E-mail me at amanda.matthes@gmail.com
I am a final-year PhD student at the University of Oxford with the CDT in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems (AIMS CDT). I have an undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Heidelberg, where I wrote my thesis on superscalar out-of-order processors.
I am interested in any work that could have a large positive impact on humans or other animals. Currently, I am particularly interested in developing better technologies (hardware and software) for ecology research. I would be especially excited to support work that aims to better understand (or maybe even improve) the welfare of wild animals.
I am open to jobs in research, engineering and science communication as well as entrepreneurship opportunities. Please reach out if you know of a role that I might be a good fit for.
My most recent project involved co-developing SnapperGPS, an open-source, low-cost, low-power GNSS location data logging system, specifically developed for tracking wild animals. My supervisor is Prof Alex Rogers.
Date | News |
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07/2024 | attending the UFAW International Animal Welfare Conference |
06/2024 | attending the NYU wild animal welfare summit |
05/2024 | attending EAG London |
10/2023 | resuming my PhD degree to write up my dissertation |
08/2023 | attending EAGx NYC |
04/2023 | suspending my degree until Michaelmas Term (October 2023) |
03/2023 | attending EAGx Cambridge |
02/2023 | the Journal of Open Hardware published our hardware paper on SnapperGPS |
10/2022 | at the Global Gathering for Open Science Hardware, GOSH 2022 |
05/2022 | deploying SnapperGPS with Manx Shearwaters on Skomer, Wales |
03/2022 | giving a talk at the International Sea Turtle Symposium (ISTS) about tracking nesting sea turtles with SnapperGPS |
12/2021 | our SnapperGPS work is featured on the cover of the 2021 Winter edition of Inspired Research, the twice-yearly newsletter published by the Department of Computer Science at University of Oxford |
08/2021 | on fieldwork in Cape Verde to track endangered loggerhead sea turtles with FMB |
05/2021 | voted in as Arts & Culture Officer of the Keble College MCR |
05/2021 | voted in as the new Novice Captain of the Powerlifting Club |
02/2021 | started hosting our Wednesday talks for the Physics Society |
04/2020 | 10-week project with the Satellite Applications Catapult on space debris |
03/2020 | voted in as Publicity Officer for the Oxford University Physics Society |
10/2019 | started my 4-year PhD at the University of Oxford with the AIMS CDT |
08/2019 | at QuID 2019, a summer school on quantum information at the ETH Zurich |
07/2019 | interning at the CERN data centre as part of their Summer Student programme |
06/2019 | defended my BSc thesis on superscalar out-of-order processing |