Biographical entry Praeger, Cheryl Elisabeth (1948 - )

Summary

Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Western Australia since 1983 and has published widely in the field of algebra and combinatorics.

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Events

1970

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Queensland

1972

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Queensland

1972

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at Oxford

1973 - 1975

Career position - Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University

1974

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (Dphil) completed in Oxford

1976 - 1981

Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Western Australia

1982 - 1983

Career position - Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia

1983 -

Career position - Professor of Mathematics at the University of Western Australia

1984

Career position - Director of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia

1988

Career position - Director of Data Analysis Australia Pty. Ltd.

1989

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Western Australia

1992

Career position - Director of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia

1992 - 1994

Career position - Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Western Australia

1992 - 1994

Career position - President of the Australian Mathematical Society

1996 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1999

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

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Archival resources

Private hands (Praeger, C.E.)

• Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger - Records, 1973 - 1987; Private hands (Praeger, C.E.). Details

Published resources

Books

• Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1999, 191 pp. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Praeger, Cheryl E', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-632017. Details
• Neumann, Bernhard, Interview with Professor Cheryl Praeger, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 10 November 1999, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/n/gn.html. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details