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Cheryl Praeger

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Australian mathematician

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Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger 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.

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2021Companion of the Order of Australia
2021Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture
2019Prime Minister's Prize for Science
2014George Szekeres Medal
2013Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2013Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal
2011Euler Medal
2011Moyal Medal
2001Centenary Medal
1999Member of the Order of Australia
1996Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

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Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger 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 2026, she is 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.

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Born 1948 · age 78
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