Biography
Emerald Gaydon is a physics research student with a flair for science outreach and a love for mountains and far-away places. Her research in Neuromorphic Computing aims to create energy-efficient computer hardware inspired by the human brain, with the aim to revolutionise AI and tackle energy-consumption in modern computing. At Oxford, she hopes to explore the material-science perspective to Neuromorphic Computing.
However, she also believes none of this matters unless future generations are engaged with STEM to continue this work. To that end, she uses a lot of her time engaging people with science, both nationally and internationally. She has engaged over 20,000 people with science so far, having hosted science outreach programs in the UK and Saudi Arabia, running the UQ Science Demo Troupe and having won the Queensland Government’s Engaging Science Grant to establish outreach activities in remote Australian communities. She has a particular passion for engaging girls and women in this field.
When she's not in the lab or on the stage, you can find her out on a hike enjoying the bush, or training for her next mountaineering expedition!