Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Award Ceremony honours our top students
Mathematics and statistics students were awarded for outstanding academic performance in 2021.
Published on the 09 May 2022 by Susannah Waters
On Tuesday 26 April, we awarded our top students during a prize-giving ceremony held over Zoom. Prizes were presented to an exceptional group of undergraduate and honours students from the 2021 round of awards.
Head of School Adelle Coster and Interim Dean of Science Scott Kable welcomed all attendees – comprising current students and School staff members - and congratulated the 19 prize winners.
Kate Thorley from Wilson Asset Management, one of our generous donors of the School’s annual Girls Do the Maths Program, joined to express words of encouragement and congratulations to the successful students.
She was followed by Professor Eileen Baldry, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Equity Diversity and Inclusion, who highlighted the significant work UNSW is doing to advance gender equality in mathematics and statistics before announcing the 10 winners of the Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prizes.
Deputy Head of School Josef Dick then presented several prizes sponsored by Alma Douglas, Viliam Teodor Buchwald, C H Peck, and George Szekeres and family, highlighting their relationship to the School and ongoing support to students.
Eleanor Johnson, Campus Recruiter at CITADEL, presented the two awards supported by CITADEL Securities, emphasising the company’s privilege to assist UNSW Mathematics and Statistics students.
The student recipients each said a few words to thank those who helped to support their success, including their lecturers, supervisors and the School.
A huge thank you to main event organiser Beatta Zarrabi for her outstanding efforts in making the event a great success, and to Kaye Sedgers for her valuable support throughout.
Congratulations to our students!
Please see the list of all prize winners below:
Bruce Chen - C H Peck Prize
Xiao Wei Huang - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, Level 1
Yingkun Huang - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 3 Applied Mathematics
Seongryeol Jang - School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 2 Mathematics
Jovana Kolar - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 2 Applied Mathematics
Samuel Lam - School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for 1st Year Actuarial Maths
Jason Lambe - Head of School's Prize
Jiayi Li - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Honours in Pure Mathematics
Enxi Lin - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 2 Pure Mathematics
Joanna Lin - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 2 Statistics; and CITADEL Securities Prize, Level 2 Mathematics & Statistics Courses in a Bachelor Program
Anders Shen-Wen Mah - School of Mathematics Prize for Level 1 Mathematics; and
CITADEL Securities Prize, Level 1 Mathematics & Statistics Courses in a Bachelor Program
Anthea Katherine Michalopoulos - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Honours Statistics Mathematics
Aldhytha Karina Sari - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Honours Applied Mathematics
Helen Sun - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 3 Statistics
Noah Mathew Vinod - Buchwald Award
Haoyang Wang - Alma Douglas Prize for Level 3 Statistics
Melantha Wang - School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 3 Applied Mathematics
Weijie Wang - Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 3 Pure Mathematics
Chris Hao Zeng - George Szekeres Prize.
Image of students above, from top, left-right:
Anthea Michalopoulos; Enxi Lin; Jason Lambe; Joanna Lin; Jovana Kolar; Noah Vinod; Samuel Lam; Seongryeol Jang; Weijie Wang; Xiao Wei Huang.