Our researchers use computers to reproduce conditions unachievable in a lab, such as the magnetic forces inside a white dwarf star.
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Research into micro-environmental conditions within and between cells might ultimately result in tailored cancer medications.
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The discovery of conducting polymers – plastics that conduct electricity – won New Zealander Alan MacDiarmid the Nobel Prize in 2000.
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An overview of the research interests of each of our nine new Associate Investigators.
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An overview of the research interests of each of our eight new Principal Investigators.
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An overview of the research interests of each of our six new Independent Postdoctoral Fellows.
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Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2018. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.
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This article from our 2018 Annual Report provides information about the range of awards received by MacDiarmid Institute Investigators over the past year.
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This article from our 2018 Annual Report provides information about the MacDiarmid Institute's latest inventions, patents and spinouts.
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This page lists the various scientific journal covers that featured MacDiarmid Institute Investigators work in 2018.
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Jack Chen is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the Auckland University at Technology, teaching organic chemistry, molecular design and general chemistry. He conducted his PhD and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Auckland with Professor Margaret Brimble, working on the synthesis of spirastrellolide B - a potent protein phosphatase inhibitor with potential anti-cancer properties.
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Ebubekir Avci received his PhD degree in robotics from Osaka University, Japan and was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Toyota Technological Institute, Japan in the field of parallel mechanism robots. Then, he was a Research Associate with the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College, London. Until 2024 Ebu worked at Massey University as a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Mechatronics and Robotics, and he is now Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury.
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