Academic staff

Associate Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
PERC Director

Research interests

• Polymer materials for electronics applications
• Environmentally sensitive polymer networks
• Nanoscale functional macromolecular architectures

Room 301-527B
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 88272
Email: j.travas-sejdic@auckland.ac.nz

Professor Ralph Cooney

Research interests

• Conducting polymers
• Catalysts and energy chemistry
• Laser Raman and FT-IR spectroscopy
• Polymers and surfactants
• Surface, colloid and materials chemistry

Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 88753
Email: r.cooney@auckland.ac.nz

Professor Graham A Bowmaker

Research interests

• Vibrational spectroscopy
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
• Synchrotron infrared spectroscopy of adsorbed species
• Electronic structure and properties of conducting polymers

Room 301-435
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 88340
Email: g.bowmaker@auckland.ac.nz

Professor Margaret Hyland

Research interests

• Adsorption at surfaces
• Aluminium smelter technology
• Surface analytical methods
• Surface coatings

Room 1.815
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 87865
Email: m.hyland@auckland.ac.nz

Associate Professor Paul Kilmartin

Research interests

Organic Electrochemistry
Wine oxidation chemistry
Applications of Conducting Polymers, eg. Antioxidant properties, Actuators, and Nanostructures

Rm 301- 529B (City), 740-229B (Tāmaki Innovation Campus)
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 88324 or 84263
Email: p.kilmartin@auckland.ac.nz

Neil Edmonds

Research interests

• Instrumental methods
• Coatings and adhesives
• Polymer materials, including natural polymers, thermosetting resins and thermoplastic materials

Room 733-342, Tāmaki Innovation Campus
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 88321
Email: nr.edmonds@auckland.ac.nz

Dr Abbas Bigdeli

Research interests

• Digital Signal Processing
• Image Processing
• Embedded Microcomputer Systems
• Solid State Devices

Technology Manager,
Smart Sensors NICTA
Australia
Email: abbas.bigdeli@ieee.org

Professor Mark Cannell

Research interests

• Calcium imaging
• Heart muscle
• Muscle function

Room 2372 (Dept. of Physiology)
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 86201
Email: m.cannell@auckland.ac.nz

Associate Professor Christian Soeller

Research interests

• Cardiac calcium metabolism
• Computer modelling
• Confocal/multiphoton imaging

Room 2325 (Dept. of Physiology)
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 82770
Email: c.soeller@auckland.ac.nz

Professor David Williams

Research interests

• Electrochemistry
• Semiconducting Oxide Gas Sensors
• Microfluidics
• Biomedical and Hormone Analysis

Room 301-434
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 89877
Email: david.williams@auckland.ac.nz

Dr Rosalind Archer

Research interests

• Fluid mechanics
• Mathematical modelling

Room 341, Uniservices House
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 84517
Email: r.archer@auckland.ac.nz

Dr Morteza Biglari-Abhari

Research interests

• Computer Architecture
• Low power Hardware/Software Co-design
• Embedded Systems
• Semiconductor Devices

Room 303-252
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 84534
Email: m.abhari@auckland.ac.nz

Dr Kean C Aw

Research interests

• Electronic Materials
• Mechatronics and Vision Systems
• Low-k Dielectric Thin Film and Organic Electronics

Room 401-703
Phone: +64-3737599 ext 89767
Email: k.aw@auckland.ac.nz

Professor Jim Johnston

Research interests

• New Nanomaterials
• Products and Technology Development

Room 301, Laby Building, Gate 7 Kelburn Pde
Kelburn Campus, Wellington
Phone: +64 4 4635334
Email: jim.johnston@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Thomas Borrmann

Research interests

• Smart Materials and Nanotechnology

Room 402, Laby Building, Gate 7 Kelburn Pde
Kelburn Campus, Wellington
Phone: +64 4 4635599
Email: thomas.borrmann@vuw.ac.nz