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Quantum Crossroads

A Dodd-Walls team has led the creation of a vision document outlining how leaders in quantum research and technologies, the arts and indigenous cultures can collaborate.

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.

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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.

Kiwi-made 'spy' tech a sign of our quantum future

A clever piece of Kiwi-made tech could soon become a handy asset for spy agencies, with the power to bury secret messages where eavesdroppers can’t find them.

Laser Physicist Wins Emerging Scientist Award

Dr Miro Erkintalo from the University of Auckland’s Department of Physics has won the MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Award at this year’s Prime Minister’s Science Prizes.

Save the date: 2020 Dodd-Walls Virtual Symposium

October 19-23, 2020

Simon Poole, Chair of our Industry Advisory Board was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences this week

Simon Poole, Chair of our Industry Advisory Board was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences this week.