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Out of the lab - Annual Report 2021
4 May, 2022
Whether they are used in smartphones, wind turbines, or for building homes, material technologies that are essential to our lives are inextricably linked to the environment we live in. MacDiarmid Institute researchers spanning diverse scientific backgrounds are pursuing ways to add hi-tech functionality to abundant materials and waste, and to reduce the impact of materials at their end of their life.
Here, we introduce you to some of our people and their work from our Annual Report 2021:
- To 2028 and beyond
- Biodegradable electronic devices for wildlife conservation and lifestock
management thanks to clever proteins - Reconnecting hapū and whānau with their whenua
- How to map an ancient stratovolcano
- Bridging the divide between theoretical and experimental physics
- Producing technology-critical materials for a low-emission future
- Developing highly functional and tailorable surface coatings
- Putting wellbeing at the heart of student supervision
- PhD recruitment
- New Associate Investigators 2021
- Rethinking computing and communication, by combining cell biology
with nanotechnology - Professor Neil W. Ashcroft (1938—2021)
- Emeritus Professor Alan Kaiser (1946-2021)
- Awards 2021
- Funding successes 2021
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