Thomas Nann

Biography

Thomas Nann is Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, and Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Thomas’ career began at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where he completed his PhD in Electrochemistry in 1997. He then started to work on the synthesis, characterisation and functionalisation of nanomaterials in Freiburg, where he was awarded his habilitation in 2004. In 2006 he accepted an appointment to the Chair of Nanoscience at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK, which he held for almost four years. Between 2010 and 2015, Thomas was Professor at the Ian Wark Research Institute at the University of South Australia (UniSA). In 2011 he was awarded one of the prestigious ARC Future Fellowships. During this time, he also held the positions of Associate Director of the Ian Wark Research Institute and Director of the South Australian node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). In August 2015, Thomas commenced his current role at the MacDiarmid Institute and School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington.  

Research Interest

Thomas’ research interests focus on the synthesis, characterisation and application of functional nanomaterials and their application in the areas of energy, health and catalysis. He has a track record of fundamental and applied research on these topics, which is documented by numerous publications in high ranking journals. Furthermore, he has successfully supervised PhD and PostDoctoral students, concluded many industrial collaborative projects, holds several patents and is a member of editorial boards of scientific journals.