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