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From farm to forefront of innovative science

Her day job of working to decarbonise the zinc and steel industries is a fair stretch from lambing time on a west Otago spread for Lily Clague.

Modified: Jul 10, 2024, 10:55 AM

Created: Jul 9, 2024, 3:30 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: Jun 27, 2024, 2:02 PM

Created: Jun 27, 2024, 6:13 PM
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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: Jun 17, 2024, 2:58 PM

Created: Jun 10, 2024, 7:39 PM
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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: Jun 5, 2024, 6:36 AM

Created: Apr 13, 2024, 7:16 PM
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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.

Modified: Apr 12, 2024, 5:58 PM

Created: Apr 4, 2024, 6:08 PM
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Dr Charlie Ruffman

Charlie is a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Otago in 2021, where he worked on modelling and optimising affordable catalysts for hydrogen production. Charlie was awarded a Rutherford Post-doctoral Fellowship by the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2021 to investigate new liquid metal catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction. In 2023, he received an independent Marsden Fast-Start Grant to continue his work on liquid metals and determine how their structure can be controlled by the addition of supporting materials. 

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Dr Joseph Nelson

Joseph Nelson studied for his MSc in Physics at the University of Auckland, working on quantum optics theory in the group of Howard Carmichael. He then moved overseas to the UK, completing his PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, working on computational crystal structure prediction.

Modified: Dec 6, 2023, 4:43 PM

Created: Sep 28, 2023, 4:26 PM
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Professor Alex Yip

 Professor Alex Yip received his BE(Hon) in Chemical Engineering from UNSW (Australia) in 2003. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2009), studying heterogeneous catalysis. He was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, working on the methanol-to-triptane process via zeolite catalysis. Currently, he is leading the Energy and Environmental Catalysis Group at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Modified: May 30, 2023, 10:25 AM

Created: May 30, 2023, 10:18 AM
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Three Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded

The MacDiarmid Institute has three new Independent Postdoctoral Fellows.

Modified: Feb 2, 2024, 6:53 PM

Created: May 24, 2023, 4:01 PM
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Our research programmes over the years

There has been an evolution to move the focus of applications more towards global challenges of climate change and sustainability.

Modified: Apr 19, 2023, 6:33 PM

Created: Apr 18, 2023, 7:41 PM
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Word Clouds - Annual Report 2022

Word clouds drawn from our research plans prepared for TEC.

Modified: Oct 4, 2023, 8:11 PM

Created: Apr 18, 2023, 7:32 PM
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Call for Independent Post-Doctoral Fellowships

The MacDiarmid Institute invites applications for new Independent Post-Doctoral Fellowships.

Modified: Jan 13, 2023, 9:50 AM

Created: Aug 30, 2022, 4:34 PM
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