Biography:Krystina Emmanouilides
Krystina Emmanouilides (born 1991) is a Greek-Australian[1] computational fluid dynamics (CFD) engineer, working for the Stake Formula 1 Sauber Team.[2]
Education
In 2013, Emmanouilides earned her bachelor's degree in motorsport engineering from Oxford Brookes University in England and in 2014, she completed her master's degree from Durham University, focusing on motorsport tyre heat transfer and aerodynamics.[3][4]
Career
Before starting her journey in Formula One, she was a vehicle dynamics engineer at Jaguar Land Rover.[5] She has been working for Sauber since 2018.
She is an ambassador for the Motorsport Australia FIA Girls on Track program, and previously served as an ambassador for Racing Pride, during which she also served on the Board of Directors. In these roles she is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the motorsport industry.[6] She has supported grassroots initiatives like We Race as One.
In 2022, she was nominated for the "Female Engineer of the Year" award presented by McLaren Applied. She was nominated alongside Hannah Schmitz and Charlotte Phelps.[7]
Personal life
She grew up in Melbourne, Australia.[2] She is a lesbian.[8] She currently resides in Zurich, Switzerland.[6]
References
- ↑ Alepidis, Marianna (18 October 2021). "One small step for motorsport, one giant leap for womankind: Krystina Emmanouilides on making motorsport more accessible for all". https://neoskosmos.com/en/2021/10/18/sport/one-small-step-for-motorsport-one-giant-leap-for-womankind-krystina-emmanouilides-on-making-motorsport-more-accessible-for-all/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bastiani, Gemma (28 September 2021). "Krystina Emmanouilides is paving the way for women in Formula 1". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-29/krystina-emmanouilides-formula-one-paving-the-way/100471888.
- ↑ Emmanouilides, Krystina (2015). Heat Transfer Analysis of a 50% Scale Formula 1 Wheel Assembly (PDF) (Master's thesis). Durham University. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ↑ ""Krystina Emmanouilides"". https://www.linkedin.com/in/krystinae/?originalSubdomain=ch.
- ↑ O'Brien, Connor (10 November 2021). "F1 engineer joins Australia's FIA Girls On Track programme". https://speedcafe.com/f1-engineer-joins-australias-fia-girls-on-track-programme/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sinckler, Niya (November 27, 2021). "EXCLUSIVE: KRYSTINA EMMANOUILIDES ON LIFE AT ALFA ROMEO RACING ORLEN". https://www.formulanerds.com/features/exclusive-krystina-emmanouilides-on-life-at-alfa-romeo-racing-orlen/.
- ↑ "EMMANOUILIDES REACHES FINAL FOR SPECIAL ENGINEER AWARD". 2 December 2022. https://motorsport.org.au/media/news/detail/2022/12/02/emmanouilides-reaches-final-for-special-engineer-award.
- ↑ Lewis, Niamh (December 1, 2021). "Racing proud: How motorsport is slowly changing for LGBTQ+ staff". https://www.espn.co.uk/espn/story/_/id/32711485/how-motorsport-slowly-changing-lgbtq+-staff.
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