From March 18–21, 2026, Jervee and members of the OPTICA Otago Student Chapter took part in ASB Polyfest 2026 in Auckland as part of the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies community engagement program. The team ran fun, hands-on light experiments to show the community how things like reflection, diffraction, and color work. It was all about making […]

Mitchell Chalmers has submitted his PhD thesis for examination.  His thesis entitled “Raman Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications” focuses on the use of Raman spectroscopy to investigate mineral growths in human tissue; such as those associated with breast cancer.  His work has already been published in the following papers: Chalmers, M.; Gordon, Keith C.; McCane, B.; Fraser-Miller, […]