{"id":375,"date":"2023-04-19T17:35:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/honoka-hauwai\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T02:22:44","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/honoka-hauwai\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"

People<\/h1>\n

The development of this German-NZ Green Hydrogen alliance and centre \/ He Honoka Hauwai<\/strong>, is being supported on both the German (BMBF) and NZ (MBIE) sides, with a grant to the co-leaders Prof Sally Brooker (Otago University) and Dr Paul Jerabek (Helmholz-Zentrum Hereon).<\/p>\n

Ng\u0101i Tahu commissioned a video to showcase a few of the researchers working on hydrogen in Te Waipounamu (South Island, NZ), including some of the people working on the German-NZ Green Hydrogen research grants. You can check it out on Youtube<\/a> by clicking on the image below.<\/p>\n

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A link to a video commissioned by Ng\u0101i Tahu showcasing four of the hydrogen researchers in Te Waipounamu (South Island, NZ) from University of Canterbury and University of Otago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

German-NZ Research Grants<\/h2>\n

So far three German-New Zealand Green Hydrogen research grants have been awarded, with funding on both the German (BMBF) and New Zealand (MBIE) sides.<\/p>\n

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Left to right: Jannik and Rebecca, Sally, and Aaron, who lead the three German-NZ Green Hydrogen research grants listed below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Investigating ways of producing low-cost green hydrogen<\/strong><\/a>” led by Prof Aaron Marshall and hosted at the University of Canterbury (Canterbury Uni<\/a> press release<\/a> 17 August 2022). This project includes collaborators both from Germany, Prof Christina Roth (University of Bayreuth) and Drs Christian Bern\u00e4cker and Clemens Kubeil (Fraunhofer IFAM), as well as from around NZ, Prof Geoff Waterhouse (University of Auckland), Dr Kim McKelvey (Victoria University of Wellington), and Prof Daniel Holland (University of Canterbury). This project also includes two PostDocs, Drs Chang and Shailendra, who you can read a bit more about on our Students and PostDocs page here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Professor Aaron Marshall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cCreation of a New Zealand-German platform for green hydrogen integration”<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(led by Drs Jannik Haas and Rebecca Peer), hosted at the University of Canterbury (Canterbury Uni<\/a> press release 17 August 2022), with NZ (University of Auckland) and German (German Aerospace Center (DLR)) partners. Jannik and Rebecca also co-lead the Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dr Rebecca Peer and Dr Jannik Haas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSafe, low cost, hydrogen storage materials from NZ resources<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0(Hereon press release<\/a>\u00a04 August 2022;\u00a0Otago Uni<\/a> press release 17 August 2022; ODT<\/a> 17 August 2022; EnergyCentral<\/a> 17 August 2022) hosted at the University of Otago but with an NZ wide team (University of Otago, Ng\u0101i Tahu, NZ Hydrogen Council, University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Auckland, Unitec\/Te P\u016bkenga) plus our partners at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (near Hamburg, Germany). Co-leaders Prof Sally Brooker (Otago) and Dr Paul Jerabek (Hereon). This project also includes five PhD students, Alex, Lekshmi, Zarar, Al-Hasan and Matthieu, who you can read a bit more about on our Students and PostDocs page here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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TOP: Professor Sally Brooker (Otago), Dr. Paul Jerabek (Hereon), Aimee Kaio (Awarua Runaka and Te R\u016bnanga o Ng\u0101i Tahu), Associate Professor Nigel Lucas (Otago), Associate Professor Anna Garden (Otago), Dr. Claudio Pistidda (Hereon), Professor Thomas Klassen; BOTTOM: Associate Professors Michael Jack (Otago) and Jonathan Leaver (Unitec), Dr. Chris Bumby (Vic), Associate Professor Alex Yip (Canterbury), Professor Peng Cao (Auckland), Dr. Juli\u00e1n Puszkiel (Hereon), Dr. Klaus Taube (Hereon).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Some of the lead investigators and key people of He Honoka Hauwai together during NZHS-1. Left to Right: Prof Sally Brooker (Otago), Dr Paul Jerabek (Hereon), A\/Prof Michael Jack (Otago), Prof Aaron Marshall (Canterbury), Dr Kai Sellschopp (Hereon), Alex Haack (Hereon\/Otago), Mirko Ante (GKN Hydrogen), Ivan Hodgetts (Murihiku Regeneration), Dr Klaus Taube (Hereon), Dr Rebecca Peer (Canterbury), A\/Prof Jonathan Leaver (Unitec\/Te P\u016bkenga), A\/Prof Nigel Lucas (Otago), Lekshmi Dinachandran (Otago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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