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Agnes Blackie Memorial Fellowship opportunity

Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Centre is advertising this fellowship opportunity, and applications are open until Sunday 19 July 2026

Cather Simpson leaves the board.

Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre Board Chair Charlotte Walshe has announced that University of Auckland Professor Cather Simpson has resigned from the Centre’s Governance Board.

Exceptional alumni honoured with prestigious University award

Renowned physicist and science communicator Professor John Dudley has been recognised for his exceptional accomplishments in the University’s 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards.

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Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Members Celebrated at ANZCOP

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

Royal Society Te Apārangi MacDiarmid Medal awarded to Geoff Waterhouse

Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Centre investigator Geoff Waterhouse has been awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi MacDiarmid Medal, in the Wellington Awards Ceremony.

Prof. Niels Kjægaard awarded historic medal for fundamental scientific studies

Many congratulations to Principal Investigator Niels Kjægaard who this week was awarded the Royal Society Hector Medal.

What is it like to be a woman in physics in Aotearoa–New Zealand?

Various Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Centre investigators have been involved in a new research article looking into the situation for female physicists in Aotearoa.

Celebrating Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Centre Marsden success

This year's Marsden results have just been announced and there are six Dodd-Walls Centre Investigators as Principal or Associate Investigators on five contracts

Position for Science Industry Engagement Manager is now being advertised

We are hiring a new Science Industry Engagement Manager