Dr Grant Williams recognised in 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours
Congratulations to Dr Grant Williams who has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM), for services to science. Such an honour is bestowed on those "who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and the nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions, or other merits."
Dr Williams, Professorial Research Fellow at the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, is currently involved in a number of research programmes that include the study of new materials for magnetic sensors, optical materials and methods for radiation detection, high temperature superconductivity, topological insulators, and linear and nonlinear optics.
"Part of the University’s mission is to play a leading role in shaping New Zealand’s future and our Honours recipients are doing just that," says Professor Grant Guilford, Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington.
"I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to all our honours recipients, and thank them for using their expertise to enrich our world."