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Co-Directors’ Report - Annual Report 2023

2023 was a year full of activity, and we are pleased to share this report on the Institute's progress.

Modified: 5 Jun 2024, 6:18 am

Created: 12 Apr 2024, 6:08 pm
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Co-Directors appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi

MacDiarmid Institute Co-Directors Professor Nicola Gaston and Professor Justin Hodgkiss have both been elected to the New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi’s Academy.

Modified: 23 Jan 2025, 1:09 pm

Created: 4 Apr 2024, 6:08 pm
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Significant piece of science history donated to the University

If you're reading this on your mobile phone, you may be holding a piece of New Zealand Nobel Prize history.

Modified: 15 Apr 2024, 5:48 pm

Created: 27 Feb 2024, 12:34 am
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Kiwi postdoc powers Japanese collaboration for computational discovery of new solar cell materials

Dr Geoffrey Weal and colleagues are using computing and AI to discover materials increasing solar cell efficiency.

Modified: 3 Dec 2023, 10:47 pm

Created: 1 Sept 2023, 7:02 pm
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We welcome two new Deputy Directors

We welcome Associate Professors Anna Garden and Natalie Plank as our new Deputy Directors, and bid farewell from our directorship team to Professor Paul Kruger and Associate Professor Geoff Willmott.

Modified: 10 Jul 2023, 2:00 pm

Created: 3 Jul 2023, 10:58 am
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KiwiNet winners - Annual Report 2022

The MacDiarmid Institute’s research is now called ‘Deep Tech’ by the various investors who beat a path to our door.

Modified: 25 Jul 2023, 2:34 pm

Created: 20 Apr 2023, 7:46 pm
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2022

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.

Modified: 15 Aug 2023, 12:56 pm

Created: 19 Apr 2023, 6:34 pm
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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.

Modified: 19 Apr 2023, 6:33 pm

Created: 18 Apr 2023, 7:41 pm
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Rhodes Trust trip to Oxford

Our Deputy Director Māori Associate Professor Pauline Harris travelled to Oxford in October with Juliet Nelson.

Modified: 18 Apr 2023, 7:01 pm

Created: 14 Apr 2023, 7:24 pm
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Co-Directors’ Report - Annual Report 2022

When the MacDiarmid Institute turned 20 years old in 2022, we took the opportunity to celebrate what the Institute has achieved so far, and to look forward to the next 20 years.

Modified: 14 Apr 2023, 8:00 pm

Created: 13 Apr 2023, 1:41 pm
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Hon. Ayesha Verrall, Minister for Research, Science, and Innovation visits VUW labs

We hosted a visit by Ayesha Verrall, Minister for Research, Science, and Innovation at our MacDiarmid Institute labs.

Modified: 31 May 2023, 1:27 pm

Created: 4 Nov 2022, 10:31 am
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New Zealand researchers use world-first technology to discover how melanin protects skin from UV radiation

NZ researchers have used world-first tech to discover how melanin protects the skin from UV radiation, findings could lead to better sunscreens & longer-lasting paints.

Modified: 13 Dec 2023, 9:40 pm

Created: 17 Oct 2022, 10:41 am
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