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Biography
Professor Catherine M. Bishop earned her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT in 2003 before moving to the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford for a postdoc and Career Development Fellowship. She joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Canterbury in 2008. Catherine currently leads the Materials Cluster@UC, a large network of materials researchers at the University of Canterbury.
Research interests
Catherine's research focuses on phase transformations, thermodynamics and microstructural evolution with applications in functional materials, alloys, thin films and molten oxide electrolysis.
I’m passionate about materials science and engineering. My particular interest is in interfacial phenomena and how they affect microstructures and thus properties.
Professor Catherine Bishop
In the news
Annual Report
2023 Funding successes - Annual Report 2023
April 13, 2024
Funding successes for our Investigators and their research programmes during 2023.
Annual Report
Empowering futures - Annual Report 2023
April 12, 2024
Discovery Scholars were placed into summer internships, and attended the International Standards Organisation Conference.
Annual Report
Journal Covers - Annual Report 2021
June 2, 2022
This page lists the various scientific journal covers that featured MacDiarmid Institute Investigators work in 2021.
Annual Report
Funding successes - Annual Report 2021
May 9, 2022
Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2021. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.
Annual Report
New Associate Investigators 2021
May 5, 2022
Meet our new Associate Investigators that joined the MacDiarmid Institute whānau in 2021.
Annual Report
Producing technology-critical materials for a low-emission future
May 5, 2022
MacDiarmid Institute scientists try to tip the carbon balance in NZ’s favour.
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