Authors

Jacqueline Leckie is a researcher and writer based in Otepoti Dunedin. She was a former J. D. Stout research fellow and is now an adjunct research fellow with the Stout Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, and conjoint associate professor in the School of Creative Industries and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is a fellow of the New Zealand Indian Research Institute, an affiliated researcher of Centre for Global Migrations (Otago), and co-editor of the Journal of Pacific History.

Dr Katharina Lederle is a specialist in human sleep and fatigue, who has advised organisations around the world on issues of fatigue and sleep deprivation. She provides educational talks, runs workshops, and consults with individuals on how we can improve our sleep and live our lives to the full.

Dr Katharina Lederle is a specialist in human sleep and fatigue, who has advised organisations around the world on issues of fatigue and sleep deprivation. She provides educational talks, runs workshops, and consults with individuals on how we can improve our sleep and live our lives to the full.

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Rev. Timothy Lee serves as an itinerant Baptist pastor and preacher. He is a supervisor, chaplain, and an active leader and participant in several organisations and local community groups. Formerly a diesel mechanic in the agricultural industry, he grew up on a dairy farm and is very proud of his rural heritage. He is married to Jenny. They have two adult sons, a precious daughter-in-law, and a delightful young grandson.

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Daphne Lee has been a coordinator of the research team at Foulden Maar since 2003. She is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Geology Department at the University of Otago. In 2017, Daphne received the McKay Hammer from the Geoscience Society of New Zealand, the premier award for geological research in New Zealand. Uwe Kaulfuss completed a PhD focusing on the sedimentology and palaeontology of Foulden Maar. In 2009, he received the Harold Wellman Prize for the discovery of fossil insects at Foulden Maar. Uwe is based at the University of Göttingen, Germany, working on the biogeography and evolution of New Zealand fossil insects, funded by the German Research Foundation. John Conran is a botanist and paleobotanist who joined the Foulden Maar research group in 2006. He has co-supervised several University of Otago postgraduate student projects on aspects of Foulden Maar flora. John is currently based at the University of Adelaide.

Kelly Lee is a teacher, educational curriculum designer and mum who loves nothing more than to read stories with her children and students. She lives with four children — well, one is actually just her husband who is a big kid at heart — and a big fluffball named Kovu. Kelly lives in Australia and can see kangaroos over her back fence.  Amy Calautti loved to draw from a young age and often made up games based around drawing to entertain her younger brother and cousins. Amy now lives with her small tribe of humans who inspire her every day.

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