Merryn Tawhai

Merryn Tawhai is a New Zealand professor,[1] director of MedTech CoRE[2] and Deputy Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, where she was a fellow from 2002. She is known for the development of mathematical models of the lungs that will help scientists understand differences between physiologically normal lungs and the pathological changes that might occur in a disease. She was inducted into the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering in June 2018.[3] In November 2018, Tawhai was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[4]

Tawhai in 2019

Early life

When Merryn Tawhai was in high school her favorite subjects were mathematics and biology.[5] In 2001 she graduated with a Ph.D. in engineering physics from the University of Auckland,[6] and had two children at the same time.[5]

Awards
gollark: I don't really agree with Chinese room arguments.
gollark: Photonic ML hardware is apparently beginning to exist and is very efficient, so that could help in a few years.
gollark: There is apparently work on accursed optics things for the displays, and batteries... are harder, but maybe minimising power use with more efficient hardware can be done.
gollark: Enough minor conveniences stacked together gives a useful product. And you can fit smartphone SoCs into slightly bulky glasses - there are already AR devkits doing this. The main limitation is that the displays aren't very good and it is hard to fit sufficient batteries.
gollark: Also, you could sort of gain extra senses of some possible value by mapping things like LIDAR output (AR glasses will probably have something like that for object recognition) and the local wireless environment onto the display.

References
  1. "Professor Merryn Tawhai". University of Auckland. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. "Bioengineering - a boon for New Zealand?". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. "Professor's pioneering lung work honoured with top international honour". University of Auckland. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. "Centenary cohort of Fellows announced". Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. "Women's passion now their careers". The New Zealand Herald. NZME. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. "Professor Merryn Tawhai - lung disease". Radio New Zealand. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. "Professor's pioneering lung work honoured with top international honour". University of Auckland. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. "2016 MacDiarmid Medal:Virtual window into our airways". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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