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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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2020 virtual Dodd-Walls Symposium up next week

This years Dodd-Walls Symposium will be held on the 20-22 of October.

Dodd Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies refunded through to 2028

The Dodd Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies was recently refunded as a Centre of Research Excellence $36.75M.

Paint powering your home? Coming to a roof near you!

Solar paint – which captures and guides light to strips of solar panels in roof gutters

Sep 2, 2020

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Could photonics solve your problem?

Nicola Shepheard - National Business Review - 28 July 2020

Photonics in Australia & New Zealand - Lighting Economic Growth Report

ANZ Optical Society and the Dodd-Walls Centre have commissioned an independent report

Photonics industry in NZ has a bright billion dollar future

A new report has valued New Zealand’s little-known photonics industry at more than a billion dollars.