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19 of our Investigators have been successful across 12 Marsden projects

This year 19 of our Investigators have been successful across 12 Marsden projects:

University of Auckland Marsden projects led by MacDiarmid…

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Weaving pūtaiao Māori into materials science

Highlighting here some of our research weaving pūtaiao Māori into materials science

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Board farewells former Director Professor Richard Blaikie

Last week we farewelled from our Governance Board former Director Professor Richard Blaikie, who stays on as an Emeritus Investigator with the Institute. ‘This research, and its immediate relevance to the manufacture of precise nanostructures in the electronics industry, is an important precursor to the Institute’s current Future Computing research programme.’

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Showcasing climate innovation: Cleantech takes the lead in Christchurch

When University of Canterbury Professor Aaron Marshall first heard of the high cost of recycling zinc waste, he didn’t realise…

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Celebrating Matariki values in our research

Deputy Director Māori, Associate Professor Pauline Harris, explores some of our research that relates to the values of Matariki.

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New horizons for Māori in aerospace - Annual Report 2024

Māori understand voyages into the unknown - with an ancient mastery of astronomy, Māori ancestors charted the vast Pacific.

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Welcome to our Investigators in new roles

We welcome ten new Principal Investigators and ten new Associate Investigators

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Professor Ocean Mercier

Ocean Ripeka Mercier (Ngāti Porou) completed her PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in 2002, using optical conductivity to characterise colossal magnetoresistance. During a subsequent postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Sir Paul Callaghan and Dr Mark Hunter, she measured brine diffusion in Antarctic sea ice using Earth's field NMR. Ocean witnessed the birth of the MacDiarmid Institute during this time, and was privileged to give a vote of thanks for Nobel laureate Professor Alan MacDiarmid during his address at Wellington's Town Hall. In Ocean's teaching in Māori studies, she has developed courses in pūtaiao (Māori science), mātauranga taketake (Indigenous knowledge and science) and te taunaha whenua (mapping), contributing to Te Kawa a Māui's Kaitiakitanga major. Her research explores the many social, political and cultural dimensions of science, including intersections of mātauranga Māori and science. 

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Quarterly newsletters

We send newsletters as a quarterly update of what the Institute been up to as well as a way for us to share with you events, and opportunities to stay connected with the MacDiarmid Institute.

Our Alumni Newsletter is a quarterly update of what the Institute been up to as well as a way for us to share with our alumni jobs and events, and opportunities to stay connected with the MacDiarmid Institute whānau.

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Weaving Mātauranga Māori with contemporary science to create sustainable materials for water purification - Annual Report 2023

The structure of harakeke (New Zealand flax) closely mirrors that of polymeric membranes often used in water purification.

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AMN10 - Annual Report 2023

New funding initiatives, biggest ever AMN10 outreach programme and the conference's first ever commercial stream.

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MacDiarmid Institute DiscoveryCamp 2023 Waiata

The MacDiarmid Institute DiscoveryCamp 2023 participants in the Chemical and Process Engineering Labs at University of Canterbury.

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