Department of Physics
Our staff
We have internationally-recognised scholars on staff that are committed to the University's mandate of producing high quality research and teaching. You can view our staff profiles by searching the staff listing.
Academic staff
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| Title | Name | Research Interest | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | |
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| Prof | Richard Easther (Head of Department) |
physics of the very early universe, and the interconnections between particle physics and cosmology | r.easther@auckland.ac.nz | ext 81585 |
| Prof | Geoff Austin | geophysics, atmospheric physics, radar equipment | g.austin@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88770 |
| Prof | Stuart Bradley | remote sensing, atmospheric physics, turbulence-induced noise, acoustics, wind energy | s.bradley@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88886 |
| Dr | Barry Brennan | solid earth geophysics, seismology, radiation physics, luminescence and ESR dating, structure of the Earth | b.brennan@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88809 |
| A-Prof | Neil Broderick | nonlinear optics, photonic crystal fibres | n.broderick@auckland.ac.nz | ext 84434 |
| Prof | Howard Carmichael | theoretical physics, theoretical quantum optics, quantum theory of open systems, quantum stochastic processes | h.carmichael@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88899 |
| A-Prof | Stéphane Coen | laser physics, nonlinear optics, fibre optics, nonlinear passive resonators, supercontinuum generation, fibre lasers | s.coen@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88841 |
| A-Prof | Matthew Collett | theoretical physics | m.collett@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88837 |
| Senior Tutor | Mark Conway | physics education | m.conway@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88864 |
| Prof | Roger Davies | climate research, satellite remote sensing | r.davies@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88868 |
| Dr |
John Eldridge |
astrophysics |
j.eldridge@auckland.ac.nz |
ext 85911 |
| A-Prof | Malcolm Grimson | condensed matter physics, statistical mechanics | m.grimson@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88821 |
| Prof | John Harvey | laser physics, nonlinear schrödinger equation | j.harvey@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88831 |
| Dr | Maarten Hoogerland | atom optics, atomic physics, quantum information | m.hoogerland@auckland.ac.nz | ext 86291 |
| Dr | David Krofcheck | nuclear physics | d.krofcheck@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88897 |
| A-Prof | Rainer Leonhardt | optoelectronics, nonlinear effects in optical fibres, THz spectroscopy, laser physics, atom trapping and quantum chaos | r.leonhardt@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88835 |
| Dr | Stuart Murdoch | laser physics, nonlinear fiber optics, fiber measurement | s.murdoch@auckland.ac.nz | ext 85871 |
| A-Prof | Scott Parkins | theoretical quantum poptics, quantum chaos, quantum information and quantum computation | s.parkins@auckland.ac.nz | ext 86282 |
| Dr | Cather Simpson | photochemistry and photophysics | c.simpson@auckland.ac.nz | ext 83525 |
| Dr | Frederique Vanholsbeeck | biophotonics, nonlinear optics fiber optics | f.vanholsbeeck@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88881 |
| Dr | Lionel Watkins | optical metrology, ellipsometry, interferometry and wavelet analysis | l.watkins@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88878 |
| Dr | Kasper van Wijk | Laser ultrasonics, elastic wave scattering, seismology | k.vanwijk@auckland.ac.nz | ext 85754 |
| A-Prof | Peter Wills | theoretical biology, biophysical theory, thermodynamics | p.wills@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88889 |
| A-Prof | Philip Yock | elementary particle physics, astrophysics | p.yock@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88867 |
Postdoctoral staff
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| Title | Name | Research Interest | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | |
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| Dr | Claude Aguergaray | Nonlinear phenomena in optical fibre; current involvement in theoretical and experimental studies on the limits and conditions for self-similar propagation in fibre amplifiers and fibre laser for applications to optical telecommunication systems | c.aguergaray@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88810 |
| Dr | Grigor Aslanyan | Cosmology | g.aslanyan@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Dr | Evgeny Bogomolny | Biomedical optics, FTIR spectroscopy | e.bogomolny@auckland.ac.nz | ext 84709 |
| Dr | Miro Erkintalo | Nonlinear fiber optics, mode-locked fiber lasers, soliton dynamics, parametric processes, supercontinuum generation, passive ring resonators | m.erkintalo@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Dr | Vladimir Kruglov | Theoretical physics, quantum and nonlinear optics, laser physics, Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena | v.kruglov@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88832 |
| Dr | Richard Provo | Laser physics | dickprovo@hotmail.com | ext 87145 |
Honorary staff
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| Name | Research interest | |
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| A-Prof Paul Barker | Nuclear physics, electromagnetic interaction | p.barker@auckland.ac.nz |
| Hon A-Prof Gary Bold | Underwater acoustics, signal processing, electronics | g.bold@auckland.ac.nz |
| Graham Foster | physics education, pedagogy and physics | |
| A-Prof Ronald Keam | Theoretical study of model for bacterial colony growth; Theoretical study of the Solar Neutrinosphere; Theoretical studies of the Waimangu geothermal system; Monitoring of induced hydrothermal eruption potential (and historical studies of New Zealand geothermal region) | r.keam@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr Graeme Putt | Physics education | g.putt@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr David Robertson | Geophysics | d.robertson@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr Chuck Rohde | Photochemistry and photophysics | c.rohde@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr Igor Shvarchuck | Laser physics | i.shvarchuck@auckland.ac.nz |
| A-Prof Chris Tindle | Underwater acoustics | c.tindle@auckland.ac.nz |
Professional staff
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| Name | Position | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | |
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| Helen Ross | Department Manager | helen.ross@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88854 |
| John Antunovich | Ardmore Field Station | j.antunovich@auckland.ac.nz | 2988033 |
| Martin Brett | Advanced teaching lab | m.brett@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88192 |
| Florence Cabansag | Financial administrator | f.cabansag@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88827 |
| Murray Hollis | Electronics workshop | m.hollis@auckland.ac.nz | ext 87184 |
| Aisha Khan | Administrative assistant | a.khan@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88805 |
| Lucy Mo | Reception | l.mo@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88200 |
| Harry Oudenhoven | Electronics workshop | hl.oudenhoven@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88883 |
| Michael Parkinson | Physics subject librarian | m.parkinson@auckland.ac.nz | ext 85858 |
| Edwin Rogers | Electronics workshop | e.rogers@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88846 |
| Denis Taylor | Undergraduate teaching lab | d.taylor@auckland.ac.nz | ext 88885 |
