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About
Rod Badcock is Chief Technology Officer at OpenStar Technologies, where he leads superconducting magnet development for levitated dipole fusion systems, and a professor at the Paihau–Robinson Research Institute at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, having previously held the roles of Deputy Director and Chief Engineer there. His research covers high-temperature superconducting rotating machines, flux pumps and rectifiers, REBCO cables, cryogenic optical fibre sensors, and electric aircraft propulsion, and he has led New Zealand's MBIE-funded programme on megawatt-class superconducting aviation motors and contributed to the MIT/CFS VIPER cable programme. He has published over 300 works with more than 7,500 citations and an h-index of 45, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2025.
Chief Technology Officer at OpenStar Technologies
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Experience
- OpenStar TechnologiesChief Technology Officercurrent2026 — presentWellington, New Zealand
- OpenStar TechnologiesVP of Engineering2025 — 2026
- Paihau-Robinson Research InstituteProfessorcurrent2025 — present
- Paihau-Robinson Research InstituteProfessorcurrent2020 — presentWellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
- Paihau-Robinson Research InstitutePrincipal Engineercurrent2014 — present
- Paihau-Robinson Research InstituteDeputy Directorcurrent2014 — presentWellington, New Zealand
- Callaghan InnovationPrincipal Research Engineer2013 — 2014
- Industrial Research LtdSenior Research Engineer2006 — 2013
Skills & more
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rod Badcock?
- Rod Badcock is Chief Technology Officer at OpenStar Technologies, where he leads superconducting magnet development for levitated dipole fusion systems, and a professor at the Paihau–Robinson Research Institute at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, having previously held the roles of Deputy Director and Chief Engineer there. His research covers high-temperature superconducting rotating machines, flux pumps and rectifiers, REBCO cables, cryogenic optical fibre sensors, and electric aircraft propulsion, and he has led New Zealand's MBIE-funded programme on megawatt-class superconducting aviation motors and contributed to the MIT/CFS VIPER cable programme. He has published over 300 works with more than 7,500 citations and an h-index of 45, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2025.
- Where does Rod Badcock work?
- Rod Badcock is Chief Technology Officer at OpenStar Technologies.
- Where did Rod Badcock go to school?
- Rod Badcock studied at Brunel University of London (PhD, Materials / Engineering); Brunel University of London (MSc, Engineering); University of Leeds (BSc, Physics).
Same school
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Also attended University of Leeds233
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Shared employers
Also worked at OpenStar Technologies4
Also worked at Paihau-Robinson Research Institute1
Also worked at Callaghan Innovation14
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