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Associate ProfessorDavid Leung

Associate Professor

School of Biological Sciences

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Biological Sciences
  • +6433695184 (Work)
  • Julius von Haast 317

BIO

Research interests include 3D-bioprinting for lab grown wood, bioplastics, plant coating for protection, biomaterial science, phytoremediation, pollution in waterways, tissue culture of ornamental, medicinal, woody plants, and NZ native plants, molecular biology and genetic engineering of plants, applied plant physiology and plant biotechnology, and seed physiology and biochemistry.

TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA - UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Canterbury, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science20 Jul 1986 - present

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science

GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

  • Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 15 Life on Land
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

FIELDS OF RESEARCH