Head of Department
Professor Sarah Wakes
(PhD Nottingham)
Fellow of Engineering New Zealand
Member of Senate
Member of Academic Leadership Development Programme Advisory Group
Member of Standing Committee and Academic Board for Sciences Division
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Design
Office: Science III, room 2.10
Tel +64 3 479 3148
Email sarah.wakes@otago.ac.nz
Directors of Study
Directors of Study can help you plan your course structure or sort out problems with clashes, assessment and access to resources
100-level Mathematics
Email robert.vangorder@otago.ac.nz
100-level Statistics
Email tilman.davies@otago.ac.nz
200- and 300-level Mathematics
Email joerg.hennig@otago.ac.nz
200- and 300-level Statistics
Email peter.dillingham@otago.ac.nz
400-level and Honours Statistics
Email martin.hazelton.otago.ac.nz
400-level and Honours Mathematics
Email fabien.montiel@otago.ac.nz
Postgraduate Mathematics: Masters and PhD
Email boris.baeumer@otago.ac.nz
Postgraduate Statistics: Masters and PhD
Email martin.hazelton@otago.ac.nz
Course co-ordinator for BAppSc in Data Science
Email matthew.parry@otago.ac.nz
Course co-ordinator for MAppSc in Statistics
Email peter.dillingham@otago.ac.nz
Course co-ordinator for MAppSc in Quantitative Genetics
Email phillip.wilcox@otago.ac.nz
Māori and Pacific Support Liaison
Kaiawhina Māori
Email phillip.wilcox@otago.ac.nz
Pacific Island Liaison
Email tilman.davies@otago.ac.nz
Academic Mathematics staff
Head of Mathematics
Director of Computational Modelling (COMO)
Vice-president of the New Zealand Mathematical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ
Applications of mathematics and statistics to evolutionary biology and genetics
David is Postgraduate Advisor for Mathematics.
Office: Science III, room 515
Tel +64 3 479 7889
Email david.bryant@otago.ac.nz
Professor Boris Baeumer
(PhD Louisiana State)
Fractal transport in porous media, anomalous diffusion, transform theory
Boris is Postgraduate Advisor for Mathematics.
Office: 232A
Tel +64 3 479 7763
Email boris.baeumer@otago.ac.nz
Dr Florian Beyer
(PhD Potsdam)
Associate Dean International (Sciences)
Partial differential equations, singular limits and applications in mathematical physics
Office: Science III, room 218
Tel +64 3 479 7768
Email florian.beyer@otago.ac.nz
Dr Timothy Candy
(MSc (Canterbury), PhD (Edinburgh))
Senior Lecturer
Partial Differential Equations and Harmonic Analysis
Office: Science III, room 216
Tel +64 3 479 7781
Email tim.candy@otago.ac.nz
Professor Jörg Frauendiener
(PhD Tübingen)
Chair of Applied Mathematics
Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ
Mathematical Physics
Office: Science III, room 223
Tel +64 3 479 7770
Email joerg.frauendiener@otago.ac.nz
Dr Jörg Hennig
(PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) University Jena)
Senior Lecturer
Director of Studies for 200- and 300-level Mathematics
Analytical and Numerical Relativity
Office: Science III, room 215
Tel +64 3 479 7765
Email joerg.hennig@otago.ac.nz
Dr Fabien Montiel
(MSc (École Centrale de Nantes), PhD (Otago))
Senior Lecturer
Director of Studies for 400-level and Honours Mathematics
Wave scattering theory, Ocean wave modelling, Sea ice physics, Acoustics, Wave energy
Office: Science III, room 514
Tel +64 3 479 7760
Email fabien.montiel@otago.ac.nz
Dr Dominic Searles
(PhD University of Illinois)
Senior Lecturer
Algebra and combinatorics
Office: Science III, room 220
Tel +64 3 479 7762
Email dominic.searles@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Robert Van Gorder
(BSc, PhD)
Senior Lecturer
Director of Studies for 100-level Mathematics
Applied Mathematics
Office: Science III, room 212
Tel +64 3 479 7783
Email robert.vangorder@otago.ac.nz
Academic Statistics staff
Professor Martin Hazelton
(MA, D.Phil (Oxon))
Head of Statistics
Director of Studies for 400-level and Honours Statistics
Director of Studies for postgraduate Statistics: Masters and PhD
Network tomography; smoothing methods; statistical theory, methods and applications
Office: Science III, room 233
Tel +64 3 479 7605
Email martin.hazelton@otago.ac.nz
Dr Tilman Davies
(BCM (UWA), BScHons (Massey), PhD (Massey))
Senior Lecturer
Director of Studies for 100-level Statisctics
Pacific Islands Liaison
Kernel smoothing, applied point process modelling, computational statistics, geographical epidemiology
Office: Science III, room 222
Tel +64 3 479 7772
Email tilman.davies@otago.ac.nz
Dr Peter Dillingham
(BSc, MSc (Alaska Fairbanks), PhD Otago)
Senior Lecturer
Director of Studies for 200- and 300-level Statistics
Coastal People: Southern Skies Centre of Research Excellence (Theme Leader)
Ecological, Environmental, and Bayesian Statistics
Office: Science III, room 516
Tel +64 3 479 5971
Email peter.dillingham@otago.ac.nz
Dr Conor Kresin
Lecturer
Point process theory and applications, stochastic geometry, disease modelling, information theory, causal inference
Office: Science III, room 213
Tel +64 3 556 7742
Email conor.kresin@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Matthew Parry
(PhD Brown University, USA)
Course co-ordinator for BAppSc in Data Science
Decision theory and information geometry, epidemiology, spatiotemporal processes, cosmology and astrostatistics
Office: Science III, room 236
Tel +64 3 479 7780
Email matthew.parry@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Matthew Schofield
(PhD Otago)
Bayesian inference, environmental and ecological statistics.
Office: Science III, room 237
Tel +64 3 479 7779
Email matthew.schofield@otago.ac.nz
Professor Katrina Sharples
(MSc (Statistics) PhD (Biostatistics))
Professor of Biostatistics
Biostatistics, clinical trials, applications of statistics in epidemiology
Office: Science III, room 238
Tel +64 21 245 5686
Email katrina.sharples@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Ting Wang
(PhD (Massey University, Dean's List of Exceptional Doctoral Theses); MSc (graduated 1 year ahead of schedule), BSc (Beijing Normal University))
Hidden Markov models and their applications; Stochastic models, especially in earthquake and volcanic hazard modelling; Point process theory; Survival analysis
Office: Science III, room 518
Tel +64 3 479 7773
Email ting.wang@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Phillip Wilcox
(B.For.Sci.(Hons), PhD., Dip. Ara Reo Māori)
Kaiawhina Māori, Dept. Mathematics and Statistics
Kaikōkiri Māori, Genetics Teaching Programme
Affiliate, Bioethics Centre
Kaiawhina Māori, Genetics Teaching Programme (shared)
Quantitative genetics, applied genomics, breeding, medical genetics, Māori engagement
Office: Science III, room 221
Tel +64 3 479 7771
Email phillip.wilcox@otago.ac.nz
Dr Xun Xiao
(PhD City Univ. of Hong Kong)
Reliability, Statistical Process Control, Industrial Statistics
Office: Science III, room 235
Tel +64 3 479 7775
Email xun.xiao@otago.ac.nz
Teaching staff
Alex Fowler
(MSc Computer Science, BSc(Hons) Mathematics)
Teaching Fellow
Office: Science III, room 219
Tel +63 27 319 1961
Email alex.fowler@otago.ac.nz
Dr John Shanks
(DPhil Oxford)
Numerical analysis
Office: Science III, room 513
Tel +64 3 479 7778
Email john.shanks@otago.ac.nz
Research Fellows
Linda Dunn
Research assistant
Office: Science III, room 211
Email linda.dunn@otago.ac.nz
Tim Jowett
(MSc Otago)
Senior Research Fellow
Consultant Statistician
Office: Science III, room 234
Tel +64 3 479 7776
Email timothy.jowett@otago.ac.nz
Dr Michael Lee
(BSc(Hons), DipGrad, PhD(Otago))
Senior Research Fellow
Office: Science III, room 214
Tel +64 3 479 7764
Email michael.lee@otago.ac.nz
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Dr Alastair Lamont
Office: Science III, room 217
Email alastair.lamont@otago.ac.nz
Dr Duc Nguyen
(PhD)
Office: Science III, 217
Tel +64 22 5095 676
Email minhduc.nguyen@otago.ac.nz
Dr Andrea Perez Silva
Office Science III, room 211
Email andrea.perezsilva@otago.ac.nz
Professional staff
Bronwyn Hughes
Financial Associate
Email bronwyn.hughes@otago.ac.nz
Chris Palmer
(BSc Hons, PG Dip (Sci) Otago)
Programmer Scientific (ITS)
Office: Science III, room 421c
Tel +64 3 479 7739
Email chris.palmer@otago.ac.nz
Greg Trounson
(BSc, BCom Otago)
Team Leader, ITS Scientific Programming
Office: Science III, room 421c
Tel +64 3 479 7739
Email greg.trounson@otago.ac.nz
Damian Walls
(MSc)
Lead Administrator
Office: 109c
Tel:+64 3 479 7911
Email damian.walls@otago.ac.nz
Emeritus Professors
Emeritus Professor Robert Aldred
(PhD Melbourne)
Graph theory and combinatorics
Retired from the Department in April 2021
Emeritus Professor Derek Holton
(PhD McGill)
Graph theory and combinatorics, mathematics education
Retired April 2009 but continuing links with the Department
Email derek.holton@otago.ac.nz
Emeritus Professor Vernon Squire
(DSc Wales, PhD MASt Cambridge)
Polar marine modelling and physics, wave methods, continua, remote sensing
Vernon left the Department in 2005 to become the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Division of Sciences. In 2010 he was appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), which later became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). He became Professor Emeritus from 1 May 2019, continuing his research interests and maintaining links with the University.
Office: No physical location on campus
Tel +64 21 213 5815
Email vernon.squire@otago.ac.nz
Honorary staff
Dr Murray Efford
(D.Phil. Oxon.)
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Statistical ecology
Tel +64 3 476 4668
Email murray.efford@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor John Harraway
(BSc (Hons), MSc Otago)
Honorary Associate Professor
Past President International Association for Statistical Education
Member International Association of Official Statistics
Elected Member of International Statistical Institute
Member Otago Global Health Institute
Applied statistics, statistics education
Office: Science III, room 513
Tel +64 3 479 7778
Email john.harraway@otago.ac.nz
Darryl Mackenzie
(PhD Otago)
Honorary Associate Professor
Associated staff
Professor Richard Barker
(PhD Massey)
Bayesian inference, hierarchical models, ecological statistics, mark-recapture models
Left the Department in 2017 to become the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Division of Sciences.
Tel +64 3 479 7756
Email richard.barker@otago.ac.nz
Professor Mik Black
(BSc (Hons), PhD Purdue)
Genetics/genomics, bioinformatics, Bayesian modeling, statistical computing
Based in Department of Biochemistry. Mik supervises students in Statistics, Genetics and Biochemistry
Office: Biochemistry
Tel +64 3 479 7831
Email mik.black@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Naomi Ingram
PhD (Maths Ed) (Otago), MSc (Hons), Dip Tchg, (Waikato), BCMS (Waikato)
Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 3 479 4284
Email naomi.ingram@otago.ac.nz
Dr Jimmy Zeng
(BSc(Hons), PhD Otago)
Office: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Email jimmy.zeng@otago.ac.nz