Nalini Joshi
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Nalini Joshi is an Australian mathematician
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Joshi is currently a Professor (and has been the Head of School) in the School of Mathematics and Statistics
at the University of Sydney
(she is the first woman to hold either position in the School ), and President of the Australian Mathematical Society
. She is a member of the School's Applied Mathematics Research Group.
Joshi completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney
, receiving a Bachelor of Science with Honours in applied mathematics. She holds a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton University
in applied mathematics. She completed her Ph.D. in 1987 under the supervision of Martin David Kruskal.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
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Joshi is currently a Professor (and has been the Head of School) in the School of Mathematics and Statistics
Sydney School of Mathematics and Statistics
The School of Mathematics and Statistics is a constituent body of the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney, Australia. It was established in its present form in 1991....
at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
(she is the first woman to hold either position in the School ), and President of the Australian Mathematical Society
Australian Mathematical Society
The Australian Mathematical Society was founded in 1956 and is the national society of the mathematics profession in Australia. One of the Society's listed purposes is to promote the cause of mathematics in the community by representing the interests of the profession to government. The Society...
. She is a member of the School's Applied Mathematics Research Group.
Joshi completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
, receiving a Bachelor of Science with Honours in applied mathematics. She holds a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in applied mathematics. She completed her Ph.D. in 1987 under the supervision of Martin David Kruskal.