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
Hilary West-Reeve
Director – CSO – Phoenix Recycling Group
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
Duncan Stewart
Director, Greenhouse Capital New Zealand
Catherine Taiapa
Research and Development Manager, Armatec
Larisa Thathiah
Sustainability Manager,Waitematā Te Whatu Ora
Analeise Murahidy
Director Strategic Growth, Auckland UniServices
Saeid Baroutian
Executive Director
Brent Young
Deputy Director
Kiri Dell
Co-Director
Enrique del Rey Castillo
Co-Director
Erin Leitao
Co-Director
Lokesh Padhye
Co-Director
Gary Raftery
Co-Director
Kaveh Shahbaz
Co-Director
Filicia Wicaksana
Co-Director
L'Rey Renata
Co-Director
Sara Hanning
Co-Director
Xun Xu
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)