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Dr Jack Chen

Jack Chen is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the Auckland University at Technology, teaching organic chemistry, molecular design and general chemistry. He conducted his PhD and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Auckland with Professor Margaret Brimble, working on the synthesis of spirastrellolide B - a potent protein phosphatase inhibitor with potential anti-cancer properties.

Modified: 16 Feb 2023, 9:19 am

Created: 9 Mar 2019, 5:22 pm
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Associate Professor Ebubekir Avci

Ebubekir Avci received his PhD degree in robotics from Osaka University, Japan and was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Toyota Technological Institute, Japan in the field of parallel mechanism robots. Then, he was a Research Associate with the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College, London. Until 2024 Ebu worked at Massey University as a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Mechatronics and Robotics, and he is now Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury. 

Modified: 23 Jan 2025, 10:47 am

Created: 9 Mar 2019, 5:07 pm

Professor Peng Cao

Professor Peng Cao is a Professor in Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Auckland.

Modified: 1 Feb 2022, 9:39 am

Created: 9 Mar 2019, 4:45 pm
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Professor Shaun Hendy

Shaun Hendy is Director of the Te Pūnaha Matatini, a Centre of Research Excellence, and a Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland. Shaun has a PhD in physics from the University of Alberta in Canada and a BSc (Hons) in mathematical physics from Massey University. 

Modified: 4 Apr 2022, 2:44 pm

Created: 5 Mar 2019, 10:10 pm
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Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble

Margaret Brimble holds the Chair of Organic Chemistry and is Director of Medicinal Chemistry at The University of Auckland. She is the Vice-President of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division (Division III) of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), and an Associate Editor for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry.

Modified: 23 Jan 2025, 4:24 pm

Created: 5 Mar 2019, 9:57 pm

PhD scholarships

At times the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology has places available for PhD scholarships.

Modified: 10 Jan 2025, 3:44 pm

Created: 25 Feb 2019, 3:39 pm
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Associate Professor Catherine Whitby

Catherine is an Associate Professor in Chemistry at Massey University, appointed in late October 2014. Prior to this she was an ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Ian Wark Research Institute at the University of South Australia. She is a physical chemist with expertise in colloid and surface chemistry. Catherine is also the elected representative for MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigators on the Science Executive.

Modified: 30 Jun 2022, 2:29 pm

Created: 25 Feb 2019, 4:59 am
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Professor Viji Sarojini

Dr Viji Sarojini is a Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences at The University of Auckland.

Modified: 28 Jan 2025, 11:20 am

Created: 25 Feb 2019, 4:59 am
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Dr Michel Nieuwoudt

Dr Michel Nieuwoudt is a research scientist at the Photon Factory in the School of Chemical Sciences,  University of Auckland.

Modified: 2 Dec 2019, 2:04 pm

Created: 25 Feb 2019, 4:59 am
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Dr Laura Domigan

Laura Domigan completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Canterbury. Her postdoctoral research was at Tufts University, Boston, in a lab where they studied silk materials, renowned for their strength. She returned to New Zealand in 2015 to join the University of Auckland.

Modified: 6 Jan 2025, 10:41 am

Created: 25 Feb 2019, 4:59 am
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Associate Professor Erin Leitao

Erin Leitao is an Associate Professor in Chemistry at the University of Auckland. Her career in science started in Canada with a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Victoria, followed by a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Calgary. Erin then went on to do postdoctoral research in Bristol before coming to New Zealand and joining the University of Auckland in 2015.

Modified: 28 Jan 2025, 11:22 am

Created: 25 Feb 2019, 4:59 am
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Dr Emilia Nowak

Dr Nowak graduated from ZUT, Szczecin in 2008 in Chemical and Process Engineering (the best student in graduating class) as well as completed 2.5 years in Automatic Control and Robotics (ZUT, Electrical Engineering). Subsequently she received PhD (2013) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK), where she was researching gas-liquid-solid interactions.

Modified: 7 Jul 2023, 4:18 pm

Created: 25 Feb 2019, 4:59 am
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