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New Associate Investigators 2021

Meet our new Associate Investigators that joined the MacDiarmid Institute whānau in 2021.

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MacDiarmid Institute - Annual Report 2021

We are a network of leading researchers united in a common goal: to create and explore innovative, sustainable materials that will improve the lives of people in Aotearoa and around the world.

Modified: 3/06/2022, 3:01 pm

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Fully funded PhD scholarships available

We are recruiting PhD candidates for fully funded scholarships for our Research Programmes.

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Created: 26/04/2022, 11:05 am
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Bridging the divide between theoretical and experimental physics

Dr Kannan Ridings from Rongowhakaata is one of the MacDiarmid Institute’s newest Associate Investigators.

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Liquid Metals, Surface Patterns, and the possibility of accessing a wider range of nanomaterials

Australian, New Zealand, and American scientists reported a new type of solidification patterns appearing on the surface of solidifying liquid metals.

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Dr Kannan Ridings

Kannan Ridings (Rongowhakaata) completed his PhD in physics on melting and instabilities in metal nanowires at the University of Auckland. He has since worked as a research fellow, and then as a lecturer at the University of Auckland contributing to the research done by the COVID-19 branching process modelling group. Dr Ridings is also the coordinator for the Tuākana programme at the University of Auckland which offers tutoring and mentoring to Māori and Pasifika students.

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Created: 25/01/2022, 4:07 pm
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Science for a Sustainable Future - Tauranga (22 November)

Assoc Prof Franck Natali and Dr Emilia Nowak talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

Modified: 4/11/2021, 2:47 pm

Created: 4/11/2021, 2:29 pm
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Science for a Sustainable Future - Napier (15 November)

Dr Jenny Malmström, Assoc Prof Mark Waterland and Dr Kim McKelvey talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

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Science for a Sustainable Future - Wanaka (12 November)

Assoc Prof Carla Meledandri and Dr Anna Garden talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

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Science for a Sustainable Future - Nelson (11 November)

Prof Sally Brooker and Dr Paul Hume talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

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Created: 4/11/2021, 2:26 pm
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Associate Professor Muhammad Hanif

Muhammad Hanif is an associate professor at the University of Auckland. He has been working in New Zealand since March 2013. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Vienna, Austria. His research contributions have been recognised by prestigious awards including the Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship, Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship, and Alan Sargeson Lectureship Award.

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Created: 27/09/2021, 1:20 pm
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Towards Low Energy Tech - Hardware for Future Computing

The data centres worldwide that support our digital lifestyles use almost ten times as much electricity per year as the whole of NZ. We are developing computing materials that process information more like a brain, and that use far less energy than conventional electronics.

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