Meet our doctoral candidates

Yi-Han Wu stands in a lab and smiles to camera.

3MT® winner Yi-Han’s PhD research aims to make a difference to anyone suffering from traumatic brain injury.

Elena Pesina stands smiling in a smart room in front of a window and plants.

Elena’s drive to make positive change led to her research on aid partnerships for her PhD in Law.

Teck wearing a lap coat and goggles standing in front of complicated equipment.

Teck is researching anaesthetics adsorption for his PhD in Chemicals and Materials Engineering.

Jean Allen leans, smiling, against a colourfully-graffitied wall.

Jean's doctoral research focuses on centring youth voices in the South Auckland community she loves.

Ghazaleh's close-up.

Iranian-Kiwi Ghazaleh's experiences of being an immigrant child in 80s New Zealand have shaped her PhD by creative practice in Media, Film and Television.

Tayaza Fadason is studying for a PhD in Biomedical Sciences as part of the High Value Nutrition project.

Teuila Hughes is researching Samoan dance practices as part of her PhD in Dance.

Kieran Brennan sitting on a bench, smiling.

Kieran Brennan is researching needle-free injection as part of his PhD in Bioengineering

Emma Brown in her lab wearing a white lab coat.

Emma's career in industry prepared her well for a PhD in Chemicals and Materials Engineering.

Hui Yu is a Chinese Scholarship Council awardee working towards a PhD in History.

Jamie-Lee is researching Māori healthcare experiences as part of her PhD in Surgery.

Daniel left a career in engineering to pursue his passion via a PhD in Education.

Bridget is a part-time candidate studying innovation in universities as part of her PhD in Management.

Liza is researching Aoteroa's mortality inequality as part of her PhD in Statistics

Renoh smiling to camera.

Read about some of our international PhD candidates from India, China, Colombia and Mexico.