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Science Executive
The Science Executive, which meets every three months, provides a vital sounding board and source of guidance for the Director and Deputy Directors in their day-by-day leadership roles.
This executive comprises the Co-Directors, the Deputy Directors, Science Leaders, elected Principal Investigator (PI) and Associate Investigator (AI) representatives, a Māori Research representative and a representative of MESA. The Institute's Centre Manager, Strategic Engagement Manager and Commercialisation Manager are also members of the Science Executive.
Deputy Director Commercialisation and Industry Engagement
Associate Professor Natalie Plank
Victoria University of Wellington
Programme Leader: Towards Low Energy Tech - Hardware for Future Computing
University of Canterbury
Programme Leader: Towards Zero Waste - Reconfigurable Systems
Associate Professor Volker Nock
University of Canterbury
Programme Leader: Towards Zero Carbon - Catalytic Architectures
Massey University
PI Elected Representative
Victoria University of Wellington
MESA REPRESENTATIVE - CO-CHAIR
Victoria University of Wellington
EX OFFICIO - Strategic Manager Māori
Victoria University of Wellington
EX OFFICIO - PROGRAMME MANAGER
Victoria University of Wellington
ex officio - Commercialisation Manager
Works across all partner campuses
ex officio - Strategic Engagement Manager
Victoria University of Wellington
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