Jeanette Claire McLeod is a New Zealand mathematician specialising in combinatorics, including the theories of Latin squares and random graphs. She is a senior lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Canterbury, a principal investigator for Te Pūnaha Matatini, a Centre of Research Excellence associated with the University of Auckland,[1] an honorary senior lecturer at the Australian National University,[2] and the president for three terms from 2018 to 2020 of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia.[3]

McLeod earned her Ph.D. in 2007 from Australian National University. Her dissertation, Methods in Asymptotic Combinatorics, was supervised by Brendan McKay.[4] She is one of the cofounders of Maths Craft New Zealand, a project to popularise mathematics using crafts such as crochet and origami.[5][6][7]

In 2019, McLeod and fellow Canterbury mathematician Phil Wilson won the Cranwell Medal for Science Communication from the New Zealand Association of Scientists for their work on Maths Craft.[8] McLeod's advocacy for creative practice within science and research saw her profiled in a Nature careers article in 2021.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Dr Jeanette McLeod: Senior Lecturer, Principal Investigator (Te Pūnaha Matatini), University of Canterbury, retrieved 2018-10-11
  2. ↑ Dr Jeanette McLeod, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science, 12 August 2015, retrieved 2018-10-11
  3. ↑ CMSA Council, Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia, retrieved 2018-10-11
  4. ↑ Jeanette McLeod at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ↑ Mulligan, Jesse (2 March 2017), Maths & crafts: Using crochet and origami to teach mathematics, Radio New Zealand
  6. ↑ Monk, Ashleigh (15 March 2017), "Fold and knit your way through maths", The Star (Christchurch)
  7. ↑ Te, Mandy (11 November 2016), "Beauty is in the eye of the mathematician", Te Waha Nui
  8. ↑ "New Zealand Association of Scientists - 2019 Award Recipients". scientists.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  9. ↑ Dance, Amber (9 February 2021). "How the arts can help you to craft a successful research career". Nature. 590 (7845): 351–353. Bibcode:2021Natur.590..351D. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00334-2. PMID 33564187.
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