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Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger, AM, FAA, (born 7 September 1948, Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian mathematician. Praeger received BSc (1969) and MSc degrees from the University of Queensland (1974), and doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1973 under direction of Peter M. Neumann. She has published widely and has advised 20 PhD students (as of May 2008). She is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of Western Australia. She is best known for her works in group theory, algebraic graph theory and combinatorial designs. ==Education== Praeger completed her high school education at Brisbane Girls Grammar School. After graduating high school, Praeger went to the government vocational guidance section to inquire about how she could further study mathematics. The vocational guidance officer she spoke with tried to discourage her from studying mathematics further, suggesting she become a teacher or a nurse because two other girls who came to him wanting to study math weren't able to pass their courses. He reluctantly showed her an engineering course description, but she felt it didn't have enough mathematics. So she left without getting much information that day, but did continue on to receive her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Queensland. Having met several women on the mathematics staff during her undergraduate studies, the prospect of becoming a mathematician didn't seem strange to her. During her first and second years she did honours studies in mathematics and physics, choosing to continue in mathematics after her second year. After completing her education at University of Queensland she was offered a research scholarship at ANU but chose instead to take the Commonwealth Scholarship to the University of Oxford and attended St Anne's College. At that point she knew she wanted to study algebra. After earning her doctorate in 1973 she had a research fellowship at ANU. She had her first opportunity at teaching regular classes at the University of Virginia during the semester she worked there. Afterwards she returned to ANU where she met her future husband, John Henstridge, who was studying Statistics. She was later offered a short-term position at the University of Western Australia, which turned into a long term position, where she currently works today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interviews with Australian Scientists: Professor Cheryl Praeger Mathematician )〕 She has taught in the Mathematics and Statistics program at UWA and was Head of the Department of Mathematics 1992–1994, inaugural Dean of Postgraduate Research Studies 1996–1998, Chair Promotions and Tenure Committee 2000–2004, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Computing and Mathematics 2003–2006, ARC Professorial Fellow 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UWA Staff Profile:W/Prof Cheryl Praeger AM FAA )〕 and ARC Federation Fellow in 2009. During her career, Praeger has been invited to speak at many conferences, including ones in the following locations: South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Morocco, Slovenia, Oberwolfach, France, Germany, USSR, Belgium, Iran, the Philippines, and Japan.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheryl Praeger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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