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We are delighted to announce the promotion of three academics from the School of Mathematics and Statistics to the position of Senior Lecturer: Dr Bill Ellis, Dr Sean Gardiner,Ìýand Dr Daniel Han. Their promotions were confirmed in the most recent academic round.

Bill EllisÌýwas recently appointed our Deputy Director of Undergraduate Teaching. This is a new role created in the School in recognition of the complexity of the tasks of leading the School’s undergraduate teaching. He will work with Director of Undergraduate Teaching, Dr Alessandro Ottazzi, to divideÌýtasks in the ever-growing portfolio. Dr Ellis also recently spent six months asÌýActing Director ofÌýFirstÌýYear Studies. During that time he enthusiastically represented the School at events such as ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Info Day and O Week.Ìý

Sean Gardiner, who is the Chair of Publicity and leads our outreach efforts in the School, has been recognised for excellence several times. Among his accolades, he won theÌýprestigiousÌý2023ÌýAustralian Mathematical Society Award for Teaching Excellence (Early Career). Dr Gardiner also won a 2020 Dean of Science Staff Award for Education Excellence as part of a team of six academics from the School.Ìý

Daniel HanÌýjoined the School in mid-2023 as a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics. He previously worked in the Neurobiology division of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. He also held a visiting academic position in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and was a postdoctoral by-fellow at Churchill College. Dr Han has been keenly involved in the School's outreach activities, such as our annual Do The Maths program.Ìý

Please join us in congratulating Dr Ellis, Dr Gardiner,Ìýand Dr Han on their well-earned promotions to Senior Lecturer. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and look forward to their continued contributions to the School.