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Dr Talia Xu

Talia Xu completed her PhD at Delft University of Technology in 2024, where her research focused on low-power wireless communication using ambient light. She is now a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, where she has held an academic position since July 2024.

Modified: 24/03/2026, 8:06 am

Created: 20/03/2026, 4:12 pm
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Call for Post-Doctoral Fellowship Proposals

The MacDiarmid Institute invites applications for new Post-Doctoral Fellowship Proposals.

Modified: 27/02/2026, 11:35 am

Created: 16/12/2025, 4:15 pm
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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…

Modified: 13/11/2025, 4:02 pm

Created: 6/11/2025, 4:52 pm
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Two of our researchers take home 2025 KiwiNet Research Commercialisation awards

Two of our researchers took home KiwiNet awards last night — Dr Ben Mallett won the Ara Ake Breakthrough Innovator…

Modified: 23/10/2025, 1:59 pm

Created: 23/10/2025, 12:54 pm
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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.’

Modified: 9/10/2025, 5:56 pm

Created: 11/08/2025, 11:38 am
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Three MacDiarmid Institute researchers (plus one affiliated company) are finalists in the 2025 KiwiNet Awards

Three MacDiarmid Institute researchers (plus one affiliated company) are finalists in the 2025 KiwiNet Awards. Principal Investigator Professor Aaron Marshall, and Associate Investigators Dr Michel Nieuwoudt and Dr Ben Mallett have been shortlisted for the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards.

Modified: 23/10/2025, 9:11 am

Created: 7/08/2025, 8:32 am
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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…

Modified: 16/07/2025, 3:52 pm

Created: 16/07/2025, 1:27 pm
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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.

Modified: 15/07/2025, 8:49 am

Created: 19/06/2025, 6:13 pm
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Magnetic sandwiches for advanced computing - Annual Report 2024

Physicists are combining atoms in novel ways to create new materials for the next generation of computers.

Modified: 18/07/2025, 2:26 am

Created: 14/06/2025, 7:14 pm
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International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

A few of our Sci Fi / Sci Fact podcast episodes that relate to quantum science and technology.

Modified: 14/04/2025, 7:53 pm

Created: 11/04/2025, 3:36 pm
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Welcome to our Investigators in new roles

We welcome ten new Principal Investigators and ten new Associate Investigators

Modified: 15/07/2025, 8:51 am

Created: 2/04/2025, 10:15 am
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Dr Freddy Lyzwa

Freddy Lyzwa is a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. 

Modified: 8/04/2025, 2:21 pm

Created: 13/03/2025, 9:41 pm
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