Staff

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Head of School

Prof Lisa Orloff Clark

Head of School
School of Mathematics and Statistics

lisa.orloffclark@vuw.ac.nz
CO 324, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Deputy Head of School

Prof Richard Arnold

Professor of Statistics and Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

richard.arnold@vuw.ac.nz
CO 538, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Programme Director, Mathematics

Dr Steven Archer

Lecturer (Teaching)
School of Mathematics and Statistics

steven.archer@vuw.ac.nz
CO 363, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Programme Director, Statistics

Dr Yuan Yao

Programme Director Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

yuan.yao@vuw.ac.nz
CO 533, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Programme Director, Data Science

Prof Alejandro C. Frery

Professor in Statistics and Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

alejandro.frery@vuw.ac.nz
04 463 8699
CO 537, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Administration staff

Ginny Whatarau

School Manager
School of Mathematics and Statistics

ginny.whatarau@vuw.ac.nz
CO 323, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Morgan Holschier

Postgraduate Administrator
School of Engineering and Computer Science

morgan.holschier@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 887 3988
CO 358, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Sonia Tenreiro

Senior Administrator
School of Mathematics and Statistics · School Office

sonia.tenreiro@vuw.ac.nz
CO 358, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Amy Blair

Administrator
School of Mathematics and Statistics

amy.blair@vuw.ac.nz
CO 358, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Mathematics academic staff

Dr Steven Archer

Lecturer (Teaching)
School of Mathematics and Statistics

steven.archer@vuw.ac.nz
CO 363, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Nick Brettell

Lecturer in Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

nick.brettell@vuw.ac.nz
CO 427, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Lisa Orloff Clark

Head of School
School of Mathematics and Statistics

lisa.orloffclark@vuw.ac.nz
CO 324, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Rod Downey

Emeritus Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Fellow
School of Mathematics and Statistics

CO 547, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

rod.downey@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Petro Feketa

Lecturer, Applied Mathematics

School of Mathematics and Statistics

petro.feketa@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Noam Greenberg

Professor of Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

noam.greenberg@vuw.ac.nz
CO 438, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Tanya Gvozdeva

Lecturer (Teaching)
School of Mathematics and Statistics

tanya.gvozdeva@vuw.ac.nz
CO 362, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Brendan Harding

Lecturer
School of Mathematics and Statistics

brendan.harding@vuw.ac.nz
CO 433, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Astrid an Huef

Professor of Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

astrid.anhuef@vuw.ac.nz
CO 439, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Byoung Du Kim

Lecturer in Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

byoungdu.kim@vuw.ac.nz
CO 434, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Stephen Marsland

Professor of Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

stephen.marsland@vuw.ac.nz
CO 443, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Sasha Melnikov

Associate Professor in Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

sasha.melnikov@vuw.ac.nz
CO 442, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Dimitrios Mitsotakis

Associate Professor in Engineering Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

dimitrios.mitsotakis@vuw.ac.nz
CO 441, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Hung Pham

Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

hung.pham@vuw.ac.nz
CO 440, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Dan Turetsky

Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

dan.turetsky@vuw.ac.nz
CO 436, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Matt Visser

Professor of Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

matt.visser@vuw.ac.nz
CO 321, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Statistics academic staff

Dr Ryan Admiraal

Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

ryan.admiraal@vuw.ac.nz
CO 536, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Richard Arnold

Professor of Statistics and Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

richard.arnold@vuw.ac.nz
CO 538, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

David Cox

Senior Lecturer (Teaching)
School of Mathematics and Statistics

david.cox@vuw.ac.nz
CO 320, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Alejandro C. Frery

Professor in Statistics and Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

alejandro.frery@vuw.ac.nz
04 463 8699
CO 537, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr John Haywood

Senior Lecturer in Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

john.haywood@vuw.ac.nz
CO 541, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr David Huijser

Lecturer in Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

david.huijser@vuw.ac.nz
CO 542, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Ivy Liu

Associate Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

ivy.liu@vuw.ac.nz
CO 424, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Louise McMillan

Lecturer in Computational Mathematics and Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

louise.mcmillan@vuw.ac.nz
CO 429, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Binh Nguyen

Senior Lecturer in Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics

binh.p.nguyen@vuw.ac.nz
CO 535, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Nokuthaba Sibanda

Associate Professor in Statistics · Associate Dean, Postgraduate Research
School of Mathematics and Statistics

nokuthaba.sibanda@vuw.ac.nz
CO 534, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Peter Smith

Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

peter.smith@vuw.ac.nz
CO 539, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Budhi Arta Surya

Senior Lecturer in Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

budhi.surya@vuw.ac.nz
CO 544, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Yuan Yao

Programme Director Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

yuan.yao@vuw.ac.nz
CO 533, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Postdoctoral fellow

Dr Ilija Tolich

Postdoctoral Fellow in Mathematics

School of Mathematics and Statistics

ilija.tolich@vuw.ac.nz

Statistical consultant

Dr Lisa Woods

Statistical Consultant
School of Mathematics and Statistics

lisa.woods@vuw.ac.nz
CO 532, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Emeritus and retired staff

Dr Chris Atkin

Retired Academic - Adjunct

School of Mathematics and Statistics

Megan Clark

megan.clark@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Rob Goldblatt

Emeritus Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

rob.goldblatt@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 886 4490
CO 320, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof John Harper

Emeritus Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

john.harper@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 4635276
04 463 5276
CO 425, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Estate Khmaladze

estate.khmaladze@vuw.ac.nz

Prof Mark McGuinness

Emeritus Professor · Applied Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Statistics

mark.mcguinness@vuw.ac.nz
+64 21 118 5501
021 118 5501
0211185501
CO 362, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Shirley Pledger

Emeritus Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

shirley.pledger@vuw.ac.nz
CO 425, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Tapas Sarkar

Emeritus Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

tapas.sarkar@vuw.ac.nz
CO 425, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Prof Geoff Whittle

Adjunct Professor

Research Fellow

School of Mathematics and Statistics|School of Mathematics and Statistics

geoff.whittle@vuw.ac.nz
CO 320, Cotton Building (All Blocks), Gate 7, Kelburn Parade

Dr Peter Andreae

Adjunct Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

peter.andreae@vuw.ac.nz