Academic staff

Contact details for academic staff involved in teaching at the School of Optometry and Vision Science.

Heads (Management team)

Dr Andrew Collins, Head of School
Email: a.collins@auckland.ac.nz 
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 6484

Associate Professor Joanna Black, Deputy Head of School
Email: j.black@auckland.ac.nz 
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 2405

Dr Geraint Phillips, Associate Head (Clinic Teaching)
Email: g.phillips@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 6503

Bhavini Solanki, Associate Head (Academic)
Email: s.bhavini@auckland.ac.nz

Melinda Calderwood, Associate Head (Student Affairs)
Email: m.calderwood@auckland.ac.nz

Associate Professor Monica Acosta, Associate Head (Postgraduate)
Email: m.acosta@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 6069

Associate Professor Sam Schwarzkopf, Associate Head (Research)
Email: s.schwarzkopf@auckland.ac.nz 
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 9734

Professors and Associate Professors

Professor Steven Dakin 
Email: s.dakin@auckland.ac.nz | Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 8898

Associate Professor Ehsan Vaghefi 
Email: e.vaghefi@auckland.ac.nz  | Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 1036

Associate ProfessorJacqueline Ramke 
Email: j.ramke@auckland.ac.nz | Phone: +649 (0) 9 923 2272

Lecturers and Senior Lecturers

Dr Clairton Feitosa De Souza, Senior Lecturer
Email: c.desouza@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 1454

Dr Misha Vorobyev, Senior Lecturer
Email: m.vorobyev@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 6591

Dr John Phillips, Senior Lecturer
Email: j.phillips@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 6073

Dr Phil Turnbull, Senior Lecturer
Email: p.turnbull@auckland.ac.nz  
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 5499

Dr Tina Gao, Lecturer
Email: t.gao@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 2955

Dr Alyssa Lie, Lecturer
Email: a.lie@auckland.ac.nz

Professional Teaching Fellows

Kerry Atkinson Email: kerry.atkinson@auckland.ac.nz

Zaria Bradley Email: z.burden@auckland.ac.nz

Melinda Calderwood Email: m.calderwood@auckland.ac.nz

Jason Dhana Email: j.dhana@auckland.ac.nz

Ashley Gray Email: ashley.gray@auckland.ac.nz

Dr Wanda Lam Email: wn.lam@auckland.ac.nz

John McLennan Email: j.mclennan@auckland.ac.nz

Roxanne Medhora Email: roxanne.medhora@auckland.ac.nz

Veeran Morar Email: veeran.morar@auckland.ac.nz

Robert Ng Email: r.ng@auckland.ac.nz

Michelle O’Hanlon Email: m.ohanlon@auckland.ac.nz

Jaymie Rogers Email: j.rogers@auckland.ac.nz

Kathryn Sands Email: kathryn.sands@auckland.ac.nz

Lisa Silva Email: l.silva@auckland.ac.nz

Dr Marcy Tong Email: m.tong@auckland.ac.nz

Kristine Hammond Email: k.hammond@auckland.ac.nz

Bhavna Patel Email: bhavna.patel@auckland.ac.nz