Speakers
Prof Sarah Rees
- Professor of Pure Mathematics
- School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics, Newcastle University
- Email: sarah.rees@ncl.ac.uk
- Sarah is a Professor of Pure Mathematics in the School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics at Newcastle University. She has studied Mathematics in Cambridge and Oxford.
Chi Onwurah
- Member of Parliament
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central
- Email: chi.onwurah.mp@parliament.uk
- Chi is a Member of Parliament for Newcastle. Onwurah graduated from Imperial College London and Manchester Uni with degrees in Electrical Eng and Business.
Dr Thyla Van Der Merwe
- Senior Security and Privacy Engineer
- Mozilla
- Email: tvandermerwe@mozilla.com
- Thyla is a senior Security and Privacy Engineer at Mozilla in London. She has degrees in Mathematics and Information Security from RHUL, and University of Cape Town, South Africa .
Dr Jennifer Warrender
- Teaching Fellow
- School of Computing, Newcastle University
- Email: jennifer.warrender@ncl.ac.uk
- Jennifer is a Teaching Fellow at Newcastle University. She has studied Mathematics and Computer Science in Heriot-Watt and Newcastle universities.
Parisa Akaber
- Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate
- School of Computing, Newcastle University, SIEMENS
- Email: parisa.akaber@ncl.ac.uk
- Parisa is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate between Newcastle Uni and Siemens. She studied Computer Eng in Shiraz Uni, Iran, and Info System Security in Concordia Uni, Canada.
Prof Anne Taormina
- Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University
- Email: anne.taormina@durham.ac.uk
- Anne is a Professor and the head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University. She has studied Mathematics and Physics in Belgium.
Dr Siaw-Lynn Ng
- Lecturer
- Mathematics Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Email: S.Ng@rhul.ac.uk
- Siaw-Lynn is a lecturer in the Maths Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her background is mathematics from University of Adelaide and RHUL.
Dr Shirley Coleman
- Technical Director & Principal Research Associate
- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University
- Email: shirley.coleman@ncl.ac.uk
- Shirley is a Technical Director & Principal Research Associate at Newcastle University. She has studied Mathematical Sciences and Statistics in Newcastle University.