.turner@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6478
• LB 521, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Professor in Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• uli.zuelicke@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6851
• 04 463 7851
• 04 463 6851
• LB 413, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

School Manager
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• kara.eaton@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5946
• +64 27 5645946
• LB 406, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Administrator
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• joyce.lan@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5335
• LB 103, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Administrator Physics Programme
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• gabrielle.holmes@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6517
• LB 103, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Purchasing Officer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• rashika.gunasekara@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5958
• LB 113, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Administrator, Operations and Finance
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• anne.shepherd@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5418
• LB 103, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Purchasing Administrator
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• nilufa.mallick@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6705
• LB 103, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Scientist
Ferrier Research Institute

• rosannah.cameron@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 46 33901
• LB 310, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Scientist
Ferrier Research Institute

• effie.fan@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 46 39212
• LB 310, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Scientist · Computational Biochemistry
Ferrier Research Institute · Synthetic and Chemical Biology

• wanting.jiao@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 46 39057
• 04 46 39057
• LB 310, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ferrier Research Institute

• yonathan.lukito@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 46 39056

Technical Officer
Ferrier Research Institute

• eleanor.middleton@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 46 39215

Scientist
Ferrier Research Institute · Synthetic and Chemical Biology Laboratory

• gerd.mittelstadt@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 46 39216
• 044639216
• LB 310, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ferrier Research Institute

• alistair.richardson@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 7409

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ferrier Research Institute

• luke.stevenson@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 7417

Centre Manager · MacDiarmid Institute
MacDiarmid Institute

• catherine.gibbs@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5950
• 020 4422 003
• 04 463 5950
• LB 410, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Administrator
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• rosie.wayte@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4636927
• 411, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Strategic Engagement Manager
MacDiarmid Institute

• vanessa.young@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6501
• LB 412, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Post Doctoral Fellow
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• eva.anton@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6062
• LB 516, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Senior Research Fellow
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• thomas.borrmann@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6104
• LB 414, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Product Design Manager
Wellington UniVentures

• Tim.Brox@wellingtonuniventures.nz
• LB 526, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• mathew.cairns@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 4827
• 04 463 5559
• LB 512, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Research Fellow in Catalytic Breakdown
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• jay.chan@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5223
• LB 511, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Scientist
Robinson Research Institute

• kai.chen@vuw.ac.nz
• AM 201, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Post-Doctoral Fellow
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• brendan.darby@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4639460
• 525, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Ferrier Research Institute

• amy.foster@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 4127
• GIQ, Gracefield Innovation Quarter, Lower Hutt

Research Fellow
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

Tutor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

Post Doctoral Fellow
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• paul.hume@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 4846
• AM 103, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Research Fellow in Theoretical Condensed Matter
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• michael.kammermeier@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 4825
• LB 404, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• denis.lefebvre@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4636062
• 404, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Adjunct Scholar

• matthias.meyer@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4634856
• 525, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Research Fellow in Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• michael.price@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 9712
• AM 201, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• dmitri.schebarchov@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4636519
• 524, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Senior Research Fellow
MacDiarmid Institute

• gerald.smith@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 4871
• LB 522, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• walter.somerville@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4636519
• 524, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• rifat.ullah@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4636062
• 404, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Professorial Research Fellow in Material Physics
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• grant.williams@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5544
• LB 502, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Manager Technical Services
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• angela.jones@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5955

Technician
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• peter.coard@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6521
• LB 217c, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Electron Microscopy Technician
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• david.flynn@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5017
• LB 004b, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Glassblower
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• grant.franklin@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6508
• LB 305, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Technician
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• teresa.gen@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6502
• LB 115B, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Mechanical Workshop Technical Officer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• nick.grinter@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6518
• CSB 12, Central Services Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Equipment Technical Officer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• chris.lepper@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5885
• LB 217a, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Laboratory Technician
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• susanna.leung@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6515
• LB 117a, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Technical Officer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• manu.pouajen-blakiston@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 4889

Mechanical Workshop Technician
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• alex.puglisi@vuw.ac.nz

Senior Technical Officer
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• david.stead@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5549
• 027 457 3055
• LB 217a, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Technician
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• ian.vorster@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6525
• LB 108a, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Chemistry Laboratory Technician
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• rachel.wallace@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 6516
• LB 119, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Emeritus Professor - Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• neil.curtis@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4636514
• 102, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Emeritus Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• alan.kaiser@vuw.ac.nz
• LB 504, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Emeritus Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• john.lekner@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5959
• LB 519, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde

Professor - Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• john.spencer@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 4635119
• 403, Laby Bldg Gate 7 Kelburn Pde

Emeritus Professor
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

• joe.trodahl@vuw.ac.nz
• 04 463 5964
• LB 516, Laby Building, Gate 7, Kelburn Pde