Principal investigators group
Find out more about who runs ABI, including details about the Director, Deputy Director, Principal Investigator Group, budget-monitoring and administrative staff.
Director
Distinguished Professor Peter Hunter is the Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute. He is responsible for academic, administrative and strategic leadership.
Peter also sits on the University's Senior Management Team (SMT), which is an advisory group to the Vice-Chancellor.
Learn more: Dist. Prof. Peter Hunter.
Deputy Director
Professor Merryn Tawhai is the Deputy Director. She’s responsible for assisting and advising the Director, as well as providing the Principal Investigators group with direction and guidance on administrative and research policy.
Find out more: Professor Merryn Tawhai.
Principal Investigators Group
This is the academic and administrative decision-making body for the Institute.
The Principal Investigators are Institute and Institute-linked academics who lead research projects by raising grant money, supervising graduate students and generally contribute to Institute infrastructure.
You can find information and contact details about members of the group by searching our our Discovery profiles.
Professors
- Iain Anderson
- Thor Besier
- Mark Billinghurst
- Leo Cheng
- Peter Hunter
- Simon Malpas
- Poul Nielsen
- Martyn Nash
- Bruce Smaill
- Andrew Taberner
- Merryn Tawhai
- Alistair Young
Associate Professors
- David Budgett
- Kelly Burrowes
- Alys Clark
- Peng Du
- Justin Fernandez
- Ian LeGrice
- Suranga Nanayakkara
- Mark Sagar
- Alan Wang
- Jichao Zhao
Senior Research Fellows & Research Fellows also regularly attend.
Admin managers
Institute Operations Manager
Nina Pettersson-Fox
Phone: +64 (09) 923 3836
Email: n.pettersson-fox@auckland.ac.nz
Directory information: Nina Pettersson-Fox
Business Development Manager - Strategic Growth
Dr Pau Medrano-Gracia
Phone: +64 (09) 923 6908
Email: p.medrano@auckland.ac.nz
Directory information: Dr Pau Medrano-Gracia
Research Information Tech Manager
Matt Wilson
Phone: +64 (09) 923 2165
Email: matt.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
Directory information: Matt Wilson
Research Services Manager
Louise Brand
Phone: +64 (09) 373 7599 Ext.84266
Email: l.brand@auckland.ac.nz
Directory information: Louise Brand
Finance Business Partner
Didi Wu
Email: y.wu@auckland.ac.nz
Directory information: Didi Wu
Technical Services Manager
Stephen Olding
Phone: +64 (09) 923 5808
Email: s.olding@auckland.ac.nz
Directory information: Stephen Olding
General enquiries
Email: bioeng-enquiries@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 (09) 923 3175 or 923 6369