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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: 12/08/2025, 8:38 am

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: 7/08/2025, 2:27 pm

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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Dr Ciaran Moore

Ciaran Moore completed his PhD on near-field imaging with optical superlenses at the University of Canterbury. During that time he was a student member of the MacDiarmid Institute and was fortunate to complete a MacDiarmid Institute-sponsored internship at IBM Research’s Almaden Lab in San Jose, California. After graduation he took up an academic position at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, where he worked for six years before returning to the University of Canterbury as a senior lecturer in Embedded Systems.

Modified: 13/03/2025, 9:27 pm

Created: 13/03/2025, 9:11 pm
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Turning Waste into Wealth

‘Recycling less than 10% of plastics is a disaster for the planet.

Modified: 13/03/2025, 1:59 pm

Created: 12/03/2025, 12:35 pm
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Celebrating International Women's Day 2025

As part of International Women's Day IWD2025, we're celebrating our younger researchers and some of their recent achievements 

Modified: 15/07/2025, 8:52 am

Created: 11/03/2025, 8:56 am
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NZ first in the world to commemorate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

Aotearoa New Zealand was the first place in the world to commemorate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). We kicked off the public celebrations for IYQ with the MacDiarmid Institute public lecture on 15 January: 'A Century of Quantum Mechanics: How 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics changed our perspective on reality.'

Modified: 20/02/2025, 4:23 pm

Created: 19/02/2025, 2:41 pm
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