{"id":48,"date":"2017-11-27T22:16:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T09:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:03:21","slug":"computational-catalysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/","title":{"rendered":"Computational Materials Science Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Welcome to the Computational Materials Science Research Group!<\/h3>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Computational Materials Science research group is led by Dr. Anna Garden, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago, situated in Dunedin, New Zealand. Our research is focussed on using a computational approach to investigate catalysis of small molecule reactions on both extended and nanoparticle surfaces. For more information on recent and current research projects, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/research\/\"> here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><i>Applications from M.Sc. and Ph.D. students are always welcome and external funding is available for suitable candidates. Please <a href=\"mailto:anna.garden@otago.ac.nz\"> contact me <\/a> for more details.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Group photo 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/ClusterHui_2023-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-357 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/ClusterHui_2023-scaled-e1706062456727-1024x839.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/ClusterHui_2023-scaled-e1706062456727-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/ClusterHui_2023-scaled-e1706062456727-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/ClusterHui_2023-scaled-e1706062456727-768x630.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/ClusterHui_2023-scaled-e1706062456727-1536x1259.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/ClusterHui_2023-scaled-e1706062456727-366x300.jpg 366w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/ClusterHui_2023-scaled-e1706062456727.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Front row, left to right: Chris, Anna, Sam, Elouan<br \/>\nBack row, left to right: Lekshmi, Nick<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Group photo 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/GroupPhotoNov2022.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-353 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/GroupPhotoNov2022-e1706062139522-1024x780.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/GroupPhotoNov2022-e1706062139522-1024x780.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/GroupPhotoNov2022-e1706062139522-300x229.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/GroupPhotoNov2022-e1706062139522-768x585.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/GroupPhotoNov2022-e1706062139522-394x300.jpeg 394w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2024\/01\/GroupPhotoNov2022-e1706062139522.jpeg 1117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Front row, left to right: Chris, Sam, Anna, Lily<br \/>\nBack row, left to right: Elouan, Ciaran, Nick, John<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Group photo 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2020\/10\/Group-photo-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-293\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2020\/10\/Group-photo-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2020\/10\/Group-photo-2020.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2020\/10\/Group-photo-2020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2020\/10\/Group-photo-2020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2020\/10\/Group-photo-2020-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2020\/10\/Group-photo-2020-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFront row, left to right: Chris, Lily, Anna, Frank, Sam<br \/>\nBack row, left to right: Ciaran, Tom, Charlie, Caitlin, Geoff, Luca<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Group photo 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2019\/03\/IMG_2860.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-263 size-large\" title=\"Garden Gnomes\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2019\/03\/IMG_2860-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2019\/03\/IMG_2860-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2019\/03\/IMG_2860-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2019\/03\/IMG_2860-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/annagarden\/files\/2019\/03\/IMG_2860-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom left to right: Luca, Calum, Charlie, Anna, Caitlin, Steph, Geoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Computational Materials Science Research Group! 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