Cheryl Praeger

Cheryl Praeger
Praeger by the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia
Born (1948-09-07) 7 September 1948 (age 76)
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Western Australia
Doctoral advisorPeter M. Neumann
Websitewww.maths.uwa.edu.au/~praeger

Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger AC 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 a doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1973 under direction of Peter M. Neumann. She has published widely and has advised 27 PhD students (as of March 2018). She is currently Emeritus 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.