Cheryl Praeger

Cheryl Praeger AC FAA
Praeger by the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia
Born	(1948-09-07) 7 September 1948 (age 76) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Alma mater	University of Queensland University of Oxford University of Western Australia
Scientific career
Fields	Group theory algebraic graph theory combinatorial designs
Institutions	University of Western Australia
Doctoral advisor	Peter M. Neumann
Website	www.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.