Head of Department

Professor Katharine Dickinson
+64 3 479 9059
hod.botany@otago.ac.nz

Deputy Head of Department

Professor Jim Simpson
Tel +64 3 470 3542
Fax +64 3 479 7906
hod.botany@otago.ac.nz

Departmental Secretary

Trish Fleming
Tel +64 3 479 7577
trish.fleming@otago.ac.nz

Administrative Assistant

Donna Parker
Tel +64 3 479 3943
donna.parker@botany.otago.ac.nz

Good Earth Meeting Room

Tel +64 3 474 1350

Academic Staff

Name Research Area
Dr David Burritt
+64 3 479 9057		 Plant biotechnology and functional plant biology

Professor Katharine Dickinson
Head of Department
+64 3 479 9059

 Plant ecology; plant-animal interactions; conservation ecology; community ecology.

Assoc. Prof. Paul Guy
+64 3 479 7574

 Plant virology
Assoc. Prof. Catriona Hurd
+64 3 479 7571		 Marine botany
Dr Janice Lord
+64 3 479 5131		 Evolutionary ecology; plant reproduction; plant-animal interactions; alpine plant ecology.
Dr David Orlovich
+64 3 479 9060		 Molecular diversity and evolutionary biology of plants and fungi
Professor Jim Simpson
Deputy Head of Department
+64 3 470 3542		 Organometallic & Polymer Materials
Dr Tina Summerfield
+64 3 479 7578		 Cyanobacterial diversity and genetics, the potential of cyanobacteria as a renewable energy source.

Dr Giselle Walker (Fixed Term)
+64 3 479 7571

 Eukaryotic microbiology, algae, protozoa
Professor Bastow Wilson
+64 3 479 7572 		Community ecology

Emeritus Professor

Name Research Area
Emeritus Professor Sir Alan Mark
+64 3 479 7573		 Conservation ecology

Adjunct Professor

Name Expertise

Dr Barbara Barratt
+64 3 489 9059

Biosafety, border biosecurity, native grassland community ecology

Teaching Fellows

Name Expertise

Dr Haseeb Randhawa
+64 3 471 6146

 Senior Teaching Fellow Ecology Programme
John Steel
+64 3 479 4572		 Teaching Fellow, Botany

Honorary Fellows and Visiting Staff

Name Research Area
Jennifer M. Bannister
+64 3 479 7577		 Lichenology and Paleomycology
Dr Allison Knight
+64 3 479 7577		 Lichenology
Dr William G. Lee
+64 3 470 7207		 Plant ecology

Research Fellows

Name Research Area
Dr Ralf Rautenberger
+64 3 479 9061		 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Maikee Roleda
 +64 3 479 9061		 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Katja Schweikert
+64 3 479 9061		 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Technical Staff

Name Research Area
Stewart Bell
021 279 9058		 Maintenance Technician
Vickey Tomlinson
+64 3 479 4571		 Senior Technician
Rebecca Macdonald
+64 3 479 7579		 Laboratory Technician
Susan Mackenzie
+64 3 479 7583		 Technical Assistant
Mary Anne Miller
+64 3 479 9064		 Head Technician
Hadley O'Sullivan
+64 3 479 3792		 System Administrator & Instrument Technician