Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić is a New Zealand academic, and as of 2018 is a professor at the

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Academic career

After an undergraduate at the

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and a PhD titled '' 'Study of the interactions and structure in polyelectrolyte copolymer gel systems based on acrylamide monomers' '' at the

, Travaš-Sejdić joined the staff, rising to full professor. Travaš-Sejdić is co-founder of spin-out Spot Check.

Honours and awards

In 2017, Travaš-Sejdić was elected as a

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. In 2018 the

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awarded Travaš-Sejdić the

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. In 2019, Travaš-Sejdić was awarded the

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by the

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Selected works

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