Professor Dr. Catherine Greenhill

Biography

Catherine Greenhill is a Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. She obtained her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1996 after completing her M.Sc. in Combinatorics and B.Sc. in Pure Mathematics from the University of Queensland. Catherine has held postdoctoral positions at both the University of Leeds and the University of Melbourne, joining UNSW in 2002. Her main research interests are situated at the intersection of discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, focusing on probabilistic and algorithmic combinatorics. She has made significant contributions to the study of asymptotic enumeration, examining typical properties of random graphs and the design of randomized algorithms. Catherine was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 and has received several awards, including the Christopher Heyde Medal in 2015. She actively supervises students at various academic levels and teaches a range of courses in her department, including Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory. Catherine is also involved in professional development for high school teachers, enhancing their understanding of mathematical concepts.

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