12 Facts About Nalini Joshi

Nalini Joshi is a professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney, the first woman in the School to hold this position, and is a past-president of the Australian Mathematical Society.

Nalini Joshi was awarded the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2012.

Nalini Joshi is the Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union, and is the first Australian to hold this position.

Nalini Joshi attended Fort Street High School and gained her Bachelor of Science with honours in 1980 at the University of Sydney, and her PhD at Princeton University under the supervision of Martin David Kruskal.

In 2015, Nalini Joshi co-founded and co-chaired the Science in Australia Gender Equity program, which works to increase retention of women in STEM fields using Athena SWAN principles.

Nalini Joshi was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in March 2008, and has held a number of positions in the Australian Mathematical Society, including its presidency from December 2008 to September 2010.

Nalini Joshi was a board member of the Australian Mathematics Trust Nalini Joshi has been on the National Committee for Mathematical Sciences since January 2010.

In 2012, Nalini Joshi became a Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow, which involves the five-year project, Geometric construction of critical solutions of nonlinear systems.

Nalini Joshi is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.

Nalini Joshi was elected vice-president of the International Mathematical Union in July 2018.

Nalini Joshi was recognised in the October 2019 NSW Premier's Prizes for "Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry or Physics".

In 2020, Nalini Joshi was awarded the George Szekeres Medal from the Australian Mathematical Society.