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Associate Professor Cameron Weber
Associate Investigator
Address:
The University of Auckland
23 Symonds St,
Auckland 1010
Biography
Cameron Weber completed his BSc(Adv)(Hons) and PhD degrees at the University of Sydney before undertaking postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Imperial College London. He joined the Auckland University of Technology as a Lecturer in 2017 before moving to the University of Auckland in 2019 where he is currently an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Green Chemical Science.
Research interests
Cameron’s research interests are in the understanding of intermolecular interactions and use of alternative solvents such as ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents and switchable solvents. He has a particular focus on addressing issues around sustainability including the development of novel methods for biomass extraction and processing, new catalytic processes and the use of solvent effects to control reaction outcomes.
We want to address sustainability challenges by harnessing and controlling the interactions between molecules.
Associate Professor Cameron Weber
In the news
News Article
MacDiarmid Institute researchers successful in latest MBIE round
September 20, 2024
The MacDiarmid Institute is pleased to share the following successes from its researchers in this year’s MBIE Endeavour Fund round.
Read more about MacDiarmid Institute researchers successful in latest MBIE round
Annual Report
2023 Funding successes - Annual Report 2023
April 13, 2024
Funding successes for our Investigators and their research programmes during 2023.
Annual Report
2023 Awards - Annual Report 2023
April 13, 2024
MacDiarmid Institute Principal and Associate Investigators and managers who have received awards this year.
News Article
2023 Marsden grant success
November 3, 2023
Congratulations to our long list of Marsden winners this year - it's wonderful to see the talent being recognised with Fast-Start grants, and those at the next career stage with their first Standard grants, and especially great to see the strong thread of materials for sustainability running through this list.
Annual Report
Funding successes - Annual Report 2022
April 19, 2023
Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2022. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.
News Article
2022 MacDiarmid Institute Marsden grant successes
November 3, 2022
MacDiarmid Institute led research received $7.84 million funding in 2022 Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund.
Read more about 2022 MacDiarmid Institute Marsden grant successes
Annual Report
New Associate Investigators 2021
May 5, 2022
Meet our new Associate Investigators that joined the MacDiarmid Institute whānau in 2021.
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