Happy 2026 Women in Maths Day!
May 12 is International Women in Maths Day! The aim of the day is to inspire women in maths all over the world and to celebrate their achievements. The date was chosen to coincide with the birthday of the Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani. She was the first woman to ever win a prestigious Fields Medal, a very high honour in maths, but died tragically at the age of 40.
Maryam Mirzakhani: counting curves
To find out more about Mirzakhani's research, read this article that we produced to explain her work when she was awarded the Fields medal.
Through our work, we speak to brilliant women at the forefront of maths research and its applications. Browse through the articles and podcasts below to find out more about a few of the women we have worked with in the last year.
Liz Fearon
In this podcast we spoke to epidemiologist Liz Fearon about her pioneering new project co-producing mathematical models with members of the public.
Yolanne Lee
In this podcast we interviewed Yolanne Lee about her involvement in a hackathon on teaching machine learning how to solve differential equations.
Heather Harrington
This article delves into Heather Harrington's research into the uses of topological data analysis in the life sciences.
Jess Enright and Erica Thompson
Find out more about the future of mathematical modelling in this podcast with Jess Enright and Erica Thompson.
Sangeeta Bhatia
Sangeeta Bhatia's research will help transform how governments respond to crises - by looking at what doesn't happen.
Adina Goldberg
Find out why "the meaning is in the arrows" in our podcast with Adina Goldberg!
Codina Cotar
Listen to Codina Cotar discuss the maths that inspires art and a mathematical art competition she organised as part of a Newton Institute research programme.
Holly Krieger
Find out about the dynamics of numbers what advice Holly Krieger would give to young mathematicians.
Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb
Cambridge Professor Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb discusses the applications of maths, from image processing to AI.
Jessica Bridgen
Infectious diseases in hospitals cost lives and money. How can we best understand them?
Céline Broeckaert
In this episode of Living Proof we talk to a playwright and a physicist about a book they have written together on the marvellous but tricky theory of quantum mechanics!
Liza Hadley
We meet some of the researchers who are trying to translate between the two very different worlds of mathematics and politics.
But this is just a small selection of the many inspiring women we have interviewed at Plus, more of which can be found in this collection.