Illuminating New Zealand People
| University Lead | Cather “Laser Slayer” Simpson Co-Chair, NZ Committee for the International Year of Light Director of the Photon Factory at the University of Auckland www.photonfactory.auckland.ac.nz/en.html pages.achievetheamazing.ac.nz/en/amazing.html |
| Museum Lead | Craig “Half Watt” Grant Director of Science Engagement Otago Museum www.otagomuseum.nz |
| Other Members | Richard “Mr. Universe” Easther Head, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland |
| David “Ultracool” Hutchinson Director, The Dodd-Walls Centre of Research Excellence Department of Physics, The University of Otago |
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| Siousxie “The Illuminator” Wiles Department of Molecular Medicine & Department of Physics, The University of Auckland www.superbugslab.org |
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| Sandy “Dispeller of Darkness” Jackson Kings School, Auckland |
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| Student Leads | Andy “Raman-not-Ramen” Wang (Te Kōanga) Ph.D. Student, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland |
| Jami Johnson (Matariki) Ph.D. Student, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland |
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| Bianca “Superradiant” Sawyer (Matariki, Te Kōanga) Ph.D. Student, Department of Physics, The University of Otago |
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| Peter”Senpai” Hosking (Te Kōanga) Ph.D. Student, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland |
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| Nina “Not an Assassin” Novikova (Matariki) Ph.D. Student, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland |
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| Student members | Julie “Photon Bully” Kho Ph.D. Student, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland |
| Simon “The BeamShaper” Ashforth Ph.D. Student, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland |
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| Rosa “The Laser” Hughes-Currie Ph.D. Student, Department of Astronomy & Physics, The University of Canterbury |
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| Leo “Super Atomic” Browning Ph.D. Student, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington |
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| Hannah “Glow-in-the-Dark” Read Ph.D. Student, Department of Molecular Medicine, The University of Auckland |
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| Website Design & Implementation | Yvette Wharton, Rob Carter, Prasanna Subramanian – Science IT at the University of Auckland |
| Student & Staff Volunteers | U. Canterbury: Pubudu Senanayake, Alex Smith, Toby Hendy, Alexandra McNeill |
| U. Otago: Petra Fersterer, Andy Soundy, Maddy Cormack, Yin Hsien Fung, Geoffrey Weal, Craig Chisholm, Fan Hong, Gavin King, Milena Horvath, Shijie Chai, Andrew Pauling, Matt Reeves, Xavi Fernandez, Dr Esther Haines | |
| U. Auckland: Jake Martin, Hayley Ware, Fraser MacMillan, Dr. Neil Broderick, Reece Oosterbeek, Matheus Vargas, Tristan Ware, Jami Johnson, Thomas Haase, Arjun Raj, Margaux Airey, Dr. Duncan McGillivray, Dr. Graham Brodie, Carsten Corazza, Alice Gatland, Rakesh Arul, Winnie Cao, Mario Kubanik, Lakshika Perera, Stuart Morrow, Dr. James Dalton, Logan Baber, Danny Ko, Shi Zheng, Morgan Tupaea | |
| AUT: Ruth Cink, Aaron Boyd Evans, Sean Wei, Alex Lischka | |
| Victoria University – Wellington: Dr. Natalie Plank, Joe Gallagher, Shyamal Prasad | |
| Callaghan Innovation: Dr. Damian Carder, Dijana Bogunovic (U. Auckland), Reece Whitby (U. Auckland) | |
| Other volunteers: Oliver Bishop, Henry Bishop, Frances Clark, Simon Keith |