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Professor Shane Telfer

Shane Telfer was born in the town of Clyde in Central Otago, New Zealand. He completed a BSc (Hons) and a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Canterbury, and is now a Professor of Chemistry at Massey University. This gradual drift northwards was punctuated by a post-doctoral odyssey that included stops in Geneva, Tokyo and Montreal.

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MacDiarmid Professor Shane Telfer helps easing life for asthmatics

Scientists hope to help asthma sufferers and others needing oxygen at home by developing molecular sponges with nanoscale-sized pores to purify the air.

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Luke Liu: Metal-Organic Frameworks

Luke Liu builds molecular sponges—known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, these molecular sponges have the potential to store and separate industrial compounds such as hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide with high efficiency. The energy required to separate these compounds using current methods is high—for example, about a third of the power generated from coal burning is used to capture the carbon dioxide from the post-combustion gas mixtures produced during the coal burning process.

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Created: 10/07/2015, 12:00 am
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Public Lecture Series: The Energy Revolution

The age of fossil fuels is coming to an end and global warming from their burning is undeniable - but when will tomorrow begin? Will there be a long transition period, with a mish-mash of renewables while we learn to harness the sun’s energy efficiently, as plants have been doing for 3.5 billion years? Is there even enough sunlight striking the Earth to supply the increasing energy demands of 6-9 billion humans?

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Shane Telfer - microscopic pores for CO2 capture

Professor Shane Telfer is working to capture carbon in the atmosphere so climate change can be more effectively tackled.

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