Aretha Teckentrup facts for kids
Aretha Leonore Teckentrup is a mathematician from the UK. She is known for her work on understanding and dealing with uncertainty in numbers. She also works on numerical analysis, which means using computers to solve math problems.
Her research often involves special computer methods. These methods help solve complex math problems, especially those related to how things change over time or space. She is a professor, called a "reader," at the University of Edinburgh. There, she teaches about the math behind data science.
Education and Career
Aretha Teckentrup started studying mathematics in 2005. She went to the University of Bath in the UK. She earned her master's degree in 2009. Then, she completed her PhD in 2013. Her PhD research was about using special computer methods to deal with uncertainty.
After her PhD, she did more research. She worked at Florida State University from 2013 to 2014. Then, she worked at the University of Warwick until 2016. In 2016, she joined the University of Edinburgh. She started as a lecturer there.
Awards and Recognition
Aretha Teckentrup has won several important awards for her math work.
- In 2017, she won second place for the Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis. This award is for young researchers in numerical analysis.
- In 2018, she won a new award. It was the SIAG/Uncertainty Quantification Early Career Prize. This prize is from a group called the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. It recognizes new talent in her field.
- In 2021, she was one of the winners of the Whitehead Prize. This prize is given by the London Mathematical Society. It celebrates excellent mathematicians.
