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Dr Charlie Ruffman

Charlie is a Senior Research Fellow at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. 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, before moving to the role of Research Fellow at the University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau. 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.

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Created: 28/09/2023, 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.

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Three Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded

The MacDiarmid Institute has three new Independent Postdoctoral Fellows.

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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.

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Word Clouds - Annual Report 2022

Word clouds drawn from our research plans prepared for TEC.

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Call for Independent Post-Doctoral Fellowships

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

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Created: 30/08/2022, 4:34 pm
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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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Producing technology-critical materials for a low-emission future

MacDiarmid Institute scientists try to tip the carbon balance in NZ’s favour.

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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.

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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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Dr Taniela Lolohea

Taniela Lolohea completed his PhD on exploring surface coatings and functional patterning using an atmospheric plasma jet printer at the University of Auckland, before continuing on in this research into a Postdoctoral Fellowship in plasma systems and coatings. Taniela is now a lecturer in Chemistry at Auckland University of Technology.

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