Winter 2019

In January 2019, Professor Grossman became Waterloo's second Director of Women in Computer Science.

I am a transplanted New Yorker who spent the majority of her life in Manhattan — until I moved to Waterloo in June of 2016. While so much of my career — first as a clinical psychologist and hospital administrator, and later as a civil litigator — has been heavily structured, I love the freedom of the road trip.

Professor Anita Layton’s contributions to research, which have included revealing the molecular mechanisms behind different responses to treatments for hypertension among men and women; and uncovering potential side effects of a new “miracle drug” for diabetes, have resulted in her being named the Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine.

PhD candidate Erinn Atwater, an expert in the Cryptography, Security, and Privacy group at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, has developed an Android app for reporters and activists so they can encrypt their smartphones to protect sensitive information before crossing the border.

After her mother suffered a stroke, Aries Lee devised an entrepreneurial idea that would change her mother’s life and bring a sense of style to home assistance living aids.

Native to China, Lee came to Canada to complete high school and went on to pursue a Bachelor of Mathematics, graduating in 2005 from the University of Waterloo. “It’s known for being the top school for math, so getting into Waterloo was my ideal goal,” Lee explained.

Looking Back At Women In Math At Waterloo