Meet our doctoral candidates

Meet doctoral candidates from across the University and find out what it is like to undertake graduate research at our world-leading institution.

2019 Three Minute Thesis champion Yi-Han Wu is an Auckland Bioengineering Institute PhD candidate researching traumatic brain injury.

Liza Bolton is a Science PhD candidate researching mortality inequality in New Zealand.

Nona's PhD focuses on more efficient collaboration between Māori communities and non-Māori parties to utilise and develop geothermal resources.

Mina is an international doctoral candidate researching how very young children demonstrate agency and competency in decision-making.

Doctor of Education graduate Maia works as a lecturer in Te Puna Wānanga The School of Māori and Indigenous Education.

Doctor of Medicine graduate Avinash is the inaugural Global Cancer Disparities Fellow and works as a surgeon in oncology.

Sjoerd van Ballegooy gained a PhD in Civil Engineering and is now Technical Director at Tonkin + Taylor.

Yi-Han Wu | Bioengineering