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Professor Nicola Gaston

Professor Nicola Gaston is the Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, and a Professor in Physics at the University of Auckland, where her research group conducts quantum-mechanical simulations of the electronic and thermodynamic behaviour of nanoscale materials. The goal is to find new ways of making materials that address issues of sustainability – whether addressing issues of energy sustainability, or by designing materials to be more sustainably synthesized and indeed recycled.

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Professor Michele Governale

After obtaining his PhD from the University of Pisa in Italy in 2001, Michele has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Karlsruhe, Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Ruhr-Unversität Bochum, and Dusiburg-Essen University. In 2009 he moved to Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, where he is currently based.

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Professor Ben Ruck

Ben completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington before undertaking postdoctoral work at in the Molecular Beam Epitaxy Laboratory of Professor Tom Tiedje at the University of British Columbia. He returned to New Zealand on a FRST Postdoctoral Fellowship working with Professor Joe Trodahl before taking a position on the academic staff at Victoria University in 2003.

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Professor Mark Waterland

Professor Mark Waterland has been on the academic staff in the Institute of Fundamental Science at Massey University since 2003.

Modified: 25/07/2025, 10:11 am

Created: 14/02/2019, 2:38 pm

Associate Professor Natalie Plank

Dr Natalie Plank is Deputy Director for Commercialisation and Industry Engagement and an Associate Professor in Physics in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Natalie completed a BSc (Hons) in Astrophysics at The University of Edinburgh before doing an MSc in Microelectronics. She then completed her PhD on the functionalisation of carbon nanotubes for molecular electronics with Rebecca Cheung also at The University of Edinburgh.

Modified: 19/06/2026, 7:38 am

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Dr Shen Chong

Shen Chong is a Principal Scientist at the Robinson Research Institute (VUW) based in Lower Hutt. He received his PhD in Materials Chemistry from The University of Auckland in 2002 and was awarded a FRST postdoctoral fellowship in the same year.

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Created: 14/02/2019, 2:38 pm
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Alumna Rebecca Hawke: an exciting career in science

Physicist and MacDiarmid Institute alumna Dr Rebecca Hawke talks about solar cells and where science has taken her around the world

Modified: 15/04/2020, 11:05 am

Created: 4/11/2018, 12:00 am
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2018 Lecture Series: MacDiarmid - to Industry and Beyond!

Associate Professor Ben Ruck (Victoria University of Wellington) and Dr Harry Warring (Rocket Lab) talk about their lives and work.

Modified: 21/05/2019, 6:49 am

Created: 26/09/2018, 12:00 am
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MacDiarmid researchers successful in latest MBIE round

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

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:29 pm

Created: 14/09/2018, 12:00 am
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New Principal Investigators

The MacDiarmid Institute proudly welcomes eight new principal investigators.

Modified: 16/03/2022, 3:53 pm

Created: 27/08/2018, 12:00 am
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2017 Lecture Series: Women in nanoscience

Three MacDiarmid Institute nanoscientists tell their personal stories of life in science, and what it is like being a woman in the physical sciences.

Modified: 21/05/2019, 6:50 am

Created: 7/08/2018, 12:00 am
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Computer chips that work like human brains may ease global energy problem

Professor Simon Brown and his research regarding neuromorphic computer chips is featured on TVNZ and at the idealog.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:17 pm

Created: 6/03/2018, 12:00 am
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