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Critical Minerals, Material Solutions - Wellington (16 September)

Join us in Wellington, where Nicola Gaston and Chris Bumby will discuss what scientists could make instead of using critical minerals.

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Two affiliated start-ups are finalists in the 2026 KiwiNet awards

KiwiNet today announced that two MacDiarmid Institute affiliated start-up companies have been selected as finalists in the 2026 KiwiNet awards.

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Created: 6/08/2026, 2:16 pm
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Our affiliated start-ups in the media

Our affiliated start-ups in the media

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Created: 4/06/2026, 4:37 pm
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Dr Jackson Miller

Jackson Miller received his PhD (Physics) from Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2022. He was a postdoctoral research fellow also at Victoria University of Wellington from 2022-2023, working in the spintronics group, studying the magnetism of rare-earth nitrides. He is now a Scientist at Victoria University of Wellington’s Robinson Research Institute where he is pursuing the integration of the same rare-earth nitride materials in various low-temperature electronics technologies.

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Growing within a 'world-class scientific community' - our new PhD students tell us why they chose to be part of our research

Our new PhD students from NZ and around the globe on why they chose to be part of our research.

Modified: 17/08/2026, 3:01 pm

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Optimising networks for brain-like performance - Annual Report 2025

When scientists make connections and collaborate with other scientists in other labs, whole new horizons can open up.

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Nine Kiwi startups could offset emissions at the scale of NZ forests

Today’s launch of the New Zealand Cleantech Impact Report 2026 shows New Zealand has a pipeline of Cleantech companies with…

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Created: 22/04/2026, 4:00 am
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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.

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Call for Post-Doctoral Fellowship Proposals

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

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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…

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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…

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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.’

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