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New Zealand’s 100 inspired entrepreneurs

In 2011, Sir Paul Callaghan, who founded the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, said in a pitch for the science-led prosperity of Aotearoa that "one hundred inspired entrepreneurs could turn this place around”. In 2024, the MacDiarmid Institute will have alumni working across the motu and across industries in roles that require research training and a deep tech skill set. Founders of startups, CEOs and CSOs, research scientists and innovation experts provide concrete examples of the value that Callaghan was talking about.

Modified: 12 Aug 2024, 11:48 am

Created: 12 Aug 2024, 9:51 am
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From the lab bench to a start-up company

The theme for the 2022 MacDiarmid Institute Regional Lecture Series was ‘To Industry and Beyond’.

Modified: 21 Apr 2023, 5:29 pm

Created: 21 Apr 2023, 4:57 pm
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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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To Industry and Beyond - Rotorua (13 October)

In association with the Rotorua Science Society, Professor Justin Hodgkiss and Dr Shalini Divya focus on pathways from science to industry as part of "To Industry and Beyond".

Modified: 17 Oct 2022, 10:40 am

Created: 28 Sept 2022, 1:40 pm
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Alumna Dr Shalini Divya wins 2021 KiwiNet Breakthrough Innovator Award

Alumna Dr Shalini Divya of affiliated spinout TasmanIon wins 2021 KiwiNet Breakthrough Innovator Award

Modified: 22 Apr 2022, 6:43 pm

Created: 1 Dec 2021, 11:02 am
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Two MacDiarmid alumni shortlisted for the KiwiNet Awards

Two MacDiarmid Institute alumni are finalists in the ninth annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards.

Modified: 5 Aug 2021, 3:16 pm

Created: 3 Aug 2021, 11:39 am
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The magic of a dream

Many students dream of undertaking a PhD, Dr Shalini Divya is now commercialising research in aluminium-ion batteries with her PhD.

Modified: 3 Aug 2021, 4:39 pm

Created: 21 Apr 2021, 4:19 pm
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Sustainable battery materials

Many of our researchers are making strides into new materials for energy storage. One project approaching the market is the development of an aluminium-ion battery material.

Modified: 1 Apr 2021, 11:35 am

Created: 31 Mar 2021, 3:36 pm
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The search for a better battery

Dr Shalini Duvya went on RNZ to talk about how she is starting a company to create the next sustainable and long lasting battery.

Modified: 24 Jan 2022, 11:31 am

Created: 18 Jan 2021, 2:37 pm
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Batteries are toxic, so I’m building my own rechargeable non-toxic batteries

PhD student Shalini Divya is on a mission to find new materials to make rechargeable batteries more sustainable.

Modified: 26 Apr 2022, 1:03 pm

Created: 11 Nov 2019, 1:34 pm
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Shalini Divya

Modified: 19 Feb 2020, 9:30 am

Created: 13 Apr 2019, 9:24 pm

Beyond lithium - Annual Report 2018

In today’s tech-hungry world, lithium batteries are ubiquitous, with everything from your mobile phone to the neighbour’s electric car relying on the metal, and it’s easy to see why. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries pack a punch, storing more energy than any other battery of equivalent size, and delivering power to where it’s needed, quickly and efficiently.

Modified: 15 Apr 2021, 5:44 pm

Created: 8 Apr 2019, 12:52 am
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