Staff

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Emeritus professors, adjunct staff, teaching fellows
New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute
Antarctic Research Centre

Head of School

Dr Monica Handler

Head of School

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

monica.handler@vuw.ac.nz
CO 309, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Deputy Head of School

Dr Kevin Norton

Associate Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

kevin.norton@vuw.ac.nz
CO 202, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Jamie Howarth

Deputy Head of School

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

jamie.howarth@vuw.ac.nz
CO 224, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Academic staff

Dr Wokje Abrahamse

Associate Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

wokje.abrahamse@vuw.ac.nz
CO 203, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Cliff Atkins

Senior Lecturer

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

cliff.atkins@vuw.ac.nz
CO 302C, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Brendon Blue

Senior Lecturer

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

brendon.blue@vuw.ac.nz
CO 204, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Carolyn Boulton

Senior Lecturer

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

carolyn.boulton@vuw.ac.nz
04 463 8369
CO 226, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dene Carroll

Lecturer, Teaching

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

dene.carroll@vuw.ac.nz
CO 302, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Calum Chamberlain

Senior Lecturer in Geophysics

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

calum.chamberlain@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Kyle Clem

Senior Lecturer in Climate Science

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

kyle.clem@vuw.ac.nz
CO , Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof James Crampton

Professor of Paleontology

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

james.crampton@vuw.ac.nz
CO 410, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Mairead de Roiste

Associate Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

mairead.deroiste@vuw.ac.nz
CO 215, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Cathrine Dyer

Lecturer

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

cathrine.dyer@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Shaun Eaves

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Antarctic Research Centre

shaun.eaves@vuw.ac.nz
04 463 5176
CO 521, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Jamie Howarth

Deputy Head of School

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

jamie.howarth@vuw.ac.nz
CO 224, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Valentine Ibeka

Lecturer, Human Geography and Development Studies

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

valentine.ibeka@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Sara Kindon

Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

sara.kindon@vuw.ac.nz
CO 213, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Anya Leenman

Lecturer

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

anya.leenman@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Kevin Norton

Associate Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

kevin.norton@vuw.ac.nz
CO 202, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Marcela Palomino-Schalscha

Senior Lecturer
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

marcela.palomino-schalscha@vuw.ac.nz
CO 210, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Andrew Rees

Lecturer in Environmental Science · Programme Coordinator for ENSC
· School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

andrew.rees@vuw.ac.nz
CO 214, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof James Renwick

Professor of Physical Geography
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences · Physical Geography

james.renwick@vuw.ac.nz
021 178 5550
CO 206, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Martha Savage

Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

martha.savage@vuw.ac.nz
044635961
044635961
CO 529, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Mirjam Schindler

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

mirjam.schindler@vuw.ac.nz
CO 212, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Ian Schipper

Senior Lecturer
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

ian.schipper@vuw.ac.nz
CO 415, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Dan Sinclair

Senior Lecturer
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

dan.sinclair@vuw.ac.nz
CO 419, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Polly Stupples

Associate Dean, Students and Taught Postgraduate · Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Wellington Faculty of Science

polly.stupples@vuw.ac.nz
CO 208, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Rupert Sutherland

Professor of Geophysics and Tectonics
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

rupert.sutherland@vuw.ac.nz
CO 527, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Amanda Thomas

Lecturer in Environmental Studies
· School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

amanda.thomas@vuw.ac.nz

Prof John Townend

Professor of Geophysics
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

john.townend@vuw.ac.nz
+6444635411
CO 525, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Billy van Uitregt

Lecturer
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

billy.vanuitregt@vuw.ac.nz
+463 6119
CO 205, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Colin Wilson

Professor of Volcanology
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

colin.wilson@vuw.ac.nz
CO 411, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Research staff

Dr Simon Barker

Senior Research Fellow

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

simon.barker@vuw.ac.nz

Raimundo Brahm Scott

Post Doctoral Fellow

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

raimundo.brahmscott@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Jenni Hopkins

Senior Research Fellow

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

jenni.hopkins@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Finnigan Illsley-Kemp

Post Doctoral Fellow in Volcano Geodynamics

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

finnigan.illsleykemp@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Mike Joy

Senior Research Fellow

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

mike.joy@vuw.ac.nz
021936205
021 936 205
CO 229, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

El Mestel

Postdoctoral Fellow

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

el.mestel@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Maja Zonjić

Post Doctoral Fellowship · Human Geography
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

maja.zonjic@vuw.ac.nz
CO 222, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Administration staff

Emma Fisher

School Manager

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

Meena Swortzel

Administrator, Operations Support
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

meena.swortzel@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 887 3806
CO 311, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Alina Egorova

Programme Administrator, ESCI (Earth Sciences)

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

alina.egorova@vuw.ac.nz
CO 311, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Yvette Balanski

Programme Administrator, Geography

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

yvette.balanski@vuw.ac.nz

Technical staff

Aleksandr Beliaev

Computing Systems Administrator

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

aleksandr.beliaev@vuw.ac.nz
04 463 6470
CO 530, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Bruce Charlier

Geochemistry Lab Manager

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

bruce.charlier@vuw.ac.nz
CO 414, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Jane Chewings

Senior Technical Officer

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

jane.chewings@vuw.ac.nz
CO 319, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Frans Gerber

Technician, Geochemistry

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

frans.gerber@vuw.ac.nz
02109093524
CO 414, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Kosta Tashkoff

Manager, Technical Services
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

kosta.tashkoff@vuw.ac.nz
CO 307, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dez Tessler

Technician - Field Support
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

dez.tessler@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6512
CO 318, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Emeritus professors, adjunct staff, teaching fellows

Paul Blaschke

paul.blaschke@vuw.ac.nz

John Carter

Adjunct Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

john.carter@vuw.ac.nz
CO 302b, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Ralph Chapman

ralph.chapman@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Marie Doole

Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

marie.doole@vuw.ac.nz

Prof John Gamble

Emeritus Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

john.gamble@vuw.ac.nz
CO 421b, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Rose Gregersen

Adjunct Research Fellow

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

rose.gregersen@vuw.ac.nz

AProf Michael Hannah

Adjunct Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

michael.hannah@vuw.ac.nz

Margaret Harper

margaret.harper@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Chris Hollis

Adjunct Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

Aline Homes

aline.homes@vuw.ac.nz

Luke Kiddle

Honorary Research Associate

Wellington School of Architecture

luke.kiddle@vuw.ac.nz

Simon Lamb

simon.lamb@vuw.ac.nz

Marine Leminor

marine.leminor@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Tim Little

Adjunct Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

tim.little@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Rewi Newnham

Professor · Head of School, School of Science in Society
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

rewi.newnham@vuw.ac.nz

Juergen Oesterle

juergen.oesterle@vuw.ac.nz

Prof John Overton

Emeritus Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

john.overton@vuw.ac.nz
CO 209, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Eduardo Salazar Moreira

Adjunct Research Fellow

Teaching Fellow

Tutor

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eduardo.salazarmoreira@vuw.ac.nz

Tim Stern

tim.stern@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Smrithi Talwar

Adjunct Professor

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences

smrithi.talwar@vuw.ac.nz

Julie Vry

julie.vry@vuw.ac.nz

Richard Willis

richard.willis@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Howard Larsen

Adjunct Professor
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, NZCCRI

Staff

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Emma Fisher

Meena Swortzel

Alina Egorova

Yvette Balanski

Technical staff

Emeritus professors, adjunct staff, teaching fellows

Paul Blaschke

Ralph Chapman

Dr Marie Doole

Rose Gregersen

Margaret Harper

Dr Chris Hollis

Aline Homes

Simon Lamb

Marine Leminor

Jim Mcgregor

Philip Morrison

Warwick Murray

Juergen Oesterle

Dr Eduardo Salazar Moreira

Tim Stern

Dr Smrithi Talwar

Julie Vry

Richard Willis

Dr Howard Larsen

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