Ms Roxy Jackson

Roxy Jackson completed a Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours Class 1), graduating with the University Medal, and a Bachelor of Mathematics with Distinction at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Throughout her undergraduate studies, she developed a passion for mathematical modelling, systems theory, probabilistic robotics, and artificial intelligence. 

After completing her degree, she gained experience in research work in mathematical systems theory and engineering at several international institutes including Otto-von-Guerike University of Magdeburg, Germany; the University of Passau, Germany; the University of Newcastle, Australia; GIPSA-Lab, France; and J-PARC, Japan. She was a research associate at the Technical University of Berlin from 2021 to 2025 where her research focussed on data-driven modeling of complex systems in medicine and healthcare. She, moreover, led a research project in an industry collaboration using hybrid modelling approaches (mathematical and machine learning) to model non-linearities in machine tool simulations to improve the efficiency of machines and safeguard against system faults. 

Roxy has been working at the University of Newcastle as an Associate Lecturer in Mechatronics Engineering since 2025 where her research focuses on explainable artificial intelligence and dual control problems. 

In addition to her research, she is passionate about scientific communication and education. Roxy has participated in several voluntary outreach roles within the control engineering community. Most notably, she led the development of the technical content for a workshop to teach girls about control engineering and its impact on the world, called ``Girls in Control'' and was chosen to be part of a task force for developing an educational video on control engineering accessible to the general public. She is now a member of HunterWiSE participating in outreach projects to local schools in the Hunter region.