Our Team

Dr Neil Gordon
Chief Technology Officer
Dr Gordon leads Synaptec’s technology and IP strategy and the development of our sensors and associated systems. Before joining Synaptec in 2015, he concluded his doctorate in photonic engineering as a member of the international collaboration responsible for the first direct detection of gravitational waves. Neil is a recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and awardee of the Royal Academy of Engineering Shott Scale-Up Accelerator, and co-inventor of multiple Synaptec patents. Today he leads our team of experienced engineers and physicists in the design and development of Synaptec’s sensing technologies.