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Career change for Prof Richard Barker marks end of an era for Te Whai Ao board

Professor Richard Barker, formerly the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Sciences at the University of Otago, has stepped down from the Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Centre board.

Honouring the Legacy of Professor John Harvey

Professor John Harvey has been made a life member of the Australian and New Zealand Optical Society.

Collaborating with Korea on Quantum Communications

The Catalyst Strategic NZ–Korea Joint Research Partnerships programme is supporting three joint quantum communications projects 2025-2028.

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New Zealand's Space Pioneers on Target for Greatness

Representatives of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) have been visiting some of New Zealand's best photonic researchers within the Centre.

Symposium 2024

We happy to announce that our annual Symposium will be held at the University of Canterbury in 2024, and we warmly invite you to attend.

Prof Cather Simpson leads research into protecting Aotearoa's bees from pests

Award-winning Te Whai Ao researcher Prof Cather Simpson has their research highlighted

EPS-QEOD Prize for Research into the Science of Light awarded to Prof. John Dudley

Prof. John Dudley and Prof. Goëry Genty are celebrated with the EPS-QEOD Prize for Research into the Science of Light

ONZM awarded to Te Whai Ao member Prof. Frank Bloomfield

Professor Frank Bloomfield, DVCR of the University of Auckland and member of Te Whai Ao, received an ONZM for services to neonatology in the New Year's Honours.

Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Members Celebrated at ANZCOP

ANZOS awards Cather Simpson with prestigious W.H. (Beattie) Steel medal.