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Dr

Becky Armstrong

Post Doctoral Fellow in Mathematics

School of Mathematics and Statistics

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  • Post Doctoral Fellow in Mathematics
    School of Mathematics and Statistics

BIO

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, and in Trimester 2 of 2025 I am lecturing MATH142 (Calculus 1B). My research is in the pure-mathematical fields of Operator Algebra and Abstract Algebra, and is partially funded by my Marsden Fund Fast-Start Grant (held with Distinguished Professor Benjamin Steinberg). My research is also funded by the Marsden Fund Standard Grant held by my postdoctoral supervisors, Professor Lisa Orloff Clark and Professor Astrid an Huef. I currently co-supervise one PhD student, Ryan Thompson.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Victoria University of Wellington, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Wellington, New Zealand21 Aug 2023 - present
  • Casual Lecturer
    University of Wollongong, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Wollongong, Australia3 Mar 2021 - 2 Jun 2021
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of Münster, Mathematical Institute, Münster, Germany1 Aug 2021 - 31 Jul 2023
  • Lecturer
    Victoria University of Wellington, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Wellington, New Zealand3 Feb 2020 - 2 Feb 2021
  • Research Associate
    University of Sydney, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney, Australia1 Oct 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
  • Postgraduate Teaching Fellow
    University of Sydney, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney, Australia27 Feb 2017 - 31 Dec 2019
  • First-Year Director Support & Tutor
    University of Sydney, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney, Australia7 Apr 2016 - 31 Jan 2017
  • Part-Time Teaching Academic & Research Employee
    University of Wollongong, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Wollongong, Australia21 Oct 2010 - 31 Oct 2016

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Software Engineering Intern
    Google, Sydney, Australia24 Nov 2014 - 13 Feb 2015
  • Software Engineering Intern
    Google, Sydney, Australia18 Nov 2013 - 7 Feb 2014
  • Quantitative Analyst (Summer Intern)
    Tibra Capital, Austinmer, Australia19 Nov 2012 - 18 Feb 2013

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Mathematics)
    The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia1 Jul 2016 - 7 Nov 2019
  • Bachelor of Mathematics Advanced (Honours)
    University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
  • Bachelor of Computer Science
    University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
  • Bachelor of Mathematics
    University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • German
    Can read

AVAILABILITY

  • Teaching provision

FIELDS OF RESEARCH