CIRCUIT is a Research Centre in the Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering and a Research Hub within Ngā Ara Whetū | Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society at the University of Auckland.

Leadership Team

Saeid Baroutian

Kiri Dell

Barbara Kensington-Miller

Erin Leitao

Lokesh Padhye

Gary Raftery

Kaveh Shahbaz

Filicia Wicaksana

Brent Yong

The CIRCUIT Leadership team is made up of academic researchers with engineering, science, business and education backgrounds. 

Advisory Board

Rachel Barker

Chief Executive Officer, Plastics New Zealand

David Elder

Chief Executive Officer, Dave Elder Consulting Limited

Kenneth Husted

Head of Department of Management and International Business, The University of Auckland

Rob Langford

Chief Executive Officer, The Packaging Forum

JR Rowland

Deputy Dean-Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland

Executive Director- NGĀ ARA WHETŪ: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society

Duncan Stewart

Director, Greenhouse Capital New Zealand

Catherine Taiapa

Research and Development Manager, Armatec

Larisa Thathiah

Sustainability Manager,Waitematā Te Whatu Ora   

Saeid Baroutian

Saeid Baroutian

Executive Director

Brent Young

Brent Young

Deputy Director

Kiri Dell

Kiri Dell

Co-Director

Barbara Kensington-Miller

Barbara Kensington-Miller

Co-Director

Erin Leitao

Erin Leitao

Co-Director

Lokesh Padhye

Lokesh Padhye

Co-Director

Gary Raftery

Gary Raftery

Co-Director

Kaveh Shahbaz

Kaveh Shahbaz

Co-Director

Filicia Wicaksana

Filicia Wicaksana

Co-Director

Affiliates

The CIRCUIT affiliates have knowledge and expertise across many disciplines. Along with engagement and support from industry stakeholders and communities, we will address the current waste surplus, and resource limitations, and improve processes to accelerate the transition into a low-carbon circular economy in Aotearoa New Zealand for long-term economic prosperity. 

  • Professor Wei Gao (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate Professor Mark Jones (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor Peng Cao (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Shan Yi (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Kaveh Shahbaz (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Laura Domigan (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate Professor Steve Matthews (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Amar Auckaili (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate Professor Meng Wai Woo (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Alireza Akbarinejad (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate Professor Jenny Malmstrom (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate Professor Ashton Partridge (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Reza Arjmandi (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor Naresh Singhal (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Wei-Qin Zhuang (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Febelyn Reguyal (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Roy Davies (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Arezoo Rahimi (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor G Charles Clifton (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Enrique del Rey Castillo (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Reza Shahamiri (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Kelly Blincoe (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor Xun William Xu (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor Simon Bickerton (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor Olaf Diegel (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor Johan Verbeek (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Yuqian Lu (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Jonathan Edward Stringer (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Nam Kyeun Kim (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate Professor Sadiq Zarrouk (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Vinod Suresh (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Claire Bennett (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Karnika De Silva (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Maxim Volk (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor James Wright (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate Professor Viji Sarojini (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor Jonathan Sperry (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Professor Geoff Waterhouse (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Cameron Charles Weber (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Tristan de Rond (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Ziyun Wang (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Emma Louise Sharp (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate professor Melanie Kah (Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland)
  • Associate Professor Darren Svirskis (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Sara Hanning (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Matt Taylor (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Rob Burrell (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland)
  • Dr Joya Kemper (University of Canterbury)
  • Professor Vicente Gonzalez (University of Alberta)
  • Dr Isuru A. Udugama (The University of Waikato)