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KiwiNet winners - Annual Report 2022

The MacDiarmid Institute’s research is now called ‘Deep Tech’ by the various investors who beat a path to our door.

Modified: 25/07/2023, 2:34 pm

Created: 20/04/2023, 7:46 pm
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Science for a sustainable future

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

Modified: 21/12/2022, 1:34 pm

Created: 27/05/2022, 2:27 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: 4/11/2021, 2:47 pm

Created: 4/11/2021, 2:27 pm
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2020

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2020. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 16/03/2022, 4:09 pm

Created: 24/03/2021, 3:42 pm
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How can materials science offer a greener future for our planet? - Annual Report 2019

In 2019, we focused our annual regional showcase on 'NZ Innovation for Sustainability.'

Modified: 28/05/2020, 3:05 pm

Created: 28/05/2020, 2:13 pm
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2019 Lecture Series: NZ Innovation for Sustainability

Associate Professor Carla Meledandri and Professor Shane Telfer talk about how materials science is offering a greener future for our planet.

Modified: 19/12/2019, 10:12 am

Created: 28/08/2019, 5:02 pm
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Awards - Annual Report 2018

This article from our 2018 Annual Report provides information about the range of awards received by MacDiarmid Institute Investigators over the past year.

Modified: 26/05/2020, 6:09 pm

Created: 8/04/2019, 12:36 am
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Patents and spinouts 2018 - Annual Report 2018

This article from our 2018 Annual Report provides information about the MacDiarmid Institute's latest inventions, patents and spinouts.

Modified: 30/05/2019, 5:48 pm

Created: 8/04/2019, 12:30 am
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Associate Professor Carla Meledandri

Carla Meledandri is a physical chemist and nanoscientist with a particular passion for research that connects fundamental science with real-world applications. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Penn State (PA, USA), followed by early-career research at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (MD, USA) and completed her PhD from Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland). In 2009, Carla moved to New Zealand to join the academic staff in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago, where she progressed to Associate Professor. Her research focused on the development of nanoscale and nanocomposite materials using colloidal chemistry techniques, with applications spanning a variety of sectors.

Modified: 30/06/2025, 9:20 am

Created: 14/02/2019, 2:38 pm
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3 Into the Communtiy - Annual Report 2017

The MacDiarmid Institute has a long history of supporting sustained community engagement activities by our investigators, from the DiscoveryCamp programme for Māori and Pacific Island high school students that has been running since the Institute was founded, to the physics teachers’ workshops developed by Professor Michele Governale and Associate Professor Ben Ruck over the last three years.

Modified: 20/10/2021, 9:16 pm

Created: 2/07/2018, 12:00 am
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Productivity Commission cites MacDiarmid Institute as key organisation contributing to low emissions materials and technologies

The Productivity Commission Report on Low Emissions Economy notes the MacDiarmid Institute has research strength in this area.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:30 pm

Created: 27/04/2018, 12:00 am
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Women in Nanoscience

Following the MacDiarmid regional lecture series we have gathered some pieces where women in Nanoscience tell their stories.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:33 pm

Created: 4/09/2017, 12:00 am
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