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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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MBIE Grant Success for Sciences

Congratulations to the three research projects based in Geology and Physics that secured funding from the MBIE Endeavour fund and announced this week.

Associate Professor Frédérique Vanholsbeeck has been awarded the 2020 Hill Tinsley Medal

Associate Professor Frédérique Vanholsbeeck has been awarded the 2020 Hill Tinsley Medal by the New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS).

Thesis submission from Magdalena Urbanska

DWC PhD student Magdalena Urbanska submitted her thesis on Optical Coherence Elastography of the Vitreous Humour recently.

Professor Keith Gordon awarded University’s top honour

Chemistry Profesor Keith Gordon’s interest in solar energy has helped power a prolific and influential research career

Cushla McGoverin and Frédérique Vanholsbeeck now senior members of the OSA and SPIE

Double good news for the biophotonics group at UoA as Cushla McGoverin and Frédérique Vanholsbeeck have both been elevated to senior members of the OSA and SPIE respectively.

New Zealand International Science Festival 2021

The Dodd-Walls Centre is taking part in three events at the New Zealand International Science Festival 2021