Speakers
Women in Math Day 2018 has an exciting set of female speakers working in academia and industry who want to share their brilliant story of their career journey with you. Here is a short bio of each of these speakers.
Prof Sarah Rees
- Professor of Pure Mathematics
- School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics, Newcastle University
- Email: sarah.rees@ncl.ac.uk
- Sarah is a Professor of Pure Mathematics in the School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics at Newcastle University. She has studied Mathematics in Cambridge and Oxford.
Chi Onwurah
- Member of Parliament
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central
- Email: chi.onwurah.mp@parliament.uk
- Chi is a Member of Parliament for Newcastle. Onwurah graduated from Imperial College London and Manchester Uni with degrees in Electrical Eng and Business.
Dr Thyla Van Der Merwe
- Senior Security and Privacy Engineer
- Mozilla
- Email: tvandermerwe@mozilla.com
- Thyla is a senior Security and Privacy Engineer at Mozilla in London. She has degrees in Mathematics and Information Security from RHUL, and University of Cape Town, South Africa .
Dr Jennifer Warrender
- Teaching Fellow
- School of Computing, Newcastle University
- Email: jennifer.warrender@ncl.ac.uk
- Jennifer is a Teaching Fellow at Newcastle University. She has studied Mathematics and Computer Science in Heriot-Watt and Newcastle universities.
Parisa Akaber
- Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate
- School of Computing, Newcastle University, SIEMENS
- Email: parisa.akaber@ncl.ac.uk
- Parisa is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate between Newcastle Uni and Siemens. She studied Computer Eng in Shiraz Uni, Iran, and Info System Security in Concordia Uni, Canada.
Prof Anne Taormina
- Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University
- Email: anne.taormina@durham.ac.uk
- Anne is a Professor and the head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University. She has studied Mathematics and Physics in Belgium.
Dr Siaw-Lynn Ng
- Lecturer
- Mathematics Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Email: S.Ng@rhul.ac.uk
- Siaw-Lynn is a lecturer in the Maths Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her background is mathematics from University of Adelaide and RHUL.
Dr Shirley Coleman
- Technical Director & Principal Research Associate
- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University
- Email: shirley.coleman@ncl.ac.uk
- Shirley is a Technical Director & Principal Research Associate at Newcastle University. She has studied Mathematical Sciences and Statistics in Newcastle University.