InstrumentLakeshore Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM)

Dr Shen Chong is a Principal Scientist at the Paihau-Robinson Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in Materials Chemistry from the University of Auckland and has undertaken postdoctoral research at Industrial Research Limited, New Zealand, and the University of Tsukuba, Japan. His research covers superconductivity, magnetism, the functional properties of nanomaterials, and surface chemical reactions.

Dr Chong is currently a Principal Investigator at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and has served as Lead Scientist on several New Zealand Government-funded research projects. He has expertise in the characterisation of the functional properties of nanoparticles, including their magnetic behaviour in high magnetic fields. He also has extensive experience in conducting magnetic sensor validation studies for commercial clients using New Zealand's only high-field magnetic and physical property measurement systems.

E-mail: shen.chong@vuw.ac.nz