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

Christopher Dawson
Senior Technical Officer

Lemuel Diamante
Senior Lecturer

  • Vacuum frying of foods (fruits, vegetables and meats)
  • Hot air and vacuum drying of fruits

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

Malik A. Hussain
Lecturer

  • Industrial fermentation
  • Proteomics and metabolomics of lactobacilli/probiotics
  • Food safety

Brian Jordan
Professor

  • Plant biochemistry
  • Photobiology
  • 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

* not all staff listed are available for supervision


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