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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.'

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MacDiarmid Institute lecture - A Century of Quantum Mechanics

Aotearoa New Zealand will be the first place in the world to commemorate the  International Year of Quantum Science and Technology on 15 January 2025, with the MacDiarmid Institute lecture 'A Century of Quantum Mechanics: How 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics changed our perspective on reality.

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MacDiarmid Institute researchers successful in latest MBIE round

The MacDiarmid Institute is pleased to share the following successes from its researchers in this year’s MBIE Endeavour Fund round.

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ICAM Week of Science 2025

The ICAM Week of Science 2025 will convene an exceptional group of scientists from across the globe to discuss the emergent frontier of matter and energy, from biological and soft to quantum matter.

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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.

Modified: 30/05/2025, 10:57 am

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New Deputy Directors - Annual Report 2023

We have appointed two new Deputy Directors - for Outreach and Education, and for Commercialisation and Industry Engagement.

Modified: 5/06/2024, 6:36 am

Created: 13/04/2024, 7:16 pm
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MacDiarmid Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships - Annual Report 2023

We welcome Dr Caitlin Casey-Stevens, Dr Amy Yewdall, and Dr Bicheng Zhu with Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships.

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Created: 13/04/2024, 6:58 pm
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Inspired by the brain: Networks of nanoparticles can compute like 'spiking' neurons - Annual Report 2023

The human brain may be the most energy efficient computing system to have existed, requiring just 12 watts of power.

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Co-Directors appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi

MacDiarmid Institute Co-Directors Professor Nicola Gaston and Professor Justin Hodgkiss have both been elected to the New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi’s Academy.

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Dr William Holmes-Hewett

William Holmes-Hewett received his PhD in physics from Victoria University of Wellington in 2020 on the electronic structure of rare earth nitrides. He continued this work as a postdoctoral fellow from 2020-2023. He is now a Scientist at Wellington’s Robinson Research Institute where he is pursuing the integration of the same rare-earth nitride materials in cryogenic and superconducting memory technologies.

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Dr Daniel Sando

Daniel Sando earned his PhD in physics from the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia) on experimental laser physics in 2010. Following his PhD, he held postdoctoral positions at Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales (France) and the Center for Correlated Electron Systems (Seoul, South Korea) until 2015. He then joined UNSW Sydney as a research fellow. Since 2023, he has been a Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury.

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Three Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded

The MacDiarmid Institute has three new Independent Postdoctoral Fellows.

Modified: 2/02/2024, 6:53 pm

Created: 24/05/2023, 4:01 pm
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