Prof David Williams: 2011 Maurice Wilkins Centre Prize

Prof David Williams was awarded the 2011 New Zealand Institute of Chemistry’s Maurice Wilkins Centre Prize. The prize is awarded to a member of the Institute who has made a significant contribution to some branch of chemical science, in the past five years. David is based in the Department of Chemistry at Auckland University and is a specialist of electrochemistry. He is a Principal Investigator in the MacDiarmid Institute (Theme VI). David has made considerable advances in the field of sensing, which have led to the introduction of robust new materials for gas sensors and ingenious new ways of fabricating sensors and employing them in trace gas measurement instruments, leading to successful new companies.