| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Clio Cresswell |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | No confirmed information is available on the year she was born. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse | No confirmed information is available. |
| Children / No. of Kids | None |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | Australian |
| What were Clio Cresswell’s parents called? | Clio Cresswell’s parents were hippies; she described them as “wild party animals.” |
Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Clio Cresswell, Ph.D., is an Australian mathematician and probably one of the world’s most famous women mathematicians. She came into the limelight when she delivered a TED talk, which has received millions of views on YouTube.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Clio Cresswell’s parents were total hippies; she called them “sort of wild party animals.”
- Although Clio Cresswell was born in England, her early childhood was spent on a Greek island St Tropez where her parents moved for the discos.
- After that, there were in Cannes for the same reason.
- She studied Visual Art in the south of France and finished school there.
- Education : When she was 18, Clio headed to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, where she studied mathematics. She graduated successfully & also won the University Medal and completed a PhD.
- Funnily, as a kid, Clio hated math and started doing well at it only when she turned 18.
- Her dissertation was on “The discrete Painlevé equations: Hierarchies, Bäcklund transformations, and singularity confinement.” It is ironically stated that only ten people in the world can read it
Boyfriends, Relationships & Dating :
- Clio Cresswell proudly once stated that she’s had more than 12 partners. She didn’t reveal their names though.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Clio Cresswell is a member of the Applied Mathematics Research Group, carrying out research in the area of Integrable Systems.
- She developed a high level career becoming a senior lecturer in mathematics and statistics at The University of Sydney, Australia.
- Clio Cresswell’s specific research areas are discrete integrable systems, Painlevé equations, (quantum) monodromy, soliton equations, topology of integrable systems, Riemann-Hilbert problems
- As of 2017, she is not giving any classes at the University.
Books & Work Outside University :
- Cresswell is mostly known as the author of the bestselling book Mathematics and S*x (Allen and Unwin, 2003).
- She is currently working on another book which success she expects to surpass Mathematics and S*x.
- Fees : Clio Cresswell delivers lectures not only at The University of Sydney but also all over the world. Her fees (in 2017) for keynote speaking are $13,500 and for full day are $15,000. She also mentions $1,000 travel buyout plus hotel and ground transportation.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Clio assumes her turning to maths was a sort of escape from chaos to stability.
- Nowadays, she resides in Los Angeles, California.
- She was invited to share her ideas with several companies and received great reviews as to a great way of presenting the topic. She talks on The Gender Experience, Mathematics and Sex (Mathematics Education), Mathematics, Sex, and Your industry, Pathways to Success.
- She loves going to a gym and lifts some weights. She enjoys ring gymnastics as well.
- Clio has made a number of TV appearances : The Einstein Factor, Late Night with Conan O’Brien etc.
- She was even voted one of the ‘25 Most Beautiful People’ by the celebrity gossip podcast Who? Weekly in 2001
- Clio Cresswell is a proud Australia Day Ambassador.
Ups downs & Peak!
In appearance, she reminds me of Debbie Davis, who used to dance in Shotlanta in the late 70s & 80s! I did try to introduce Debbie to some engineering students from Rolla, maybe others made some headway…Clio seems much happier, and smarter than most all of us!