Academic Staff


Associate Professor Robert Aldred

(PhD Melbourne)

Graph theory and combinatorics.
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Professor Astrid an Huef

(PhD Dartmouth College)

Operator algebra, functional analysis
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Dr Boris Baeumer

(PhD Louisiana State)

Fractal transport in porous media, anomalous diffusion, transform theory.
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Professor Richard Barker

(PhD Massey)

Bayesian inference, hierarchical models, ecological statistics, mark-recapture models
** Chair of Statistics, Head of Department
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Dr Florian Beyer

(PhD Potsdam)

Computational and mathematical relativity
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Claire Cameron

(MSc Otago)

Teaching statistics.
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Dr Austina Clark

(PhD Otago)

Experimental design, teaching mathematics and statistics.
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Associate Professor John Clark

(PhD Aberdeen)

Ring theory.
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Dr John Curran

(PhD Notre Dame)

Group theory.
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Peter Dillingham

(PhD Otago)

Ecological and environmental statistics, Bayesian statistics
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Dr Bram Evans

(PhD Otago)

Theoretical and mathematical physics, relativity, quantum mechanics.
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Associate Professor Peter Fenton

(PhD London)

Complex analysis, history of mathematics.
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Associate Professor David Fletcher

(PhD Southampton)

Applied statistics, statistical ecology.
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Dr Chris Fonnesbeck

(PhD Georgia)

Bayesian statistics, ecological applications, computational statistics, adaptive resource management, decision analysis
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Professor Jörg Frauendiener

(PhD Tübingen)

Computational and gravitational physics
** Chair of Applied Mathematics
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Mr John Harraway

(MSc Otago)

Applied statistics, statistics education.
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Dr Laimonis Kavalieris

(PhD ANU)

Time series analysis, probability theory, applied statistics.
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Dr Mihály Kovács

(PhD LSU)

Operator semigroups, approximation of PDEs and stochastic PDEs, fractional calculus
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Dr Gerrard Liddell

(PhD Queens)

Functional analysis, partial differential equations, computer algebra.
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Dr Dennis McCaughan

(PhD ANU)

Algebra, computing, group theory, number theory.
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Warren Palmer

(MSc Otago)

Teaching mathematics and statistics.
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Dr John Shanks

(DPhil Oxford)

Numerical analysis.
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Mrs Lenette Grant



Administrative secretary.
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Mrs Leanne Kirk



General secretary.
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Mr Brian Niven

(MSc Otago)

Statistical consultant.
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Mr Chris Palmer

(BSC Hons, BA Otago)

Computer programmer and analyst.
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Mr Greg Trounson

(BSc, BCom Otago)

Computer systems administrator.
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Dr Luke Bennetts

(PhD Reading)

Hydroelastic problems with applications to sea-ice
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Dr Jonni Bidwell

(PhD Otago)

Group Theory, Cryptography
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Dr Jamie Sanderlin

(PhD Georgia)

Bayesian statistics, ecological applications, mark-recapture models
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Dr Robert Thompson

(PhD Tufts)

General relativity, quantum field theory in curved spacetimes, quantum gravity, theoretical high energy physics
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Dr Gareth Vaughan

(PhD Waikato)

Hydroelasticity and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)
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Emeritus Professor Derek Holton

(PhD McGill)

Graph theory and combinatorics, mathematics education.
** Retired April 2009 but continuing links with the Department
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Professor Vernon Squire

(DSc Wales, PhD Cambridge)

Polar marine modelling and physics, wave methods, continua, remote sensing.
** Vernon left at the end of 2004 to become the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Division of Sciences. On 1st February 2010 he became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International).
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