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RESEARCH TEAM

FAN Research Team
The team includes New Zealand-based experts (Universities of Canterbury, Auckland, Victoria, Waikato and Auckland University of Technology), international collaborators, post-doctoral fellows, PhD candidates and Masters students. Undergraduate students are also contributing to the project through final year projects and summer projects.

Leadership

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Prof Neville Watson
Science Leader
​University of Canterbury

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Dr Radnya Mukhedkar
Workstream 1 Leader
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Prof Nirmal Nair
Workstream 2 Leader 
​​UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

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Prof Tek Tjing Lie
Workstream 3 Leader
Auckland University of Technology

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Dr Andrew Lapthorn
Workstream 4 Leader
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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TIPENE Merritt
VISION MĀTAURANGA LEADER​
UNIVERSITY OF Canterbury

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Assoc Prof Ramesh Rayudu
KEY RESEARCHER​
Victoria University of Wellington


Key Researchers

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Assoc Prof Abhisek Ukil
Key Researcher
​​UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

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​Prof Nihal Kularatna
Key Researcher
​​UNIVERSITY OF Waikato

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​DR Jeremy Watson
Key Researcher
​​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Dr Hamish Avery
Key Researcher
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Dr Yonghe Liu
Key Researcher
UNIVERSITY OF Canterbury


International Collaborators

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Prof Ioannis Lestas
International Collaborator
University of Cambridge

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Dr Tobias Massier
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATOR
TUMCREATE

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Prof Subhashish Bhattacharya
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATOR
NC State University

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Prof Frede Blaabjerg
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATOR
Aalborg University

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Prof Peter Schegner
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATOR
Dresden University of Technology

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Dr Georgios Konstantinou
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATOR
UNSW Sydney

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Dr Tarek Lamara
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATOR
Sécheron SA. Switzerland


Researchers and Post-Doctoral Fellows

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Dr Josh Schipper
Post-Doctoral Fellow
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Dr Veerabrahmam Bathini
​POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY


PhD Candidates

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Andre Cuppen
PHD CANDIDATE
​UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

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Aphrodis Nduwamungu
PHD CANDIDATE
Auckland University of Technology

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Chamara Dassanayake
PHD CANDIDATE
​UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO

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Chamila Anuradha
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF Waikato

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Choidorj Adiyabazar
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Christian Yap
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Dilshani Maheepala
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Emmanuel Nduka Amaefule
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Hailong Wang
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Hossein Eisapour
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Leyla Zafari
PHD CANDIDATE
​UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

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Mehdi Moradian
PHD CANDIDATE
​AUCKLAND University of Technology

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Nalindi Herath
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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Nirashi Polwaththa-Gallage
PhD Candidate
​UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO

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Priya Singh
PHD CANDIDATE
Victoria university of Wellington

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Rasool Peykarporsan
PHD CANDIDATE
Auckland University of Technology

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Saad Khan
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF Auckland

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Soren Subritzky
PHD CANDIDATE
​​UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

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