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The University of Auckland Asia researchers list is an alphabetical list of University of Auckland-based researchers who specialise in either research on Asia and links with New Zealand or have special knowledge about Asian countries.

This list includes:

  1. those who teach or do research on Asia
  2. those whose research involves Asia or Asian partners
  3. those of Asian descent (for their general knowledge of the specific part of Asia, or the knowledge of the development of specific disciplines in Asia)
  4. those who have received undergraduate / postgraduate degrees from tertiary institutions in Asia (for their knowledge of those institutions).

The list includes the Name of the person, Qualification, Position, Geographical focus, Discipline, Research areas, Email address and website

Please feel free to contact researchers directly

This information is reviewed every six months

Arrangement is by discipline or geographical focus

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Acosta, Monica
Qualification PhD (Hokkaido)
Position Lecturer, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas The cellular and molecular biology of eye diseases, especially intervention strategies targeting novel pathways
Email address m.acosta@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.opt.auckland.ac.nz/public/research/labs/CMBR/

Aggarwal, Ekta
Qualification MSci (Baba Farid)
Position Oculoplastic Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Surgical video editing
Email address drektaoph@yahoo.com
Website ophthalmology.auckland.ac.nz/staff/aggarwal.html

Akroyd, Chris
Qualification MCom (Kobe)
Position Lecturer, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Management accounting in Japan; new product development; target cost management
Email address c.akroyd@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5102.aspx

Allen, Harry
Qualification PhD (ANU)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Anthropology
Research areas Southeast Asian archaeology; cultural resource management
Email address h.allen@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=hall007

Al-Taie, Rasha
Qualification MOphth (NUI)
Position Paediatric Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology,Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Cornea; anterior segment reconstruction; cataract surgery; intraocular lenses material and designs
Email address raltaie2003@yahoo.com
Website ophthalmology.auckland.ac.nz/staff/altaie.html

Amano, Chako
Qualification BA (Waseda)
Position Senior Tutor, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas Teaching Japanese as a foreign language; holistic approaches to language teaching and learning
Email address c.amano@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=seas012

Ameratunga, Shanthi N.
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Professor of Epidemiology, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicaln and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Injury control; trauma outcomes and disability; youth health; global health; health inequalities
Email address s.ameratunga@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/soph/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=73616D65303032

An, Jianbei
Qualification PhD (Illinois)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline
Research areas Modular representation theory of finite groups
Email address an@math.auckland.ac.nz
Website www.math.auckland.ac.nz/Directory/profile.php?upi=jan003

Anderson, Anneka
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Tutor, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Anthropology
Research areas TB amongst Asian people in Auckland
Email address aand002@ec.auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=aand002

Ang, Siah Hwee
Qualification PhD (NUS)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Management and International Business,Business School
Geographical focus Southeast Asia / Singapore
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Corporate strategy; international business strategy and technology strategy; biotechnology; venture capital; reputation dynamics; evolution of ideas and knowledge; management research methods
Email address s.ang@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5393.aspx

Aoki, Reiko
Qualification PhD (Stanford)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas Economic growth; industrial organization
Email address r.aoki@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5363.aspx

Arewgoda, Malini
Qualification PhD (Otago)
Position Senior Tutor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Analytical and environmental chemistry
Email address c.arewgoda@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.che.auckland.ac.nz/

Arthanari, Tiru
Qualification PhD (ISI-Calcutta)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Information System and Operations Management, Business School
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Quantitative methods and their applications; quality and optimization consultation; quality system audition
Email address t.arthanari@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5431.aspx

Askarany, Davood
Qualification PhD (UniSA)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus West Asia
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Management accounting; cost accounting systems; performance measurement and the diffusion of innovation
Email address d.askarany@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/StaffDirectory/StaffProfile/tabid/542/upi/dask003/Default.aspx

Aw, Kean C
Qualification PhD (USM)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Malaysia / Singapore / China / Japan
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Smart and functional materials; micro-systems; mechatronics & medical devices
Email address k.aw@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~kaw002/

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Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din
Qualification PhD (USM)
Position Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Pharmaceutical policy; affordability and access to medicines; quality use of medicines; pharmacoeconomics and pharmacy education
Email address z.babar@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sop/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=7A626162303033

Ballard, Elaine
Qualification PhD (Cornell)
Position Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Phonological theory; first language acquisition; language development in Pasifika and Asian languages; bilingualism in speech and language development; paediatric language disability and disorders
Email address e.ballard@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.psych.auckland.ac.nz/people/Ballard/ballard.htm

Bansal, Pradeep
Qualification PhD (IIT-Delhi)
Position Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Boiling and condensation heat transfer studies; energy efficiency; innovative refrigeration systems; modelling of complex heat exchanger circuitries
Email address p.bansal@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~pban008/

Barkhuizen, Gary
Qualification EdD (Columbia)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics,Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Language teacher education; sociolinguistics; learner language
Email address g.barkhuizen@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=gbar062

Barnes, Joanne
Qualification PhD (London)
Position Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Pharmacovigilance (safety monitoring) of herbal medicines
Email address j.barnes@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sop/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=6A626172323133

Barrie, Andrew
Qualification EngD (Tokyo)
Position Professor, School of Architecture & Planning, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline
Research areas Contemporary Japanese architecture; contemporary practice and design; design as research; architectural representation
Email address
Website a.barrie@auckland.ac.nz

Bartley, Allen
Qualification PhD (Massey)
Position Senior lecturer, School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work,Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Diaspora / Immigration / Tourism
Research areas Asian migration; migrant adaptation and settlement in New Zealand; 1.5 generation New Zealanders and transnational migration; New Zealand biculturalism/multiculturalism and social cohesion
Email address a.bartley@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/allen-bartley

Behrend, Tim
Qualification PhD (ANU)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Southeast Asia / Indonesia
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Javanese intellectual history; modern Indonesian language and society
Email address t.behrend@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=tbeh002

Bell, Claudia
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus East Asia
Discipline Sociology
Research areas Outer Mongolia; cultural studies; national and local identity issues; international tourism and heritage; the arts
Email address c.bell@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=cbel002

Bell, Leonard
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / West Asia
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Cross-cultural interactions and representations in New Zealand and the Pacific region; topics from the Middle East and Asia
Email address l.bell@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=lbel002

Berkman, Hendrick (Henk)
Qualification PhD (Erasmus)
Position Professor, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus East Asia / China / Korea
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Finance; stock markets (Korea); securities markets (China)
Email address h.berkman@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5650.aspx

Bhattacharyya, Debes
Qualification PhD (Jadavpur)
Position Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus East Asia / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Manufacturing, analysis and evaluation of composite material systems; micro/nano-composites, polymer blends; biomedical aids (e.g. stents and scaffolds)
Email address d. bhattacharyya@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.mech.auckland.ac.nz/staffpages/debes.htm

Booth, Greg
Qualification PhD Music (Kent State)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus India
Discipline Anthropology
Research areas Hindi film music and culture; brass bands and processional music of India; Hindustani classical music (tabla); oral tradition and cognition
Email address g.booth@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=gboo006

Boyd, Brian
Qualification PhD (Toronto)
Position University Distinguished Professor, English Department, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan / China
Discipline Visual Arts / Film & Media Studies
Research areas Literature, evolution and cognition; narrative; the novel; Shakespeare; Spiegelman; literature and science; biography
Email address b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=bboy001

Bray, Yvonne
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Goodfellow Unit, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Asian mental health; migrants; palliative care education; cultural awareness; sensitivity and safety in practice
Email address y.bray@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/soph/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=79627261303032

Browne, Pat
Qualification PhD (Well)
Position Associate Professor, School of Environment, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Environment
Research areas Active and extinct geothermal systems in Indonesia; the Philippines
Email address prl.browne@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/about_us/our_people/browne_pat/index.shtm

Brush, Greg
Qualification PhD (UWA)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing, Business School
Geographical focus Southeast Asia / China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Overseas Chinese context; entrepreneurship; industrial marketing; structural equation modelling; service evaluation
Email address g.brush@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5178.aspx

Burmester, Brent
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Department of Management and International Business, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas The political economy of foreign direct investment and the multinational enterprise; the causes and implications of the international relocation of production by MNEs; globalization; the political behaviour of international businesses; global regulation of FDI and the role of FDI in development
Email address b.burmester@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5081.aspx

Butt, Daniel
Qualification MA (Macquarie)
Position Lecturer, Elam School of Fine Arts, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Critical Studies; art theory; new media; creative research methods; technology and development; local/indigenous knowledge and colonization
Email address d.butt@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/fine-arts-elam-academic-staff?target=928

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Cahan, Steven
Qualification PhD (Colorado)
Position Professor, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Auditing in the context of industry specialization and the Andersen collapse; the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
Email address s.cahan@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5401.aspx

Cao, Peng
Qualification PhD (Queensland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Light alloys (Mg, Ti and Al); casting; powder metallurgy; mechanical behaviour; surface engineering; metallic biomaterials
Email address p.cao@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.ecm.auckland.ac.nz/staff/PC/index.html

Chan, Gerald
Qualification PhD (Griffith)
Position Professor, Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / China / Japan
Discipline Political Science
Research areas Chinese international relations; China’s engagement with global governance; China’s compliance in global affairs; Japanese politics; Asian politics
Email address gerald.chan@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=gcha052

Chan, Johnny
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position Senior Tutor, Department of Information System and Operations Management, Business school
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Knowledge sharing and governance; open source software innovation
Email address jh.chan@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5198.aspx

Chan, Robert
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Numerical methods for stiff ordinary differential equations; differential-algebraic equations and oscillatory Hamiltonian problems; scientific computation
Email address chan@math.auckland.ac.nz
Website www.math.auckland.ac.nz/Directory/profile.php?upi=rcha013

Charters, Helen
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Tutor, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Chinese syntax; generative grammars; minimalism; nominal structures; processability theory
Email address h.charters@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=acha094

Chaudhuri, Ananish
Qualification PhD (New Jersey-Rutgers)
Position Professor of Experimental Economics, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas Applied microeconomics; economic development; experimental economics
Email address a.chaudhuri@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5049.aspx

Chen, John
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Multiphase flow; process metallurgy
Email address j.chen@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.ecm.auckland.ac.nz/People/jjjc.html

Chen, Li (Lily)
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position Tutor, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Accounting conservatism; analyst forecast
Email address li.chen@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5273.aspx

Chen, Xin
Qualification PhD (Hawaii)
Position Research Fellow & Programme Officer, New Zealand Asia Institute, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Political Science
Research areas Chinese politics; China in East Asia
Email address x.chen@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.auckland.ac.nz/nzai

Cheng, Leo
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Research Fellow, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Mathematical modelling; stomach intestine modelling
Email address l.cheng@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.abi.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/leo-cheng

Choi, Horag
Qualification PhD (Ohio)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus Korea
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas Effects of firms’ export decisions; foreign exchange rate determination; international transmission of business cycles; monetary policies in an open economy; open economy macroeconomics
Email address h.choi@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5200.aspx

Chouw, Nawawi
Qualification PhD (RUB)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Dynamics of soil-structure systems; earthquake engineering; linear and nonlinear dynamic soil-structure interaction; vibration reduction; man-made vibrations; moving load; wave propagation; numerical simulation; dynamic behaviour of adjacent structures; experimental investigation of composite structures
Email address n.chouw@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.cee.auckland.ac.nz/people/nawawi_c.aspx

Chow, Charles
Qualification BCom
Position Asia Network Adviser, New Zealand Asia Institute, Business School
Geographical focus Southeast Asia / Singapore
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas
Email address c.chow@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5199.aspx

Chung, Hilary
Qualification PhD (Durham)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Modern Chinese literature; comparative literature; gender and representation in literature; the poetics of exile
Email address h.chung@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=hchu040

Clark, Paul
Qualification PhD (Harvard)
Position Professor, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Chinese films and popular culture, including culture during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and youth culture; Beijing since 1949
Email address paul.clark@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=pcla030

Craig, David
Qualification PhD (ANU)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Sociology
Research areas Development; political economy; liberalism; governance; health/well being
Email address da.craig@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=dcra009

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Dong, Ching-Shen (James)
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Department of Information System and Operations Management,Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Database design; decision support and knowledge systems; enterprise systems and architectures; software agents; system analysis and design; web applications
Email address j.dong@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5109.aspx

Dong, Zhi
Qualification PhD Candidate (NUS)
Position Lecturer, Department of Property, Business School
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Auction theory; game theory; general equilibrium asset pricing; industrial organization; land pricing; real option
Email address z.dong@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5463.aspx

Duckitt, John
Qualification PhD (Witwatersrand)
Position Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Asian New Zealanders; social psychology
Email address j.duckitt@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.psych.auckland.ac.nz/people/Duckitt/Duckitt.htm

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East, Martin
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Arts, Languages and Literacies, Faculty of Education
Geographical focus China
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Teaching/learning English in Chinese context; language teaching and learning; language testing and assessment; language policy development
Email address m.east@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/martin-east

Ellis, Rod
Qualification PhD (London)
Position Professor, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Study of second language acquisition; the role of explicit knowledge of a second language in proficiency and acquisition
Email address r.ellis@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=rell035

Erlam, Rosemary
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Undergraduate Adviser, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / Malaysia
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Second language acquisition; teacher education
Email address r.erlam@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=rerl001

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Fernandez, Karen V.
Qualification PhD (Kansas)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing, Business School
Geographical focus Malaysia / India
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Hindu consumer behaviour; sustainability, ethnography and observation research; advertising (especially online and yellow pages)
Email address k.fernandez@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5254.aspx

Fernando, Antonio (Tony)
Qualification PhD (Philippines)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Asian population in New Zealand; diagnosis and treatment of insomnia and other sleep disorders; medical education; prevalence studies of sleep disorders in various populations
Email address a.fernando@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=61666572303337

Flay, Richard G. J.
Qualification PhD (Canterbury)
Position Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Wind engineering; wind energy; wind tunnel design and testing; sail aerodynamics; yacht performance; low speed aerodynamics
Email address r.flay@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~rfla004/

Floyd, Bruce
Qualification PhD (Oregon)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Anthropology
Research areas Biological anthropology
Email address b.floyd@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=bflo001

Friesen, Ward
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior lecturer, School of Environment, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Diaspora / Immigration / Tourism
Research areas Migration; ethnicity and identity in New Zealand, mobility systems in Asia-Pacific; analysis of population structure and change; suburban residential development and population implications in Auckland and demographic, ethnic and socio-economic change in the city
Email address w.friesen@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/about_us/our_people/friesen_ward/index.shtm

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Gao, Jay
Qualification PhD (Georgia)
Position Senior lecturer, School of Environment, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas GIS; spatial analysis; remote sensing; digital image processing
Email address jg.gao@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/about_us/our_people/gao_jay/index.shtm

Gao, Wei
Qualification DPhil (Oxford)
Position Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Metals and metal processing technologies; nano-structured materials; oxide thin films; advanced coating and surface technologies; light metals and alloys; high temperature corrosion & oxidation; high temperature superconductors; electronic ceramics; photo-luminescence materials; Ti based alloys and composites; intermetallics; rapid solidification; amorphous alloys; electron microscopy and microanalysis; computer modelling of materials processing and performance
Email address w.gao@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.ecm.auckland.ac.nz/staff/wg/index.html

Garg, Sanjay
Qualification PhD (NII-Delhi)
Position Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Conventional and novel drug delivery; AIDS; cancer
Email address s.garg@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sop/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=73676172303539

Ge, Gloria
Qualification PhD (City-HK)
Position Senior lecturer, Department of Management and International Business, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas China business; entrepreneurship; human resource management; multinational enterprises from emerging economies
Email address g.ge@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5183.aspx

Gu, Kai
Qualification PhD (Waterloo)
Position Lecturer, School of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries
Geographical focus China
Discipline Architecture
Research areas Urban planning and development in China; urban morphology and urban design; methods for describing and prescribing urban form; urban regeneration and urban landscape management
Email address k.gu@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/architecture-and-planning-academic-staff?target=852

Guan, Jian
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Research Fellow, the Liggins Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Neuroprotection in stroke; Parkinson’s and Huntingdon’s disease; developmental neuroscience and aging
Email address j.guan@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.liggins.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/ourpeople/directoryofstaffandstudents

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Han, Chirok
Qualification PhD (Michigan)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus Korea
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas Economic theory; many instruments; weak instruments; panel data econometrics; programme evaluation
Email address c.han@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5111.aspx

Hand, Linda
Qualification PhD (Macquarie)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas The study of different cultural and language groups of children with language disorders and professional practices around them
Email address l.hand@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.psych.auckland.ac.nz/people/Hand/Hand.htm

Haslam, Carolyn
Qualification MEd (Auckland)
Position Senior Tutor, School of Science, Mathematics and Technology, Faculty of Education
Geographical focus China / Malaysia
Discipline Education
Research areas Teaching/learning science; tertiary links with schools
Email address c.haslam@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/carolyn-haslam

Haworth, Nigel
Qualification PhD (Liverpool)
Position Professor, Department of Management and International Business, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / Southeast Asia
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas The Pacific Rim in the areas of national policy towards internationalization; the role of WTO and the development of the ASEAN economies; international labour movement; cross- cultural management in the Asia Pacific region; APEC
Email address n.haworth@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5337.aspx

Ho, Elsie
Qualification PhD (Waikato)
Position Associate Professor, Section of Social and Community Health,Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health/Medicine
Research areas Mental health and migration; Asian health; diversity issues
Email address e.ho@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/staffonly/staff_details.aspx?staffID=65686F303135

Hoadley, Stephen
Qualification PhD (California)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Political Science
Research areas Foreign policies; politics of trade; international human rights
Email address s.hoadley@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=jhoa007

Hu, Patrick
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Wireless/contact less power transfer; power electronics circuit modelling and control; application of power electronics in renewable power systems
Email address a.hu@auckland.ac.nz
Website web.ece.auckland.ac.nz/Jahia/site/ece/lang/en/pid/59

Huang, Chye-Ching
Qualification LLM (Columbia)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Commercial Law, Business School
Geographical focus China / South East Asia / ‘Kiwi Asians’
Discipline Business/Management
Research areas Public policy; tax; corporate law and governance; Law and Economics; public law; and fiscal and economic policy
Email address cc.huang@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/6064.aspx

Huang, Yan
Qualification PhD (Cantab); DPhil (Oxon)
Position Professor, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics,Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas China and Chinese language; pragmatics; anaphora; pragmatics-semantics interface; pragmatics-syntax interface; typology; philosophy of language
Email address yan.huang@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=yhua190

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Inoue, Megumi
Qualification PhD (Washington)
Position Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Japanese theatre
Email address m.inoue@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=mino001

Ip, John
Qualification LLM (Columbia)
Position Lecturer, Faculty of Law
Geographical focus China
Discipline Law
Research areas Counterterrorism and human rights; criminal justice; theories and approaches to sentencing
Email address j.ip@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.law.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/os-john-ip

Ip, Manying
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Professor, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Diaspora / Immigration / Tourism
Research areas Chinese New Zealanders
Email address my.ip@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=bip001

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Jackson, Brad
Qualification PhD (Lancaster)
Position Professor, Department of Management and International Business, Business School
Geographical focus Japan / China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Strategic leadership and corporate governance; the geography of leadership; the leadership development industry; the social construction of leadership
Email address b.jackson@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5087.aspx

Jackson, Kenneth
Qualification PhD (Kent)
Position Associate Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Southeast Asia / South Asia
Discipline Development Studies
Research areas Human security; openness, trade liberalization and impacts on development; internal restructuring; migration and remittances; micro-finance; development in South and Southeast Asia.
Email address k.jackson@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=kjac015

Jayaraman, Krishnan
Qualification PhD (VPI&SU)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Microstructure-material property relationships; fibre-reinforced composite materials; natural fibre composites; life cycle assessment of composite materials
Email address k.jayaraman@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.mech.auckland.ac.nz/staffpages/krishnan.html

Jayasuriya, Gamini
Qualification MEcon (Birmingham)
Position Lecturer, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas
Email address g.jayasuriya@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5188.aspx

Jiang, Yannan
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Research Fellow, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Innovative approaches for design and analysis of standard clinical trials; developing alternative methods for dealing with environmental intervention studies
Email address y.jiang@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/showperson?firstname=Yannan&surname=Jiang

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Kamotani, Yoko
Qualification PhD (Michigan)
Position Research Fellow, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas
Email address y.kamotani@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.abi.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/our-people/researchers

Kelsey, Jane
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Professor, Faculty of Law
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Law
Research areas Public policy transfer into Asian countries; free trade agreements in services and investment involving Asian countries
Email address j.kelsey@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.law.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/os-jane-kelsey

Kim, Juliana
Qualification PhD (Massey)
Position Research Fellow, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Korea
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas
Email address juliana.kim@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.abi.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/our-people/researchers

Kitchen, Margaret
Qualification MA (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Arts, Languages and Literacies, Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Education
Research areas Asia represented in New Zealand curricula; second language acquisition in mainstream classroom settings; the inclusion of minority voices in school policy and planning and issues of resettlement and justice for migrants; the inclusion of minority voices in secondary school curriculum
Email address m.kitchen@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/margaret-kitchen

Kolb, Darl G.
Qualification PhD (Cornell)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Management and International Business, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Connectivity and team performance; managing distance and isolation; socio-technical connectivity; organizational learning in China
Email address d.kolb@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5145.aspx

Kondo, Reiko
Qualification MA (Auckland)
Position Senior Tutor, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas Teaching Japanese as a foreign language
Email address r.kondo@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=rkon002

Kothari, Shuchi
Qualification PhD (Texas-Austin)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Film, Television and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus South Asia
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Screenplay writing; film and television production; South Asian popular culture; politics of food
Email address s.kothari@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=skot005

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Lawrence, Wayne
Qualification PhD (Tsukuba)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Phonology; morphology; dialect accent; Ryukyuan linguistics
Email address wp.lawrence@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=wlaw016

Lee, Josephine Yean Theen (Jo)
Qualification MCom (Auckland)
Position Senior IS & OM Coordinator, Department of Information System and Operations Management, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Electronic commerce technologies; social and cultural impact of IT in organizations; system analysis and design; web based applications; websites usability
Email address jyt.lee@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5459.aspx

Lee, Margaret
Qualification MA (Auckland)
Position Senior Tutor, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas Computer-assisted language learning; teaching Chinese as a foreign language
Email address ms.lee@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=slee116

Lee, Mike (Shyue Wai)
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Anti-consumption and consumer resistance; branding; consumer behaviour; brand equity; consumer perception of brands with genetic modification
Email address msw.lee@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5411.aspx

Lee, Pei-Jung
Qualification MFA (SUNY-Purchase)
Position Senior Tutor, Dance Studies Programme, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Performing Arts
Research areas Performance; choreography; production
Email address pei.lee@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/dance-studies-academic-staff?target=1066

Lee, Tan (Charlene)
Qualification PhD (Taiwan)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas International corporate finance; property investment and finance; real options analysis
Email address tan.lee@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5929.aspx

Li, Anson
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Department of Information System and Operations Management, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Decision making; systems thinking
Email address akt.li@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5060.aspx

Li, Karen
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Using visual programming languages to specify and visualize software structure and behaviour
Email address k.li@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/our_staff/profile.php?id=nliu005

Liang, Renee
Qualification FRACP
Position Research Consultant, Growing Up in New Zealand, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Longitudinal study of NZ children, focusing in particular on outcomes and influences for NZ-born children of Asian descent
Email address r.liang@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.growingup.co.nz/

Liew, Angela
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / Southeast Asia
Discipline Business / Management / Diaspora / Immigration / Tourism
Research areas Accounting information systems; decision making; decision support systems; management controls; new product development; intercultural communications; culture-specific intervention pastoral care program for international and migrant students originating from Asia
Email address a.liew@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5061.aspx

Lin, Richard J. T.
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Manufacturing and characterization of composite materials – performance evaluation and analyses, machinability and tribological characteristics
Email address rj.lin@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.mech.auckland.ac.nz/staffpages/rlin.htm

Lin, Shane
Qualification PhD
Position Research Fellow, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas
Email address x.lin@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.abi.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/our-people/researchers

Littleton, Judith
Qualification PhD (ANU)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Anthropology
Research areas The theme of health and demographic responses to culture and political economic change
Email address j.littleton@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=jlit018

Littlewood, Michael
Qualification PhD (Hong Kong)
Position Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law
Geographical focus China
Discipline Law
Research areas Hong Kong tax; Chinese tax; international tax; comparative tax; tax planning; tax policy; the politics of taxation; tax history and constitutional aspects of taxation
Email address m.littlewood@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.law.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/os-michael-littlewood

Liu, Dong-Xu
Qualification PhD (NUS)
Position Senior Research Fellow, the Liggins Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Breast cancer biology; growth hormone signalling; oncogenes; molecular therapeutics
Email address dx.liu@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.liggins.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/liggins/people/researchers.cfm

Liu, Guangyu (Justin)
Qualification PhD (Melbourne)
Position Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Development and application of linear and nonlinear control theory;Development and application of continuous and discrete optimization tools
Email address g.liu@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~gliu023/

Lo, Kevin
Qualification PhD (Hawaii)
Position Lecturer, Department of Management and International Business, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Cross-cultural management and training; guanxi and networks; time orientation; group dynamics
Email address Kevin.lo@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5256.aspx

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Ma, Quincy
Qualification BEng (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Earthquake engineering; structural dynamics; theoretical structural analysis; physical testing; finite element analysis; active and passive devices for seismic protection
Email address q.ma@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.cee.auckland.ac.nz/people/quincy_ma.aspx

MacLeod, Roderick D.
Qualification PhD (Glamorgan)
Position Honorary Clinical Professor and Associate Professor in General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Quality of life; hospice/palliative care awareness; the nature of care; health service evaluation; medical education
Email address rd.macleod@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/staffonly/staff_details.aspx?staffID=726D6163313438

Madawala, Udaya
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus South Asia
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Power electronics
Email address u.madawala@auckland.ac.nz
Website web.ece.auckland.ac.nz/Jahia/site/ece/lang/en/pid/64

MacDonald, Bruce
Qualification PhD (Canterbury)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Korea / Japan
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Robotics
Email address b.macdonald@auckland.ac.nz
Website wiki.auckland.ac.nz/display/csihealthbots/The+Robotics+team

Malone, Nicholas
Qualification PhD (Oregon)
Position Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Anthropology
Research areas Biological anthropology; behaviour, ecology and conservation of nonhuman primates; social and ecological niche construction in hominoids
Email address n.malone@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=nmal027

Marceau, Lawrence
Qualification PhD (Harvard)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Early modern Japanese literature; Japanese culture; history of woodblock printing and publishing
Email address l.marceau@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=lmar097

Marsden, Alastair
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Capital budgeting; corporate finance; Asian-Pacific capital markets
Email address a.marsden@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5062.aspx

Marshall, Roger
Qualification PhD (Bristol)
Position Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Cardiovascular disease; obesity in China
Email address rj.marshall@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/soph/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=726D6172303733

Matthews, Barbara
Qualification MA (Waikato)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Arts, Languages and Literacies, Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas b.matthews@auckland.ac.nz
Email address
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/barbara-matthews

McCaffery, John
Qualification PhD candidate (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Arts Languages and Literacies, Faculty ofEducation
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / Southeast Asia
Discipline Education / Linguistics
Research areas Teaching and learning of languages; English as second language- literacy; literacy assessment; bilingualism and bilingual education- biliteracy; language and literacy policies and pedagogies; multicultural education and language literacy; diversity and languages- literacy
Email address j.accaffery@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/john-mccaffery

McDonald, Edward
Qualification PhD (Macquarie)
Position Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas Chinese linguistics, culture and society
Email address e.mcdonald@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=emcd015

McDowall, Ron
Qualification PhD (Waikato)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Management and International Business,Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Complexity management and sustainability engineering; sustainability research
Email address r.mcdowall@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5375.aspx

McNaughton, Stuart
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Professor, School of Arts, Languages and Literacies, Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Singapore / Vietnam
Discipline Education
Research areas Language development; literacy development; school change, policy in language and literacy
Email address s.mcnaughton@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/centres/wfrc

Michailova, Snejina
Qualification PhD (Copenhagen)
Position Professor, Department of Management and International Business, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas International management; knowledge management (knowledge sharing and knowledge governance)
Email address s.michailova@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5414.aspx

Mills, Wayne
Qualification MEd (Waikato)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Arts, Languages and Literacies, Faculty of Education
Geographical focus China
Discipline Education
Research areas Visual literacy; boys and literacy; children’s literature
Email address w.mills@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/wayne-mills

Minagawa, Harumi
Qualification PhD (ANU)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas Japanese linguistics; teaching Japanese as a foreign language
Email address h.minagawa@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=hmoo016

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Nair, Nirmal
Qualification PhD (Texas A&M)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Power system analysis in the context of protective relaying; electricity markets; voltage security and blackouts
Email address n.nair@auckland.ac.nz
Website web.ece.auckland.ac.nz/Jahia/site/ece/lang/en/pid/67

Nakamura, Ellen
Qualification PhD (ANU)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline History
Research areas Japanese social history; history of medicine; women’s history; early modern Japan
Email address e.nakamura@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=enak001

North, Nicola
Qualification PhD (Massey)
Position Associate Professor, Centre for Health Services Research and Policy,Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Asian health; health professional migration; skilled migration and settlement; migrant and refugee health
Email address n.north@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/soph/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=6E6E6F72303035

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Orense, Rolando P.
Qualification EngD (Tokyo)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Japan / Philippines
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Soil mechanics and foundation engineering; geotechnical earthquake engineering/soil dynamics; soil liquefaction and ground remediation techniques; slope movements and landslide risk mitigation; soil and site characterization
Email address r.orense@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.cee.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/rolando-orense

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Parackal, Sherly
Qualification PhD (Massey)
Position Research Fellow, Centre for Asian Health Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Asian health; nutrition and human health; alcohol consumption in pregnancy
Email address s.parackal@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/soph/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=73706172333737

Park, Hong-Jae
Qualification MSW (Canterbury)
Position Lecturer, School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work,Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Education / Diaspora / Immigration / Tourism
Research areas Migration, ageing and family relationships; differences and similarities between the East and the West in social work and human services education and practice
Email address hj.park@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/hong-jae-park

Park, Julie
Qualification PhD (Otago)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Anthropology
Research areas Political ecology of TB study
Email address j.park@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=jpar082

Parr, Judy
Qualification PhD (ANU)
Position Associate Professor, School of Arts, Languages and Literacies,Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Education
Research areas Psychology of learning and development
Email address jm.parr@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/judy-parr

Peiris, Dharini Amitha (Ami)
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Department of Information System & Operations Management, Business School
Geographical focus South Asia
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Database management; decision making; electronic commerce; recommender systems; supply chain software engineering
Email address a.peiris@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5264.aspx

Phillips, Richard
Qualification PhD (Cambridge)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline History
Research areas Twentieth-century China and Japan, with particular reference to China-Japan relations 1931-45
Email address rt.phillips@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=rphi004

Pradhan, Monika
Qualification MSci (Mumbai)
Position Ocular Genetics Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Ophthalmic medicine and surgery
Email address m.pradhan@auckland.ac.nz
Website ophthalmology.auckland.ac.nz/staff/pradhan.html

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Quek, Siew-Young
Qualification PhD (Birmingham)
Position Course coordinator, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Food science and processing with focus on fats and oils and fruit products
Email address sy.quek@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.che.auckland.ac.nz/

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Raine, Robert
Qualification PhD (Southampton)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, combustion and exhaust emissions
Email address r.raine@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~rrai005/

Rajagopal, Vijay
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Research Fellow, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Organ-level biomechanical modelling and understanding structure-function relationships in cells
Email address v.rajagopal@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.abi.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/vijay-rajagopal

Ranjitkar, Prakash
Qualification PhD (Hokkaido)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Traffic operations and management; intelligent transportation systems; network modelling and simulation; traffic safety; human factors and application of advanced technologies in transportation
Email address p.ranjitkar@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.cee.auckland.ac.nz/people/prakash_r.aspx

Ratnayake, Himendra
Qualification MBA (Auckland)
Position General Manager (Operations), Business School
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Auditing in the context of industry specialization and the Andersen collapse;the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
Email address h.ratnayake@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5191.aspx

Read, John
Qualification PhD (New Mexico)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Second language vocabulary assessment; testing English for academic and professional purposes
Email address ja.read@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=jrea023

Ren, John
Qualification PhD (Sydney)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Commercial Law, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Broad subject of commercial law
Email address j.ren@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5454.aspx

Robb, David
Qualification PhD (Calgary)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Information System and Operations Management, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Operations management in China; inventory supply chain management; operations management and strategy
Email address d.robb@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5150.aspx

Rossen, Fiona
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Asian Health Research and Evaluation,Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Gambling – youth gambling; resilience; public health
Email address f.rossen@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/soph/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=66726F73303031

Rowe, Nicholas
Qualification PhD (Kent)
Position Senior Lecturer, Dance Studies Programme, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Performing Arts
Research areas Dance pedagogy; hegemony and postcolonial discourse; dance writing and research; dance in traumatized communities; choreography and digital technology
Email address n.rowe@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/dance-studies-academic-staff?target=987

Rublee, Maria
Qualification PhD (George Washington)
Position Lecturer, Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus West Asia / East Asia
Discipline Political Science
Research areas International security; nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation; international relations theory; Middle East and East Asia foreign policy
Email address m.rublee@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=mrub008

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Sakamoto, Rumi
Qualification PhD (Essex)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Cultural Studies
Research areas Japanese national/cultural identity; nationalism and popular culture
Email address r.sakamoto@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=rsak002

Sanders, Robert
Qualification PhD (California-Berkeley)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas Chinese language and linguistics; comparison of varieties of Mandarin Chinese
Email address r.sanders@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=rsan016

Sarojini, Vijayalekshmi
Qualification PhD (IISc-Bangalore)
Position Senior Tutor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Organic and medicinal chemistry
Email address v.sarojini@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.che.auckland.ac.nz/

Schwittay, Anke
Qualification PhD (UOC)
Position Lecturer, Centre for Development Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus India / South Asia
Discipline Development Studies
Research areas Market-based approaches to development; information and communication technologies and development; transnational financial networks; global corporate citizenship; social entrepreneurship
Email address a.schwittay@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=asah134

Scollay, Robert
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / East Asia
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas Asia-Pacific trading relationships; trade patterns; regional trade architecture and trade policy issues
Email address r.scollay@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5382.aspx

Seligman, Jeremy
Qualification PhD (Edinburgh)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Philosophy
Research areas Classical Chinese philosophy
Email address j.seligman@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=jsel014

Sharp, Basil
Qualification PhD (Wisconsin-Madison)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas Resource management in Asia Pacific developing countries; law and economics, price formation in quota markets; radio spectrum tendering; tradable rights; water pricing
Email address b.sharp@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5096.aspx

Shepherd, Peter
Qualification PhD (Massey)
Position Professor of Cell Signalling, Department of Molecular Medicine andPathology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Signal transduction related to Type 2 diabetes and cancer
Email address peter.shepherd@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sms/mmp/signalling/about.aspx

Shi, Henry
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position PhD Scholar, Department of Management and International Business,Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Entrepreneurship; family business; international business
Email address h.shi@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5455.aspx

Shi, Lisa
Qualification MA (Auckland)
Position Tutor, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas
Email address l.shi@auckland.ac.nz
Website ci.ac.nz/about/our-people/lisa-shi/12

Shi, Yangyan
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position Teaching assistant, Department of Information System and OperationsManagement, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Procurement; third party logistics; outsourcing; supply chain management; logistics
Email address y.shi@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5878.aspx

Shih, Yen Hung
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position Tutor, Department of Accounting & Finance; Lecturer, Graduate School of Enterprises, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Business frameworks; management control systems; NZ business engagement with China
Email address y.shih@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5462.aspx

Shimoda, Tomoko
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Gender Studies
Research areas Media and gender issues in contemporary Japan, especially gender relations in the Japanese media
Email address t.shimoda@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=tshi002

Shulruf, Boaz
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education,Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Methodology of research and evaluation in social sciences; health and education; cross-cultural perspectives in social sciences; collectivism and individualism; medical education
Email address b.shulruf@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=62736875303034

Siar, Sheila
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position Graduate Teaching Assistant, Centre for Development Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Southeast Asia / Philippines
Discipline Development Studies
Research areas Homeland-Diaspora ties for development through knowledge exchange networks
Email address ssia013@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Website www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/staff/index.cfm?S=STAFF_ssia013

Singhal, Naresh
Qualification PhD (Princeton)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Surface water quality; groundwater flow and transport in porous and fractured media; contaminated sites remediation; storm water management technologies; biosolids disposal; landfill design
Email address n.singhal@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.cee.auckland.ac.nz/people/naresh_singhal.aspx

Smith, Greg
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Signal transduction related to Type 2 diabetes, cancer and schizophrenia
Email address greg.smith@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sms/mmp/signalling/members.aspx

Smith, Jill
Qualification EdD (Auckland)
Position School of Arts, Languages and Literacies, Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Education / Visual arts
Research areas Asian secondary school student demographics; Asian pre-service teacher education demographics; Asian visual arts teacher demographics in New Zealand; New Zealand biculturalism/multiculturalism
Email address j.smith@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/jill-smith

Sobrun-Maharaj, Amritha
Qualification PhD (Massey)
Position Director, Centre for Asian Health Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas a.sobrun-maharaj@auckland.ac.nz
Email address
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/soph/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=616D6168303039

Song, Changzoo
Qualification PhD (Hawaii)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Korea
Discipline Political Science
Research areas Korean politics and nationalism; Korean/Asian diasporas and globalization
Email address ch.song@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=cson006

Soon, Chin Boo
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Department of Information System and Operations Management,Business School
Geographical focus Singapore
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Emerging technology in supply chain management; supply chain information systems; the adoption of RFID in New Zealand’s supply chain; transports and logistics
Email address c.soon@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5121.aspx

Srinivasan, Ananth
Qualification PhD (Pittsburgh)
Position Professor, Department of Information System and Operations Management,Business School
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Database management; decision making; electronic commerce; enterprise systems; information modelling; object-oriented technology; software engineering
Email address a.srinivasan@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5075.aspx

Stringer, Christina
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior lecturer, Department of Management and International Business,Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas International business in Asia; New Zealand – Asia trade and investment linkages; Asian development processes; the expansion of Fonterra internationally; foreign direct investment in Asia by New Zealand companies
Email address c.stringer@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5123.aspx

Sun, Jing
Qualification PhD
Position Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas
Email address j.sun@auckland.ac.nz
Website web.ece.auckland.ac.nz/Jahia/site/ece/lang/en/pid/173

Sundaram, David
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Information System and Operations Management, Business School
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Decision support system generators; flexible and evolvable information system; ERP-DSS integration; enterprise system
Email address d.sundaram@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5155.aspx

Suresh, Vinod
Qualification PhD (Stanford)
Position Lecturer, Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Flow and transport in biological systems
Email address v.suresh@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/our_people/academic-staff/vsur006

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Tang, Su
Qualification MEng (UESTC)
Position Senior Tutor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Embedded systems; signal processing
Email address s.tang@auckland.ac.nz
Website web.ece.auckland.ac.nz/Jahia/site/ece/lang/en/pid/175

Tarling, Nicholas
Qualification LittD (Cambridge)
Position Emeritus Professor, New Zealand Asia Institute, Business School
Geographical focus Southeast Asia
Discipline Cultural Studies / History
Research areas Southeast Asian Studies; international students; the history of universities, theatre and opera
Email address n.tarling@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5876.aspx

Tin, Tan Bee
Qualification PhD (Chichester)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics,Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Discourse analysis; materials development; language teacher education, creativity and language play
Email address tb.tin@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=ttin009

Tran, Binh
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Researcher, Woolf Fisher Research Centre, Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Vietnam
Discipline Education
Research areas Language development; literacy development; school interventions; family interventions
Email address binh@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/centres/wfrc

True, Jacqui
Qualification PhD (York-Toronto)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline International Relations
Research areas APEC; regional trade and political economy; gender mainstreaming policy
Email address j.true@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=jtru002

Turner, John B.
Qualification
Position Senior Lecturer, Elam School of Fine Arts, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries
Geographical focus China
Discipline Visual Arts
Research areas History of photography in China; photographic education
Email address jb.turner@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/fine-arts-elam-academic-staff?target=197

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Ullah, Muhammad Aman
Qualification PhD Candidate (Auckland)
Position PhD Scholar, Department of Information Systems and OperationsManagement, Business School
Geographical focus South Asia / Pakistan
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas System dynamics, economics of corruption, growth and development Economics
Email address m.aman@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5508.aspx

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Vasudev, P M
Qualification PhD Candidate (York-Toronto)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Commercial Law, Business School
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Corporate governance and regulation; financial systems and central banks; philosophy and economic pursuits; stock market and securities regulation
Email address p.vasudev@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5358.aspx

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Wang, Judith
Qualification PhD (HKUST)
Position Research Fellow, Energy Centre, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas Transport economics; transportation system modelling
Email address j.wang@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5943.aspx

Wang, Meiju
Qualification MA (Auckland)
Position Coordinator of HSK/YCT Examinations, Confucius Institute
Geographical focus China
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas
Email address meiju.wang@auckland.ac.nz
Website ci.ac.nz/about/our-people/meiju-wang/12

Wang, Shixiao
Qualification PhD (Paris VI)
Position Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Nonlinear functional analysis and PDEs; operator theory, hydrodynamic stability; fluid dynamics; industrial mathematics
Email address wang@math.auckland.ac.nz
Website www.math.auckland.ac.nz/Directory/profile.php?upi=swan026

Wang, Yong
Qualification PhD (Waikato)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Computational statistics; mixture models; survival analysis and data mining
Email address yongwang@stat.auckland.ac.nz
Website www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~yongwang/

Wen, Jingyuan
Qualification PhD (Otago)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Formulation and drug delivery for human and veterinary applications; delivery of peptides and proteins; nanotechnology and lipid; drug transport; particulate systems
Email address j.wen@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sop/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=6A77656E303233

White, Martin
Qualification MEd (Temple)
Position Senior Tutor, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics,Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Academic writing; academic literacy; second language acquisition; genre analysis and academic texts
Email address ms.white@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=mwhi079

Whittaker, Hugh
Qualification PhD (London)
Position Professor, Department of Management and International Business,Business School
Geographical focus Japan
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Socio-economic change and contexts, especially through the prisms of small firms and entrepreneurship, and management, governance and employment in large firms; his research generally considers Japan, and is frequently comparative
Email address h.whittaker@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5159.aspx

Whittred, Greg
Qualification PhD (UNSW)
Position Professor, Business School
Geographical focus Southeast Asia / Singapore
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas
Email address g.whittred@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.business.auckland.ac.nz/Schoolhome/TheSchool/FromtheDeansdesk/tabid/1479/Default.aspx

Wong, Jilnaught
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Professor, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Accounting policy choice; financial accounting
Email address j.wong@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5246.aspx

Wong, Norman
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Accounting & Finance, Business School
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / China
Discipline Business / Management
Research areas Accounting policy choice; financial accounting; governance issues in accounting and finance
Email address n.wong@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5339.aspx

Wouk, Fay
Qualification PhD (California-LA)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics,Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Southeast Asia / Indonesia
Discipline Linguistics
Research areas Languages of Indonesia; interactional grammar; cross-cultural pragmatics; conversation analysis
Email address f.wouk@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=fwou002

Wu, Yanzhen
Qualification PhD (SCUT)
Position Research Fellow, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas
Email address yanzhen.wu@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.abi.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/our-people/researchers

Wu, Zimei
Qualification PhD (Otago)
Position Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Preformulation and drug stability; conventional and novel drug delivery; poor soluble drugs; injectables; tissue irritation; bioavailability improvement; pharmacokinetics; analytical method development and validation
Email address z.wu@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sop/staffct/staff_details.aspx?staffID=7A7775303434

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Xie, Shengquan (Shane)
Qualification PhD (HUST); PhD (Canterbury)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Medical robotics; assistive and rehabilitation robots; parallel robot; robotic hands; image-guided robots for long bone surgery
Email address s.xie@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~sxie007/

Xu, Xun
Qualification PhD (UMIST)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Intelligence and interoperable manufacturing systems; product life cycle assessment
Email address x.xu@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~xxu008/

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Yang, Jian
Qualification PhD (ANU)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific / China
Discipline Political Science
Research areas China’s foreign relations; Asian security; foreign policy-making; global governmental politics; human security; Chinese politics
Email address j.yang@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=jyan024

Yao, Nora
Qualification MA (Auckland)
Position Senior Tutor, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas Contrastive analysis and its implication; teaching methodology in TCFL
Email address n.yao@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=nyao001

Ye, Xin Feng
Qualification PhD (Manchester)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Web services; internet-based computing
Email address xinfeng@cs.auckland.ac.nz
Website www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/our_staff/profile.php?id=xye002

Yoon, Caroline
Qualification PhD (Indiana)
Position Lecturer, School of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education,Faculty of Education
Geographical focus Korea
Discipline Education
Research areas Development of students’ conceptual understandings in mathematics
Email address c.yoon@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/caroline-yoon

Yoon, Hong-Key
Qualification PhD (California-Berkeley)
Position Associate Professor, School of Environment, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus Korea
Discipline Environment
Research areas Cultural geography; cultural attitudes to the environment; ethnic mosaic in Auckland
Email address hk.yoon@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/about_us/our_people/yoon_hongkey/index.shtm

Yoon, Inshil
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus Korea
Discipline Asian Languages & Literature
Research areas Teaching Korean as a foreign language; Korean classics concerning the relationship between culture and environment
Email address ic.yoon@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=iyoo001

Young, Brent
Qualification PhD (Cantuar)
Position Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Process modelling, simulation and control; process development and design especially novel bio and food processes
Email address b.young@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.ecm.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/brent-young

Yuan, Xiaowen
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Polymer and composite materials manufacturing; natural fibre/woodfibre reinforced polymer composite materials; biomedical composites in tissue engineering
Email address xw.yuan@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.mech.auckland.ac.nz/staffpages/yuan.html

Yuan, Ziqi
Qualification MCom (Auckland)
Position Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Business School
Geographical focus China
Discipline Trade / Economics
Research areas Crime, urban forms & property values; spatial econometrics; resource management
Email address z.yuan@auckland.ac.nz
Website staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/5856.aspx

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Zarrouk, Sadiq
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering
Geographical focus Asia / Pacific
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Unconventional reservoir engineering (coalbed methane, enhanced coalbed methane and geothermal); reservoir characterization, well testing and reservoir simulation; geothermal engineering (power production and direct use applications); geothermal energy training; simulation of reacting flows in porous media
Email address s.zarrouk@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/our_people/academic-staff/szar001

Zhang, Yanxin
Qualification PhD (Texas Tech)
Position Lecturer, Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Faculty of Science
Geographical focus China
Discipline Science / Engineering
Research areas Elopment of biomechanical methods to simulate; evaluate and optimize human motions
Email address yanxin.zhang@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.ses.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/science/about/departments/ses/staff/profiles/ses_yanxin.cfm

Zhao, Jichao
Qualification PhD (Western Ontario)
Position Research Fellow, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Geographical focus China
Discipline Health / Medicine
Research areas Computer modelling of hearts/atria
Email address j.zhao@auckland.ac.nz
Website www.abi.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/our-people/researchers

Zhou, Xuelin
Qualification PhD (Auckland)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Film, Television and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus China
Discipline Film & Media Studies
Research areas Chinese cinema; film studies
Email address x.zhou@auckland.ac.nz
Website artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=xzho005

Zuberi, Nabeel
Qualification PhD (Texas)
Position Senior Lecturer, Department of Film, Television and Media Studies,Faculty of Arts
Geographical focus South Asia / India
Discipline Film & Media Studies
Research areas Popular music studies; Indian and South Asian Diaspora media
Email address n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz
Website