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Prof Shaun Hendy
Professor Shaun Hendy is the Deputy Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (based at the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences), and a Distinguished Scientist at Industrial Research Ltd.
His PhD in physics from the University of Alberta was followed by a NZ Science and Technology post-doctoral fellowship at Industrial Research Ltd in Wellington. He joined Victoria University in 2003.
Shaun writes a blog, 'A measure of science' as part of Sciblogs, a hub for New Zealand's science bloggers. Shaun also has a regular slot on Radio New Zealand Nights as physics correspondant.
Industrial Research Ltd Staff
Dr Aruna Awasthi | Dr Philip Zhang | Dr Dion O`Neale
Post-doctoral Fellow
Dr Dmitri Schebarchov
PhD Students
Nat Lund | Catriona Sissons
MSc Students
Keoni Mahelona
Alumnae
Dr Jade Mackay (Dresden) | Dr Peter Zoontjens (RMIT) | Dr Philip Zhang (IRL)
Dr David Stewart (Oak Ridge) | Dr Brent Walker (UCL) | David Williamson (Halifax)
Virginia Nicholson (MIT) | Dr Andreas Hermann (Cornell) | Dr Srikanth Dhondi (IRL)
Dr Sione Paea | Amanda Parker (UBC)
People in the News
1 March 2011 - IBM Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Amanda Parker has been chosen as an IBM Distinguished Visiting Scholar for 2011. Amanda will visit the IBM Almaden Labs in California for 3 months to work on a research project with Dr Julia Rice.
8 November 2010 - New Zealand Association of Scientists Awards
Shaun Hendy who won the NZAS Research Medal at the New Zealand Association of Scientists awards last week.
The medal is awarded to a scientist under the age of 40 for publishing outstanding fundamental or applied research in their field.
Shaun’s major research discoveries include identifying how nanoparticles melt and working out how they bounce off surfaces. He has also investigated the flow of fluids at the nanoscale and how these fluid flows depend on the chemistry of the surfaces they flow over.
17 July 2010 - Listener Article
Shaun Hendy was interviewed by Rebecca Macfie for the Listener about his research into the effects of scale and collaboration on innovation.