School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Levels Three and Four, Beatrice Tinsley Building
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
University of Canterbury
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Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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Michael Albrow
Associate Professor of Astronomy
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Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Beatrice Tinsley 426
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Professor
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Professor
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Chris Gordon
Senior Lecturer
Physics and Astronomy Postgraduate Co-ordinator
Beatrice Tinsley 413
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Senior Lecturer
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Beatrice Tinsley 409
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Associate Professor
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Beatrice Tinsley 422
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Academic Administrator - Chemistry (Part-time)
Beatrice Tinsley 405
Phone: +6433694326
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Academic Administrator - Physics (Part-time)
Beatrice Tinsley 406
Phone: +6433694327
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Michael Albrow
Associate Professor of Astronomy
Physics 200-level and Astronomy Co-ordinator
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Professor of Physics
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Professor of Physics
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Senior Lecturer
Director of the Biochemistry Programme
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Associate Professor
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Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Professor
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Associate Professor
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Chemistry Lecturer
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Associate Professor
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Vladimir Golovko
Associate Professor
Director of Research
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Chris Gordon
Senior Lecturer
Physics and Astronomy Postgraduate Co-ordinator
Fields of Research:
- Galactic Centre
- Millisecond pulsars
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Professor
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences Safety Officer
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Senior Chemistry Lecturer
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Paul Kruger
Professor
Fields of Research:
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Steven Marsh
Senior Lecturer
Director of Medical Physics
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Sarah Masters
Associate Professor
Director of Postgraduate Studies
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Director of Gateway Antarctica
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Dr of Physics
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Karen Pollard
Associate Professor
Director of The University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory
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Roger Reeves
Professor
100 level supervisor
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Mike Reid
Professor of Physics
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Laura Revell
Lecturer
Environmental Physics
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Professor
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Associate Professor
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Professor of Toxicology
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Professor
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Jan Wikaira
Senior Lecturer
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Bryce Williamson
Dean of Postgraduate Research
Professor
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David Wiltshire
Professor of Physics
300-level Physics Co-ordinator
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- General relativity and gravitation
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Teaching Laboratory Manager
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Mt John Field Station
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West 106
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West 127
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West 106
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Canterbury Distinguished Professor
Robert H Grubbs
Distinguished Professor
Postdoctoral staff
Antonio Herrera Martin
Astronomy Post Doctoral Fellow with Michael Albrow's group
Phone: +6433690419
Internal Phone: 90419
Research Fellows
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| Time/Date | Speaker | Talk Title | Location |
| Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:00:00 NZST | Dr Jack Chen |
Applying Concepts from Nature for the design of Catalysts and Smart Chemical Networks | Room 701, West Building |