Dr Paul Hume

Associate Investigator

Towards Zero Carbon - Catalytic Architectures

Address:
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
Alan MacDiarmid Building, Room AM201
PO Box 600
Wellington 6012

paul.hume@vuw.ac.nz

Biography

Paul completed his PhD in chemistry at the University of Auckland before moving to the University of Nottingham Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, where he studied organic solar cell materials. After first returning to the University of Auckland, he joined Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington as a MacDiarmid Institute Research Fellow working in the ultrafast spectroscopy group led by Professor Justin Hodgkiss.

Research interests

Paul’s research focuses on the photophysics of light-responsive organic materials, particularly for environmental applications such as organic solar cells and photocatalysts. His work combines theoretical chemistry & photophysics, spectroscopy, and materials synthesis to guide the development of new materials.

Many of the world’s challenges can be seen as energy problems in one way or another, and combining different ways of thinking about energy materials is an exciting way to make progress.
Dr Paul Hume

In the news

News Article

2023 Marsden grant success

November 3, 2023

Congratulations to our long list of Marsden winners this year - it's wonderful to see the talent being recognised with Fast-Start grants, and those at the next career stage with their first Standard grants, and especially great to see the strong thread of materials for sustainability running through this list.

In The Media

New Zealand researchers use world-first technology to discover how melanin protects skin from UV radiation

October 17, 2022

NZ researchers have used world-first tech to discover how melanin protects the skin from UV radiation, findings could lead to better sunscreens & longer-lasting paints.

Annual Report

Science for a sustainable future

May 27, 2022

The 2021 Regional Lecture Series was able to go ahead in-person this year, with the theme of Science for a Sustainable Future.

Annual Report

Independent Postdoctoral Fellows - Annual Report 2018

April 8, 2019

An overview of the research interests of each of our six new Independent Postdoctoral Fellows.

Annual Report

2018 funding successes - Annual Report 2018

April 8, 2019

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2018. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.