Leadership Teams
Each leadership team focuses on one of the Centre’s key impact areas, including science, industry, engagement, and Māori development.
Te Whai Ao Rōpū Māori
Te Whai Ao Rōpū, Māori develops and recommends strategies to create opportunities for all members. We focus on Māori and Pacific research opportunities to create cutting-edge research at the interface of mātauranga Māori and science. We also focus on building capacity of researchers and the Māori and Pacific organisations with which we engage.
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Associate Professor Katharina Ruckstuhl
Deputy Director Māori
Jessa Barder
Deputy Director Engagement
Dr Jacob Ngaha
Postdoctoral Fellow
Science Team
The Science Team is dedicated to supporting the research of the Centre, setting the research programme, and allocating funding for students, early career researchers, and new research ideas.
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Dr Kai Chen
Principal Investigator
Dr Jami Shepherd
The All Beacon Co-leader and Principal Investigator
Professor Harald Schwefel
Deputy Director Science and Principal Investigator
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Professor Keith Gordon (FRSNZ)
Deputy Director and Principal Investigator
Associate Professor Stuart Murdoch
The One Beacon Co-leader and Principal Investigator
Associate Professor Scott Parkins
The One Beacon Co-leader and Principal Investigator
Professor Ulrich Zülicke
The Many Beacon Leader and Principal Investigator
Dr Claude Aguergaray
The All Beacon Co-leader and Principal Investigator
Dr Laura Cobus
Principal Investigator
Dr Nathaniel Davis
Deputy Director Industry and Principal Investigator
Emma Juggins
Programme Manager
Industry Team
The Industry Team is dedicated to identifying and enhancing commercial opportunities for new technologies, building relationships with businesses, and connecting students with potential employers.
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Dr Cushla McGoverin
Principal Investigator
Anna Verboeket
Communications Manager
Dr Nathaniel Davis
Deputy Director Industry and Principal Investigator
Dr Zahra Champion
Science Industry Engagement Manager
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Professor Cather Simpson (FRSNZ)
Independent Board Member
Professor Neil Broderick
Principal Investigator
Professor Keith Gordon (FRSNZ)
Deputy Director and Principal Investigator
Professor Harald Schwefel
Deputy Director Science and Principal Investigator
Engagement Team
The Engagement Team coordinates, develops, and delivers, educational material in schools, rangatahi, museums, as well as promoting engagement with under-resourced or remote communities.
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Jessa Barder
Deputy Director Engagement
Andy Wang
Outreach Coordinator
The Dodd-Walls Centre research focus is photonics, the generation, transmission, and manipulation of light, and the study of matter and energy at the quantum level.