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Andrew Adamatzky is a pioneering researcher in unconventional computing, best known for his groundbreaking work harnessing biological and chemical systems as computational substrates. His most celebrated contribution involves using the slime mould *Physarum polycephalum* — a single-celled organism capable of remarkable problem-solving — as a living computer. His landmark book *Physarum Machines* (2010, 174 citations) established the theoretical and experimental foundations for programmable biological computation, demonstrating that slime mould can solve complex optimization problems, approximate transport networks, and even map real-world infrastructure like US and German highway systems. Beyond slime mould, Adamatzky has made significant contributions to reaction-diffusion computing, developing chemical and VLSI-based processors for real-time robot navigation in dynamic environments (91 citations) and implementing Belousov–Zhabotinsky chemical media in mobile robot control. His work spans artificial life hardware, spanning tree computation in plasmodium networks, and, more recently, neuromorphic liquid and gel-based systems that mimic biological synapses for flexible electronics (2022). Across his career, Adamatzky has consistently pushed the boundaries of what constitutes a computer, championing unconventional substrates — from living cells to chemical waves — and inspiring a generation of researchers to rethink computation itself.