Hannah Fry
British mathematician and broadcaster
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| January 2025 | Joined the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge as the university's first Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics. |
| January 2025 | Joined the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge as the university's first Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics. |
| 2024 | Awarded the David Attenborough Award by the Royal Society for her outstanding science communication and inspiring young people to pursue mathematics and physics. |
| 2024 | Awarded the David Attenborough Award by the Royal Society for her outstanding science communication and inspiring young people to pursue mathematics and physics. |
| July 2024 | Fry acted as the 'chief number cruncher' for Channel 4's coverage of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, analysing results data overnight. |
| July 2024 | Fry acted as the 'chief number cruncher' for Channel 4's coverage of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, analysing results data overnight. |
| January 2024 | Appointed President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). |
| January 2024 | Appointed President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). |
| September 2023 | BBC Radio Four started broadcasting 'Uncharted with Hannah Fry', a series of 15-minute documentaries about graphs. |
| September 2023 | BBC Radio Four started broadcasting 'Uncharted with Hannah Fry', a series of 15-minute documentaries about graphs. |
| March 2023 | Fry began presenting multiple episodes of 'The Future With Hannah Fry' on Bloomberg Originals. |
| March 2023 | Fry began presenting multiple episodes of 'The Future With Hannah Fry' on Bloomberg Originals. |
| November 10 2022 | Fry began presenting a six-part series on BBC Two called 'The Secret Genius Of Modern Life', investigating topics like credit cards and app-based services. |
| November 10 2022 | Fry began presenting a six-part series on BBC Two called 'The Secret Genius Of Modern Life', investigating topics like credit cards and app-based services. |
| July 2022 | Fry presented the BBC Two documentary 'Unvaccinated', investigating why a portion of the British population remained unvaccinated against COVID-19. |
| July 2022 | Fry presented the BBC Two documentary 'Unvaccinated', investigating why a portion of the British population remained unvaccinated against COVID-19. |
| June 2 2022 | BBC Two aired her Horizon documentary 'Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry', which explored her cancer treatment, screening statistics, and patient decision-making. |
| June 2 2022 | BBC Two aired her Horizon documentary 'Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry', which explored her cancer treatment, screening statistics, and patient decision-making. |
| April 15 2022 | Appeared as a panellist on Have I Got News for You on BBC One. |
| April 15 2022 | Fry was a panellist on Have I Got News for You on BBC One. |
| April 15 2022 | Appeared as a panellist on Have I Got News for You on BBC One. |
| April 15 2022 | Fry was a panellist on Have I Got News for You on BBC One. |
| 2021 | Promoted to professor of the Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis after serving as a senior lecturer and associate professor. |
| 2021 | Co-authored 'Rutherford & Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)' with Adam Rutherford, further contributing to making mathematics accessible and engaging. |
| 2021 | Co-authored 'Rutherford & Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)' with Adam Rutherford, further contributing to making mathematics accessible and engaging. |
| 2021 | Promoted to professor of the Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis after serving as a senior lecturer and associate professor. |
| February 2021 | Underwent a radical hysterectomy as part of her cancer treatment. |
| February 2021 | Underwent a radical hysterectomy as part of her cancer treatment. |
| January 2021 | Hannah Fry was diagnosed with cervical cancer. |
| January 2021 | Hannah Fry was diagnosed with cervical cancer. |
| 2020 | Fry co-presented The Great British Intelligence Test and Coronavirus Special – Part 2 with Michael Mosley on BBC Two. She began a podcast created for DeepMind and presented programmes explaining the mathematics behind COVID-19 and pandemics. |
| 2020 | Fry won the Asimov Prize, a literary-scientific award from the Italian INFN Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and GSSI graduate school, for her book 'Hello World'. |
| 2020 | Fry was granted Honorary Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on the institution's 150th anniversary. |
| 2020 | Fry was granted Honorary Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on the institution's 150th anniversary. |
| 2020 | Fry won the Asimov Prize, a literary-scientific award from the Italian INFN Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and GSSI graduate school, for her book 'Hello World'. |
| 2020 | Fry co-presented The Great British Intelligence Test and Coronavirus Special – Part 2 with Michael Mosley on BBC Two. She began a podcast created for DeepMind and presented programmes explaining the mathematics behind COVID-19 and pandemics. |
| 2019 | Fry presented 'A Day in the Life of Earth' on BBC Four and co-presented a Horizon episode 'The Honest Supermarket'. She also delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures titled 'Secrets and lies', broadcast on BBC Four. |
| 2019 | Delivered the prestigious Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, showcasing her ability to communicate complex mathematical concepts to a broad audience. |
| 2019 | Fry presented 'A Day in the Life of Earth' on BBC Four and co-presented a Horizon episode 'The Honest Supermarket'. She also delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures titled 'Secrets and lies', broadcast on BBC Four. |
| 2019 | Delivered the prestigious Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, showcasing her ability to communicate complex mathematical concepts to a broad audience. |
| 2018 | Fry was awarded the Christopher Zeeman Medal by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and the London Mathematical Society for her contributions to public understanding of mathematical sciences. |
| 2018 | Published 'Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms', examining the impact of algorithms on human life. |
| 2018 | Fry presented 'Contagion! The BBC Four Pandemic', a programme simulating a potential flu pandemic outbreak in the UK. She also presented Size Matters and Magic Numbers on BBC Four, and hosted a 90-minute special of Tomorrow's World. |
| 2018 | Fry was awarded the Christopher Zeeman Medal by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and the London Mathematical Society for her contributions to public understanding of mathematical sciences. |
| 2018 | Published 'Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms', examining the impact of algorithms on human life. |
| 2018 | Fry presented 'Contagion! The BBC Four Pandemic', a programme simulating a potential flu pandemic outbreak in the UK. She also presented Size Matters and Magic Numbers on BBC Four, and hosted a 90-minute special of Tomorrow's World. |
| 2017 | Fry presented an episode of Horizon titled '10 Things You Need to Know About the Future'. |
| 2017 | Published 'Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms', examining the impact of algorithms on human lives. |
| 2017 | Published 'Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms', examining the impact of algorithms on human lives. |
| 2017 | Fry presented an episode of Horizon titled '10 Things You Need to Know About the Future'. |
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