ProfessorMatt Watson

Professor

Chemical and Process Engineering

  • Professor
    Chemical and Process Engineering

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Prediction and Mitigation of Metal Dusting
    1 Dec 2026 - 31 Dec 2030
    Pileggi, Willow
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Ngā hua o te rā (fruits of the sun): Enhancing soil temperature and productivity through solar agrivoltaics and Indigenous fibre mats for kūmara production
    6 Jul 2026
    Hogan, Gemma
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Te hā o te rākau (The breath of the plant): Aotearoa native bioactives from kawakawa and horopito to extend fresh-berry shelf life through characterisation, encapsulation, and synergy
    6 Jul 2026
    Dewi, Ariska
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Cathode development of Pt-coated steel for high-temperature MOE
    2 Mar 2026 - 6 Nov 2026
    Tsybizova, Anna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Feasibility of a novel biogas upgrading method
    2 Mar 2026 - 6 Nov 2026
    Francis, Joseph
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Heat transfer characterisation in steam methane reforming
    2 Mar 2026 - 6 Nov 2026
    Khalil, Mohamed
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Reduced temperature molten oxide electrolysis for tantalum production
    2 Mar 2026 - 6 Nov 2026
    Batistis, Charles Philip
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Iron based cement systems
    1 Jan 2026
    Hafeez, Maleeha
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Metal dusting in steam reformers
    1 Jan 2026
    Pileggi, Willow
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Ammonia synthesis process model
    10 Nov 2025 - 13 Feb 2026
    Jin, Soo Jung
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Maple, birch, and tarata sap composition analysis
    1 Nov 2025
    Li, Qianhui
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Enhanced iron extraction from Aspiring Materials Process
    27 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    Coleman, Frederick
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    NMR sap composition analysis
    27 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    Reilly, Samantha
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    NZAS fluorine emissions
    27 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    Leong, Stella
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Ocean de-acidification with Aspiring Materials
    27 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    Hlavac, Julius
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Stable anode material characterization
    27 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    Williams, Harvey
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    High performance bronze alloys
    3 Feb 2025
    Wilson, Benjamin
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Enhanced vanadium extraction
    1 Feb 2025
    Phutela, Vidhi
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    3D printed hydrogen peroxide catalysts
    1 Oct 2024
    Manca, Dario
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Molten Oxide Electrolysis of Rare Earth Metals
    2 Sep 2024
    Rahmani, Kaveh
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Topology Optimisation of a inverter heat exchanger
    1 Mar 2024 - 31 Oct 2024
    Sharma, Aaryan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    3D Printed ammonia synthesis catalysts
    1 Jan 2024 - 8 Jun 2026
    Taherkhani, Goudarz
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Biomass gasification
    1 Aug 2023
    Weitzel, Jonas
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Beneficiation of gold mine tailings
    1 Mar 2023 - 17 Nov 2023
    Brand, Joshua