Our Staff
Management team
Jo Thomas
Group Director
David Hall
Team Manager (Applied Science)
Senior academic staff members and programme coordinators
Georgia Notman
Programme Coordinator and Senior Academic Staff Member (Animal Technology)
Jacqueline Margetts
Programme Coordinator and Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)
Chathurika Samarakoon
Programme Coordinator and Senior Academic staff Member (Applied Science)
Jonathan Summers
Programme Coordinator and Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)
Academic staff members
Bruce Raine
Academic Staff Member (Applied Science)
Denis O'Brien
Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)
Kirstin Eade
Work Placement Coordinator (Animal Technology)
Veronica Keucke
Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)
Gary Knewstub
Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)
Sanaz Ghoreishi
Academic Staff Member
Laura Cummins
Academic Staff Member (Animal Technology)
Rex Pepper
Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)
Meryl Elton
Academic Staff Member (Animal Technology)
Allied professional and support staff
Shelley Cox
Off-Site Student Support Coordinator
Francois Botha
Operations Support Technician
Cheryl Brooks
Academic Administrator
Gayani Weralupitiya
Laboratory Technician
Kylie Baker
Academic Administrator
Minh Vu
Laboratory Technician
Michelle Chapman
Academic Administrator
Lisa Watene
Laboratory Technician
Lyn Robertson
Academic Administrator
