Jasmine Tan
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Bachelor of Mathematics/ Finance, UTS
and insurance. management products in all industries, it Maths is fundamental le look at problems, impacts the way peop on societ y. solve issues and build g to data analy tics, With everything movin g the way systems maths and understandin than ever. It isn’t work is more important is ver y rewarding. easy, but, ultimately, it
Fund Accountant, , Commonwealth Bank Sydney
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Bachelor of Advanc ed Maths/PhD Applied Ma ths, UNSW Sydney
& Consultant – Risk ing , ult ns Co on ati ul Reg PwC, Sydney
Actuarial Analyst, Rice Warner, Sydney
Isaac Donnelly
#5 wave rider
Austr alian Fulbrigh t Postgr aduate Northeastern UniveScholar, rsity, Boston
Associate, Digital McKinsey, McKinsey & Co, Sydne y
SAM CLIFFORD
#6 big cat crusader
vation. h a passion for conser am a mathematician wit ions in lat pu po r earching jagua At the moment, I’m res create to ths ma My team is using the Peruvian Amazon. uars jag es tur fea the geographical a statistical model of eos vid 3D ve ha o move in. We als prefer to live, feed and al loc m fro s ort s, as well as rep of the jungle and photo s. ult res st be ngs, to get the villagers of jaguar sighti cats, you where they’d see these le op pe By asking local ’t just can u Yo . are ere the jaguars can better measure wh a family gle and stumble across walk in to the deep jun op an vel de to es ilar techniqu of jaguars. I’ve used sim r Reef, rrie Ba t ea Gr al cover in the interactive map of cor of ty rsi ive Queensland Un as part of a team at the blic and p helps to inform the pu ma e Th Technology (QUT). of the reef. akers about the health government decision-m r the vironmental politics ove I’ve been involved in en arding. rew lly rea is rtant problems years and solving impo through skills – whether that be I want to use my maths the e sav lp he l research – to activism or professiona ference. planet and to make a dif
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Bachelor of Applied Science/Maths (Honours), QUT
{Careers with Maths}
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PhD Maths, QUT
Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Mathematics, QUT