Emma Yhnell | |
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Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | Cardiff University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Behavioural neuroscience |
Institutions | Cardiff University |
Thesis | A phenotypic characterisation of the HdhQ111 mouse model of Huntington’s disease (2015) |
Doctoral advisor | Stephen Dunnett Simon Brooks |
Website | emmayhnell |
Emma Yhnell is a British scientist, science communicator and senior lecturer based at Cardiff University.[1] She has previously conducted research on computerised cognitive training and Huntington's disease. An advocate for public engagement and science communication, and a STEM ambassador, Yhnell won the British Science Association's Charles Darwin Award Lecture for Agricultural, Biological and Medical Sciences and the British Neuroscience Association's Public Engagement Award.
She served as Equal Opportunities & Diversity Representative on the British Neuroscience Association Committee.[2]