Department of Marine Science Our people, Department of Marine Science

Head of Department

Professor Miles Lamare

Office 310 Castle Street, room 103 or PML, room 306
Tel +64 3 479 7463 (campus), +64 3 479 7463 (PML)
Mob +64 21 279 7463
Email miles.lamare@otago.ac.nz

Fjord systems, Antarctic biology, Ocean acidification, Climage Change Research Themes
Kaiawhina – Māori Student Support Liaison
MSc Co-ordinator
Chair, University of Otago Research Grants, Life Sciences Panel

Academic staff

Dr Bridie Allan

Office 310 Castle Street, room 148
Tel +64 3 479 8327
Email bridie.allan@otago.ac.nz

Marine ecology; swimming performance in fishes; chemical ecology of predator-prey interactions; environmental influences on predator-prey interactions
Coastal People: Southern Skies
Pacific liaison for the Department of Marine Science

Professor Crid Fraser

Office 310 Castle Street, room 143
Tel +64 3 479 8306
Email ceridwen.fraser@otago.ac.nz

Biogeography; long-distance dispersal; Antarctic and sub-Antarctic ecology and evolution; how density-dependent processes influence spatial biodiversity patterns
Coastal People: Southern Skies

Dr Gaya Gnanalingam

Office 310 Castle Street, room 149
Tel +64 3 479 5369
Email gaya.gnanalingam@otago.ac.nz

Fisheries, marine ecology, marine policy and legislation, reproductive biology
Coastal People: Southern Skies
Restoring kai moana

Professor Chris Hepburn

Office PML, room 309
Tel +64 3 479 7462
Mob +64 21 279 7462
Email chris.hepburn@otago.ac.nz

Customary fisheries, eco-physiology of macroalgae
Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Programme
Coastal People: Southern Skies

Principal Scientist-Marine Biogeochemistry
Programme Leader - Oceanic Control of Atmospheric Composition
Tel +64 4 386 0478
Mob +64 27 891 1340
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)
301 Evans Bay Parade, Greta Point, Wellington New Zealand
Connect with NIWA: niwa.co.nz Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram

Marine biogeochemistry, nutrient cycles and phytoplankton, interaction of Climate Change and the ocean: impacts of ocean acidification and warming, marine trace gases
Coastal People: Southern Skies

More information on Cliff Law

Associate Professor Will Rayment

Office 310 Castle Street, room 211a
Tel +64 3 479 8304
Email will.rayment@otago.ac.nz

Marine mammal ecology, marine species distribution, marine conservation
Undergraduate co-ordinator
Coastal People: Southern Skies

Associate Professor Christina Riesselman

Office (Marine Science) 310 Castle Street, room 150; (Geology) room GN1
Tel (Marine Science) +64 3 479 5732; (Geology) +64 3 479 7505
Email christina.riesselman@otago.ac.nz

Cenozoic paleoceanography and paleoclimate
Coastal People: Southern Skies

Dr Pete Russell

Office 310 Castle Street, room 153
Mob +64 21 279 0076
Email peter.russell@otago.ac.nz

Coastal and estuarine processes
Tropical cyclone generated primary production
Putahitanga – Intersection of Mātauranga and oceanography
Sea ice physics
Coastal People: Southern Skies

Professor Abby Smith

Office 310 Castle Street, room 101
Tel +64 3 479 7470
Mob +64 27 606 3552
Email abby.smith@otago.ac.nz

Marine sedimentology, skeletal geochemistry
Chief Course Advisor

Dr Rob Smith

Office 310 Castle Street, room 152
Tel +64 3 479 5365
Email robert.smith@otago.ac.nz

Physical Oceanography
Coastal People: Southern Skies

Sebastiaan Van De Velde

Office 310 Castle Street, room 150
Tel +64 3 556 6513
Email sebastiaan.vandevelde@otago.ac.nz

Coastal carbon cycling, marine biogeochemistry, global biogeochemical cycles
Head of NIWA/Otago carbonate chemistry facility

Professor Steve Wing

Office 310 Castle Street, room 145 or PML, room 211
Tel +64 3 479 9038 (campus), +64 3 479 5827 (PML)
Mob +64 21 279 9038
Email steve.wing@otago.ac.nz

Marine ecology, coastal ecosystems, marine conservation, food webs, population biology, fisheries and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
PhD Co-ordinator

Emeriti

Professor Steve Dawson

Email steve.dawson@otago.ac.nz

Marine conservation, behaviour and ecology of whales, dolphins and other marine mammals.

Honorary and adjunct staff

Dr Alexander Arkhipkin

Associate Professor Candida Savage

Email candida.savage@otago.ac.nz

Marine ecology and ecosystems
nutrient cycling
palaeoecology

Professor Gary Wilson

Email gary.wilson@otago.ac.nz

Marine geology, marine sedimentology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology paleomagnetism

Teaching Fellows

Dr Grace Duke

Office 310 Castle Street, room 105
Tel +64 3 479 5453
Email grace.duke@otago.ac.nz

MARI 201
MARI 322

Dr Ursula Ellenberg

Office 310 Castle Street, room 105
Tel +64 3 479 5453
Email ursula.ellenberg@otago.ac.nz

MARI 112
MARI 302
MARI 429
ECOL 111

Dr Jean McKinnon

Office 310 Castle Street, room 105
Tel +64 3 479 5453
Mob +64 21 279 5453
Email jean.mckinnon@otago.ac.nz

MARI 112
MARI 202
MARI 301
OCEN 322
NZMSC Education

Assistant Research Fellows / Research Fellows / Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr Evelyn Armstrong

Office Mellor Building, Room 114 or 310 Castle street, room 150
Tel +64 3 479 5376 (Office)
Lab +64 3 479 8463
Email evelyn.armstrong@otago.ac.nz

Physiological processes and elemental composition of Subantarctic and Antarctic phytoplankton and effects related to climate change
Biodiversity of Subantarctic phytoplankton
Climate change and phytoplankton