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Associate ProfessorErin Leitao

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Associate Professor

Chemical Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0003-3738-0425
  • Associate Professor
    Chemical Sciences
  • +6493737599 Ext.85567 (Work)
  • SCIENCE CENTRE 302 - Bldg 302, 23 SYMONDS ST, AUCKLAND, 1010, New Zealand

BIO

2025-Present Associate Professor, University of Auckland, NZ

2018-2025 Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, NZ
2015-2018 Lecturer, University of Auckland, NZ
2012-2015 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol, UK with Prof. Ian Manners
2011-2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bristol, UK with Prof. Ian Manners
2006-2011 PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Calgary, Canada with Prof. Warren Piers
2001-2006 BSc in Chemistry, University of Victoria, Canada final project with Prof. Scott McIndoe

Memberships/Affiliations/Responsibilities:
2025-Present Principal Investigator in the MacDiarmid Institute

2021-Present Co-deputy Director of the Centre for Green Chemical Science
2017-2025 Associate Investigator in the MacDiarmid Institute
2016-Present Member of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry

Distinctions/Honours:
2019 Named Lanthanum in the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists for the International Year of the Periodic Table
2017 Dean's Award for Early Career Teaching Excellence
2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Fellowship

Areas of Expertise:
Main-group synthesis, catalysis, polymers, reaction kinetics and mechanisms, green chemistry

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Science, Chemical Sciences, New Zealand

MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer
    University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand1 Dec 2015 - 31 Jan 2018
  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand1 Feb 2018 - 31 Jan 2025
  • Associate Professor
    University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand1 Feb 2025 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada4 Sep 2006 - 22 Apr 2011
  • BSc
    University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada4 Sep 2001 - 28 Apr 2006

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak and understand

FACULTY / INSTITUTE

  • Science

GRADUATE SUPERVISION

  • PhD/Doctoral Accredited Supervisor

MEDIA ENQUIRIES

  • Available for media enquiries

FIELDS OF RESEARCH