A fantastic end to a great summer!     

Joey will be doing a Summer Research project in the Leitao Lab.

Congratulations to Shaheena and Jeffery who completed their PGDipScis this month!  Great work.

Marsden Funded PhD Scholarship: Semiconductor catenation using catalysis A Marsden funded PhD scholarship is available to work with Dr Erin Leitao in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland. Polymers with a carbon backbone are ubiquitous.  It is hard to go a day without coming in contact with one (polyethylene: e.g. plastic […]

Congratulations to Dr. Leitao’s PhD Supervisor for winning the 2016 ASTech Award!

Dr. Leitao is awarded a Marsden Fast-Start Grant!  

Photos by L’Oreal @loreal

Congratulations to Dr. Leitao from the School of Chemical Sciences on winning the 2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science New Zealand Fellowship. For more information about Erin’s research and the For Women in Science programme, check out the video and articles below.   NZ Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11735472  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503082&gal_cid=1503082&gallery_id=167338 Idealog: http://idealog.co.nz/etc/2016/10/new-zealand-synthetic-chemistry-scientist-wins-women-science-fellowship?utm_source=IdealogDigest&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20161025 http://idealog.co.nz/etc/2016/11/self-heating-turbines-and-mentorship-dr-erin-leitao-what-synthetic-chemistry-and-isnt-and-encouraging-more-women-stem-careers Scoop: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1610/S00067/unique-nz-synthetic-chemistry-scientist-wins-award.htm Sunday Star: http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/86016891/why-is-science-sexist-the-great-gender-disparity-gap  

The L’Oreal’s Girls into Science Forum was held at the University of Auckland and the Leitao group participated by showing the girls how to cross link polymers (among other things!).

Welcome Kristel!