Agriculture & Life Sciences staff

Administration

Name & position*	Research expertise
Bruce McKenzie Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science	Crop science, environmental effects on crop growth, computer simulation modelling, water use of crops and pastures
Chrissy Gibson Personal Assistant to the Dean
Marianne Duncan Faculty Research Administrator
Robyn Wilson Faculty Postgraduate Administrator
Emma Gambles Secretary Department of Ecology
Tracey Gibson Secretary Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences
Jan Haldane Secretary Department of Agricultural Sciences
Gail Harkerss Office Manager
Amal Torky Secretary Department of Soil & Physical Sciences

* not all staff listed are available for supervision

Department of Agricultural Sciences

Name & position*	Research expertise
Andrew Sykes Professor Head of Department	Animal science, mineral and vitamin nutrition, parasite control
Jan Haldane Secretary
Craig Bunt Senior Lecturer	Formulation and veterinary drug delivery; Particulate, Parenteral and Biocontrol agent delivery systems
Mitchell Andrews Associate Professor	Plant and crop science, plant and crop physiology, agronomy and field experimentation
Kim Barnes Technician
Graham Barrell Associate Professor	Mammalian reproduction, endocrinology and its links with immunology, markers of bone growth, deer lactation and antler biology, climate stress in dairy cows
Alistair Black Lecturer	Growth and development of perennial and annual species of pasture and crop plants, pasture growth management, efficient use of nitrogen fertiliser
Rachael Bryant Postdoctoral Fellow	Role of endophyte and high sugar grasses on pasture ecology, grazing preference, nitrogen use efficiency in dairy pastures
Tony Bywater Professor	Farming systems: analysis and modelling
Michael Cripps Postdoctoral Fellow	Pasture grass endophytes and ecosystem function, plant invasion ecology and biological control of weeds
Jeff Curtis Manager	Lincoln University Research Dairy Farm (LURDF)
Farhad Dastgheib Lecturer	Plant science, statistical analysis
Daniel Dash Field Technical
Grant Edwards Professor	Environmentally sustainable dairy production systems, evaluation of new forage species for dairy production, pasture and grazing management, winter feeding systems Lincoln University Research Dairy Farm (LURDF)
Roy Edwards Lecturer	Pasture agronomy, horticulture
Freeman Fang Technician	Gene-Marker Laboratory
Vonny Fasi Technician
Alan Gash Senior Lecturer	Growth and development of arable crops, cereal pests and diseases, arable crop inputs including seed rates and nutrient applications, postharvest technology
Jim Gibbs Senior Lecturer	Nutritional manipulation of immunity to endoparasitism in sheep, nutritional influences on lameness in dairy cattle
Sabrina Greenwood Lecturer	Nitrogen partitioning in dairy cows, dietary supplementation in dairy production systems, manipulation of milk components Lincoln University Research Dairy Farm (LUDRF)
Andrew Greer Lecturer	Nutritional cost of immunity to parasites in sheep, development of anthelmintic resistance in parasite populations
Don Heffer Technical Officer
Jon Hickford Associate Professor	Biotechnology, molecular biology, biochemistry Gene-Marker Laboratory
George Hill Associate Professor	Grain legume agronomy and utilisation, non-chemical weed control, biological nitrogen fixation
Alison Hind Flock-Linc Computer Operator
Simon Hodge Senior Lecturer	Statistics and Biometrics
Andrea Hogan Technician
Dave Jack Technician
Nigel Jay Senior Technical Officer	Computer tomography, laparoscopic artificial insemination, embryo transfer
Diane Keaney Senior Research Technician
Judith Kidd Technician
Chris Logan Animal Programme Manager	Animal science, breeding and genetics, performance recording
Dick Lucas Contract Lecturer	Pasture science, agronomy and management, pasture ecology
Alan Marshall Manager	Field Service Centre
Robin McAnulty Technical Officer	Epidemiology and control of gastro-intestinal parasites of ruminants, nematode parasite-nutrition interactions, molecular identification of gastro-intestinal parasite species
Leona Meachen Nursery Assistant
Geoffrey Meikle Technician	Ashley Dene Farm
Anna Mills Postdoctoral Fellow	Effects of temperature, water and nitrogen, differences in animal production caused by differences in the quantity, quality and persistence of pasture on offer
Derrick Moot Professor	Environmental influence on the growth and development of perennial and annual plant species: dryland pastures, cereal crops, grain legumes
Warwick Mottram Technician
Alastair Nicol Senior Lecturer	Animal grazing, behaviour and production systems
Colin Pettigrew Livestock Manager	Ashley Dene Farm
Keith Pollock Technical Officer
Matt Price Technician
Brent Richards Technical Officer	Nursery
Martin Ridgway Manager	Johnstone Memorial Laboratory, Deer Farm
Richard Sedcole Consultant in Statistics & Biometrics	Statistical consulting and collaboration
Amy Smaill Research Technician
Malcolm Smith Technician
Jeffery Thackwell Technician
Craig Trotter Teaching Fellow	Intensive beef production systems, ruminant nutrition and microbiology, rumen function, animal grazing behaviour and selection
Rosy Tung Technician
Jenny Zhao Technical Officer
Huitong Zhou Senior Research Officer	Polymorphism screening and genotyping of polymorphic genes, gene-marker technology for livestock improvement, PCR-based diagnostics Gene-Marker Laboratory

* not all staff listed are available for supervision

Department of Wine, Food & Molecular Biosciences

Name & Position*	Research Expertise
Jim Morton Head of Department	Biochemistry, proteases, animal models for human health
Tracey Gibson Secretary
Omega Amoafo Technician
Roy Bickerstaffe Professor
Sue Blackmore Lecturer	Oenology
Janette Busch Technician
Glen Creasy Senior Lecturer	Viticulture, polyphenols, wine quality
Senior Tutor Oenology	Wine Making
Christopher Dawson Senior Technical Officer
Karl Gately Technician
Ravi Gooneratne Associate Professor	Animal science, toxicology, biochemistry, animal and environmental physiology
Roland Harrison Director Centre for Viticulture & Oenology	Oenology, wine quality
Richard Hider Research Technician
Rainer Hofmann Senior Lecturer	Plant biology and physiology
Brian Jordan Professor	Plant biochemistry, photobiology and molecular biology
Graham Kay Senior Research Officer	Molecular biology, tissue culture
Don Kulasiri Professor	Simulation and modelling, computational biology / bioinformatics, systems biology, computational stochastic dynamics
Hannah Lee Postdoctoral Fellow
Sue Mason Lecturer	Human nutrition, nutritive value, sensory evaluation
Robin McFarlane Principal Research Officer	Animal science, animal health, veterinary microbiology
Victoria Metcalf Lecturer	Molecular biology and functional genomics, genetics, protein biochemistry, physiology, marine biology, environmental adaptation
Nadia Mitchell Technician
Michael Morley-Bunker Senior Lecture	Horticultural production, viticulture, fruit set
David Palmer Professorial Fellow	Biochemistry, animal models for human health, Battens disease
Wendy Parr Senior Research Officer	Sensory evaluation of wine, psychological aspects of flavour perception, flavour and aroma of Sauvignon Blanc wines
Geoffrey Savage Associate Professor	Food biochemistry, nutritive value, food composition
Valerie Saxton Lecturer	Viticulture, vineyard ecology, bird behaviour, coloured netting
Stephen Stilwell Technician
Leo Vanhanen Technical Officer
Wynand Verwoerd Senior Lecturer	Simulation and modelling, applied mathematics, systems biology and metabolic network analysis, theoretical solid state physics
Martin Wellby Technician
Gilbert Wells Technical Officer
Chris Winefield Senior Lecturer	Molecular biology, plant secondary metabolism, gene characterisation
Malik A. Hussain Lecturer	Industrial fermentation, proteomics and metabolomics of lactobacilli/probiotics, food safety.

* not all staff listed are available for supervision

Department of Ecology

Name & position*	Research expertise
Nicholas Dickinson Head of Department Professor of Ecology	Ecological restoration; pollution ecology; soil ecology; ecosystem services
Emma Gambles Secretary
Jamie Ataria Senior Lecturer in Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Management	Ecotoxicology and community-based environmental research for the sustainability of ecosystems and taonga species
Candice Barclay Teaching Technician
Regina Billones-Baaijens Tutor - Plant Pathology
Helen Blackie Post Doctoral Fellow
Stephane Boyer Lecturer	Ecology, earthworms, carnivorous snails
Mike Bowie Senior Technical Officer	Ecological restoration and invertebrate conservation
Hannah Buckley Senior Lecturer in Ecology	Processes that structure biological communities; spatial patterns in species diversity; community assembly rules
Bradley Case Research Officer	Spatial ecology, geographic information systems
Robert Cruickshank Lecturer in Entomology	Molecular ecology of New Zealand/s native land animals, particularly insects and mites
Timothy Curran Lecturer in Ecology	Ecology, restoration ecology, plant functional ecology
Nathan Curtis Tutor - Ecology
Charles Eason Professor of Wildlife Management	Conservation and wildlife management; effective and humane tools for controlling introduced predators and other animal pests
Roddy Hale Lecturer in Agro-Ecology	Agro-Ecology; pollination biology; insect conservation; sustainable agriculture
John Hampton Professor of Seed Technology
Sandy Hammond Technician
Marlene Jaspers Senior Lecturer in Plant Pathology	Mechanisms of pathogen infection and spread in fruit crops, to facilitate the development of sustainable control methods
Eirian Jones Senior Lecturer in Plant Pathology and Mycology	Plant pathology and microbial ecology, in particular interactions between beneficial microbes and plant pathogens in relation to soil health
Myles Mackintosh Technician
John Marris Curator	Beetle systematics and the insect fauna of New Zealand
Laura Molles Lecturer	Behavioural ecology, particularly animal communication (bird song), and conservation applications
Adrian Paterson Senior Lecturer in Biology	Evolutionary patterns in biogeography, coevolution, systematics and behavioural ecology; behavioural interactions with conservation and wildlife management
Hayley Ridgway Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology	Molecular microbiology; microbial symbionts and their use as biofertilizers; microbial functionality; plant-pathogen interactions; microbial ecology; molecular taxonomy
James Ross Senior Lecturer in Biometrics and Wildlife Management	Applied Ecology; techniques for monitoring animal pests and advanced statistical analysis of field research
Jon Sullivan Senior Lecturer
Kelly Walker Senior Tutor
Honorary Research Associate	Ecology and wildlife management, conservation biology, bird ecology
Sue Unsworth Science Outreach Coordinator
Susan Worner Associate Professor
Steve Wratten Professor of Ecology

* not all staff listed are available for supervision

Department of Soil and Physical Sciences

Name & position*	Research expertise
Rob Sherlock Head of Department	Soil science, gaseous emissions from soils
Amal Torky Secretary
Peter Almond Senior Lecturer	Soil science, quaternary geology and paleoclimate
Roger Atkinson Technician
Carole Barlow Research Technician
Nigel Beale Technician
Janet Bertram Tutor	Chemistry & Environmental Biogeoscience
Jason Breitmeyer Technical Officer
Barbara Brown Research Assistant
Graeme Buchan Associate Professor	Soil science, environmental physics
Keith Cameron Professor	Soil science, soil and environmental quality, dairy farming and the environment.
Tim Clough Professor	Soil science, Biogeochemistry & Environmental science, Stable isotope science & methodology
Lynne Clucas Research Technician
Leo Condron Professor	Soil science, nutrient cycling, forest soil processes
Roger Cresswell Analytical Services Manager
Hong Di Professor	Soil science, transformations of nutrients, organic waste application
Kuan Goh Emeritus Professor	Soil science, nutrient cycling
Kelly Hamonts Postdoctoral Fellow
Leanne Hassall Technical Officer
Joy Jiao Analytical Technician
Gavin Lear Senior Lecturer	Soil and freshwater microbiology
Jie Lei Technician
Qian Liang Technician
Roger McLenaghen Senior Tutor	Soil science, soil patterns and variability
Jim Moir Senior Lecturer	Soil science, soil and environmental quality, nutrient transformations
Stephen Moore Technical Officer
Manjula Premaratne Technician
Angela Reid Technician
Brett Robinson Associate Professor	Trace elements, Phyto management
Carol Smith Senior Lecturer	Geomorphology,quaternary geology and soil remediation.
Neil Smith Technical Officer
Judith van Dijk Tutor	Soil Science, earth science and environmental Physics.
Vicky Zhang Technician

* not all staff listed are available for supervision