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New Associate Investigators 2021

Meet our new Associate Investigators that joined the MacDiarmid Institute whānau in 2021.

Modified: 3 Jun 2022, 10:50 am

Created: 5 May 2022, 7:15 pm
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MacDiarmid Institute - Annual Report 2021

We are a network of leading researchers united in a common goal: to create and explore innovative, sustainable materials that will improve the lives of people in Aotearoa and around the world.

Modified: 3 Jun 2022, 3:01 pm

Created: 2 May 2022, 10:22 am
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Fully funded PhD scholarships available

We are recruiting PhD candidates for fully funded scholarships for our Research Programmes.

Modified: 26 Apr 2022, 12:12 pm

Created: 26 Apr 2022, 11:05 am
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Bridging the divide between theoretical and experimental physics

Dr Kannan Ridings from Rongowhakaata is one of the MacDiarmid Institute’s newest Associate Investigators.

Modified: 4 Sept 2023, 5:11 pm

Created: 22 Feb 2022, 2:32 pm
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Liquid Metals, Surface Patterns, and the possibility of accessing a wider range of nanomaterials

Australian, New Zealand, and American scientists reported a new type of solidification patterns appearing on the surface of solidifying liquid metals.

Modified: 22 Apr 2022, 6:41 pm

Created: 8 Feb 2022, 6:25 pm
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Dr Kannan Ridings

Kannan Ridings (Rongowhakaata) completed his PhD in physics on melting and instabilities in metal nanowires at the University of Auckland. He has since worked as a research fellow, and then as a lecturer at the University of Auckland contributing to the research done by the COVID-19 branching process modelling group. Dr Ridings is also the coordinator for the Tuākana programme at the University of Auckland which offers tutoring and mentoring to Māori and Pasifika students.

Modified: 14 Mar 2023, 10:04 am

Created: 25 Jan 2022, 4:07 pm
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Science for a Sustainable Future - Tauranga (22 November)

Assoc Prof Franck Natali and Dr Emilia Nowak talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

Modified: 4 Nov 2021, 2:47 pm

Created: 4 Nov 2021, 2:29 pm
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Science for a Sustainable Future - Napier (15 November)

Dr Jenny Malmström, Assoc Prof Mark Waterland and Dr Kim McKelvey talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

Modified: 4 Nov 2021, 2:47 pm

Created: 4 Nov 2021, 2:28 pm
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Science for a Sustainable Future - Wanaka (12 November)

Assoc Prof Carla Meledandri and Dr Anna Garden talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

Modified: 4 Nov 2021, 2:47 pm

Created: 4 Nov 2021, 2:27 pm
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Science for a Sustainable Future - Nelson (11 November)

Prof Sally Brooker and Dr Paul Hume talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

Modified: 4 Nov 2021, 2:47 pm

Created: 4 Nov 2021, 2:26 pm
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Dr Muhammad Hanif

Muhammad Hanif is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Auckland. He has been working in New Zealand since March 2013. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Vienna, Austria. His research contributions have been recognised by prestigious awards including the Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship, Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship, and Alan Sargeson Lectureship Award.

Modified: 13 Sept 2023, 1:04 pm

Created: 27 Sept 2021, 1:20 pm
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Towards Low Energy Tech - Hardware for Future Computing

The data centres worldwide that support our digital lifestyles use almost ten times as much electricity per year as the whole of NZ. We will develop computing materials that process information more like a brain, and that use far less energy than conventional electronics.

Modified: 31 May 2023, 1:26 pm

Created: 12 Jun 2021, 5:34 am
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