Success Stories

My journey towards success began with a fervent passion for mathematics nurtured since my childhood, a passion that flourished during my undergradu
Originally from south-west of China, my favourite activities were swimming in the Aha Lake and wandering miles and miles in the mountainous country
My name is Eslene Makoundou and I’m a first year PhD student at the University of Portsmouth. I graduated there after 3 years of studying maths.
I was born and brought up in Lahore, Pakistan. I was greatly inspired by my home supervisor (Prof. Dr.
On the 8th February 2017 I was awarded the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) recognition.
According to Dr Erica Walker in Black Mathematicians and the Pursuit of Excellence, it is estimated that there are approximately 300 African-Americ
I am a PhD maths graduate, researching on stochastic modelling of atmospheric dispersion.
“But why Statistics?!!” This is a question I have been asked hundreds of times, almost every time I introduce myself and my background to anyone ne
My finishing high school was a big deal in my family, as both of my parents education ended at 9th grade.
I am currently a masters student at UCL studying towards an Msc in Medical Statistics and in September, I will be starting a job working in industr
I am a Reader (Associate Professor) in applied mathematics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath.
I came from a secondary school with a bad reputation for poor behaviour and low academic success.
My real passion is physics, but I knew I needed to be a strong mathematician to be a physicist, so I always worked hard at my maths.
My current activities involve delivering a variety of trai
There is a saying among mathematicians that ‘A bad Erdos c