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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.

A New Zealand breakthough in quantum-inspired optical computing

With fully fault‑tolerant quantum computers still years away, New Zealand researchers have built a hybrid device that could solve major problems much sooner.

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Amita Deb and Niels Kjӕrgaard make the Top 10 List of Physics Discoveries 2021

We are immensely proud of this achievement of Amita Deb and Niels Kjӕrgaard of the Dodd-Walls Centre, Department of Physics, University of Otago.

Paper in Science

Today a paper appeared in Science co-authored by Amita and Niels.

Lasers at Cutting Edge of Technology, Harald Schwefel

View Harald Schwefel and our Director, Professor David Hutchinson speaking to the ODT

Keith Gordon speaks as part of the Distinguished Research Medal and Carl Smith Medal Lectures

“Using light to unpick complex materials; from solar cells to krill oil”

Marsden Fund Successes

Congratulations to Dodd-Walls members who secured funding in this year’s Marsden Fund round!

Alex Risos and team from RisosEnterprises Ltd wins Velocity Challenge

A new generation of start-up founders has been released into the world with the completion of the University of Auckland’s 2021 Velocity entrepreneurship development programme