{"id":643,"date":"2018-12-17T08:32:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T19:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/?page_id=643"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:14:52","slug":"group-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/group-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the Clocktower stairs (Apr 2025<\/strong>), from left: James Theobald (Chem390), Sannath Mathapathi (USA undergrad exchange), Michael Bennington (RA), Kieran DeMonte (PhD), Jayden Heywood (MSc), Jack Bloomfield (Chem390), Varinder Singh (PhD), Niklas Plenio (German MSc exchange) and Sally.<\/p>\n

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Research group photos from previous years<\/h3>\n

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In front of Clocktower and Leith River (Nov 2024<\/strong>): Michael Bennington, Allegra Logan, Sally, Niklas Plenio (visiting Diplom\/MSc from Mainz Uni), Varinder Singh (missing: Kieran DeMonte, who was away working with our collaborators)<\/p>\n

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Celebrating Matt’s PhD completion (late\u00a02023<\/strong>), from left: Hajie Tamorite, Michael Bennington, Matt Robb, Kieran DeMonte, Sally (missing: Varinder Singh, who was away working with our collaborators)<\/p>\n

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In front of the Staff Club (Nov 2022<\/strong>), from left: Varinder Singh, Michael Bennington, Kieran DeMonte, Matt Robb, Hajie Tamorite, Sally.<\/p>\n

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Left to right (Jan 2022<\/strong>) on the Staff Club terrace: Sally, Matt Robb, Michael Bennington, Hajie Tamorite, Varinder Singh.<\/p>\n

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Part of Brookers Bunch in the Mellor Foyer (22 June 2020<\/strong>): (back L to R) Sriram, Sally, Matt (front L to R) Varinder, Luca, Fola and Rosa. Missing: Sandhya, Abdullah and Michael (with collaborators at Canterbury).\u00a0 Photo: Sharron Bennett.<\/p>\n

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From left to right (2020<\/strong>, physically distanced due to COVID19): Michael, Abdullah, Fola, Sandhya, Luca, Matt, Rosa, Sriram.<\/p>\n

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From left to right (October 2018<\/strong>): Alice, Fabrice, William, Humphrey, Andreas, Sally, Santi, Luca, Leon, Sandhya, Sriram, Abdullah. Missing: Fola (as he is with collaborators in Montreal). Photo: Sharron Bennett.<\/p>\n

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From left to right (Oct 2018<\/strong>, bank of the Leith River):\u00a0\u00a0L\u00e9on Escomel, Abdullah Abudayyeh, Dr Humphrey Feltham, Luca Bond\u00ed, Alice Endersbee, William Pelet, Sandhya Singh, Sriram Sundaresan, Dr Santi Rodr\u00edguez Jim\u00e9nez, Fabrice Karabulut,\u00a0Andreas D\u00fcrrmann.\u00a0 Photo: Sally.<\/p>\n

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From left to right (2017,<\/strong> Registry staircase):\u00a0Dr Humphrey Feltham, Michael Bennington,\u00a0JJ Hrudka, Hannah Davidson, Reece Miller, Stuart Malthus, Santi Rodr\u00edguez Jim\u00e9nez, Sally, Ross Hogue.\u00a0Photo: Sharron Bennett.<\/p>\n

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From left to right (2016<\/strong>):\u00a0 Ross Hogue, Fabrice Karabulut, Santi Rodr\u00edguez Jim\u00e9nez, Dr Humphrey Feltham, Denis Bitner, Sally, Sven Porath, Hannah Davidson, Michael Bennington, Stuart Malthus.<\/p>\n

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From left to right (2015, CFI stairs)<\/strong>:\u00a0Santi Rodr\u00edguez Jim\u00e9nez, Ross Hogue, Michael Bennington, A\/Prof Darren Jansen, Hannah Davidson, Sally,\u00a0Dr Humphrey Feltham, Reece Miller, Stuart Malthus.<\/p>\n

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From left to right (24 Feb 2014, Registry lawns):<\/strong>\u00a0Alexis Baltrop, Santi Rodriguez, Hannah Davidson, Michael Bennington,\u00a0Prof Sally Brooker, Ross Hogue, Sebastien Dhers, Dr Humphrey Feltham.\u00a0Missing: Reece Miller and Stuart Malthus. Photo by Anthony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brookers Bunch in front of the NZ Christmas tree (pohutakawa) outside the Chemistry Department, January 2013<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n

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From left to right (2013):<\/strong>\u00a0Dr Humphrey Feltham, Dr Nick White, Dan Preston, Reece Miller, Dr Raf Kulmaczewski,\u00a0Sebastien Dhers, Anton Wiebe, Rajni Wilson, Prof Sally Brooker. Photo by Tan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My research group (Brooker’s Bunch)\u00a0May 2012.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Left to right (2012)<\/strong>: (front) Alain Valery, Raf Kulmaczewski , Rajni Wilson;
\n(then the rest of us, Left to Right) Reece Miller, Ross Hogue, Scott Cameron,
\nHumphrey Feltham, Sebastien Dhers, Michael Bennington, me.
\nPhoto taken on 28 May 2012 in the Centre for Innovation, University of Otago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My research group (Brooker’s Bunch)\u00a0November 2011.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Left to right (2011):<\/strong>\u00a0Back row: Sebastien Dhers, Scott Cameron, Humphrey Feltham, Ross Hogue
\nMiddle row: Dr Juan Olguin, Matthew Cowan, Prof Sally Brooker
\nFront row: Rajni Sanyal, Stephanie Miller
\nPhoto taken on the Registry steps by Theresa Mendoza on 23 November 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My research group (Brooker’s Bunch)\u00a0November 2010.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Left to right (2010):<\/strong>\u00a0Front row: Juan Olguin, Dr Victoria Milway, Rajni Sanyal.
\nSecond row: Scott Cameron, Humphrey Feltham, Reece Miller. Third row: Michael Juchum, Worku Gobeze.\u00a0Fourth row: Michael Bennington, Professor Sally Brooker (absent: Matthew Cowan)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (Nov 2009):\u00a0<\/strong>Front row: Dr Holger Willms, Matthew Cowen, Dr Victoria Milway.\u00a0Second row: Worku Gobeze, Dr Jon Kitchen, Rajni Sanyal.
\nThird row: Scott Cameron. Fourth row: Jamie Lewis, Humphrey Feltham.
\nFifth row: Dr Laszlo Mercs, Professor Sally Brooker (absent: Juan Olguin)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (Feb 2009):<\/strong>\u00a0Humphrey Feltham, Scott Cameron, Juan Olguin, Matthew Cowan, Professor Sally Brooker,\u00a0Jon Kitchen, Rajni Sanyal, Jamie Lewis, Worku Gobeze, Julia Rinck (absent: Ryan Hellyer)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (Apr 2008):<\/strong>\u00a0Front row: Frederik Kloewer, Matthew Cowan, Worku Gobeze and Jon Kitchen.\u00a0Middle row: Nick White, Juan Olguin and Humphrey Feltham
\nBack row: Scott Cameron, Ryan Hellyer and Professor Sally Brooker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (July 2007):<\/strong>\u00a0Humphrey Feltham, Dr Andy Noble, Dr Owen Clements, Jon Kitchen, Juan Olguin,\u00a0Professor Sally Brooker, Worku Gobeze, Scott Cameron, Nick White and Ryan Hellyer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (March 2007):<\/strong>\u00a0Visitors Professor Jane Nelson (Belfast) and Dr Grace Morgan (Dublin);\u00a0Humphrey Feltham, Ryan Hellyer, Jon Kitchen, Dr Andy Noble, Dr Owen Clements,\u00a0Professor Sally Brooker, Nick White and Scott Cameron<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong>\u00a0The Registry Clocktower of the University of Otago, New Zealand’s first University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (Jan 2006):<\/strong>\u00a0Dr Jason Price, Nick White, Dr Andy Noble, Professor Sally Brooker, Jon Kitchen and Ryan Hellyer<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong>\u00a0The Registry Clocktower of the University of Otago, New Zealand’s first University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (March 2005):<\/strong>\u00a0Associate Professor Sally Brooker, Vikas Aggarwal,
\nDr Jason Price, Jon Kitchen, Dr Yanhua Lan and Dr Robyn Handel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (Dec 2004):<\/strong>\u00a0Shaun Presow, Dr Robyn Handel, Associate Professor Sally Brooker,\u00a0Yanhua Lan, Jon Kitchen and Dr Jason Price.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (Feb 2004):<\/strong>\u00a0Dr Markus Weitzer, Shaun Presow, Dr Jason Price, Yanhua Lan, Dr Carsten Brandt, Julia Hausmann,\u00a0Simon Iremonger, Rongqing Li, Associate Professor Sally Brooker (missing: Marco Klingele)<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong>The Registry Clocktower of the University of Otago, New Zealand’s first University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left to right (April 2003):<\/strong> Dr Wolfgang Mohr, Marco Klingele, Julia Hausmann, Yanhua Lan, Dr Carsten Brandt, Tanya Ronson, Simon Iremonger, Rongqing Li, Associate Professor Sally Brooker, and in front, Dr Udo Beckman<\/p>\n

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The multi-disciplinary \u2018Lanthanide complexes as luminescent biolabels\u2019 research team (the Lanthanide Lights) January 2003.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Left to right:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr Sally McCormick<\/a>,\u00a0Dr Jean Fleming<\/a>, Dr Wolfgang Mohr, Dr Graham Motson, Tanya Ronson, Associate Professor Sally Brooker<\/h4>\n

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November 2002.<\/strong>\u00a0Left to right: Dr Graham Motson, Dr Katie Heslop, Julia Hausmann, Simon Iremonger, Tanya Ronson, Tom Mulder, Marco Klingele,\u00a0Dr Udo Beckmann<\/a>, Yanhua Lan, Associate Professor Sally Brooker, Rongqing Li.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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March 2002<\/strong>. Left to right: Marco Klingele, Yanhua Lan, Rongqing Li, Julia Hausmann, Graham Motson, Ian Hewitt, Sally Brooker, Ruth Waldron, Tanya Ronson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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August 2001<\/strong>. Left to right: Yanhua Lan, Janna Ewing, Rongqing Li, Julia Hausmann, Marco Klingele, Sally Brooker.
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2000<\/b>. Left to right: Duncan de Geest, Sally Brooker, Tony Davidson, Melissa Payne, Craig Depree, Janna Ewing, Dietmar Kennepohl (missing: Rongqing Li)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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1999<\/b>. My research group (Brooker’s Bunch) on a beautiful summer day.
\nLeft to right: Sally Brooker, Malcolm Pahl, Paul Plieger, Sarah Hay, Tony Davidson.
\nBackground: The Registry Clocktower of the University of Otago, New Zealand’s first University.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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1998<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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1997.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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First Brookers Bunch members (1992), from left to right:<\/strong> Fiona Roxburgh (undergrad lab tech), Sally, and honours project students Tim Simpson and Paul Croucher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the Clocktower stairs (Apr 2025), from left: James Theobald (Chem390), Sannath Mathapathi (USA undergrad exchange), Michael Bennington (RA), Kieran DeMonte (PhD), Jayden Heywood (MSc), Jack Bloomfield (Chem390), Varinder Singh (PhD), Niklas Plenio (German MSc exchange) and Sally. Research group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5291,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-643","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/brooker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}