Career timeline
Key dates in Hannah Fry's professional career, from education to Cambridge.
Timeline
| Year | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Graduated with a BA in Mathematics from University College London. | Wikipedia |
| 2011 | Completed PhD in fluid dynamics at UCL, supervised by Professor Frank Smith FRS. | Leelavati Prize article |
| 2012 | Appointed Lecturer at UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), modelling urban phenomena including crime, transport and health. | plus.maths.org |
| 2014 | Published The Mathematics of Love, her first trade book. | Publisher page |
| 2015 | Presented Calculating Ada on BBC Four. | BBC |
| 2016 | Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry launched on BBC Radio 4 (with Adam Rutherford). Also presented The Joy of Data and City in the Sky on BBC. | BBC |
| 2018 | Presented Magic Numbers, The Joy of Winning, Made by Machine and Contagion! on BBC Four. Published Hello World. Received the Christopher Zeeman Medal for promoting mathematics to the public. | BBC, publisher page |
| 2019 | Delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures ("Secrets and Lies") — the first woman mathematician to do so. | BBC, RI |
| 2020 | Won the Asimov Prize for science communication. | Wikipedia |
| 2021 | Promoted to Professor of the Mathematics of Cities at UCL. | Wikipedia |
| 2022 | Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng). First series of The Secret Genius of Modern Life on BBC Two. | Wikipedia |
| 2023 | Second series of Secret Genius. Making Sense of Cancer (BBC Two, Grierson Award). The Future with Hannah Fry launched on Bloomberg Originals. | Wikipedia |
| 2024 | Became President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) for 2024–25. Received the Royal Society David Attenborough Award. AI Confidential aired on BBC. Uncharted with Hannah Fry on BBC Radio 4. | IMA |
| 2025 (Jan) | Joined the University of Cambridge as its first Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics and Fellow of Queens' College. | plus.maths.org |
| 2025 (Nov) | The Rest Is Science podcast launched with Michael Stevens (Vsauce), produced by Goalhanger. | therestis.com |
| 2025 | Won an Emmy for The Future with Hannah Fry (quantum computing episode). | Cambridge Faculty |
| 2026 | Won the Leelavati Prize (International Mathematical Union). Won a Webby Award for The Rest Is Science. Named by Time as one of the 100 most influential digital creators. | Cambridge Faculty |
| 2027 | New book No One Knows What They're Doing published (September). Come Fry With Me UK tour (September–October). | Publisher page, tour dates |
Related pages
Sources: University of Cambridge, plus.maths.org, IMA, Leelavati Prize citation, BBC, Wikipedia. This site is independent and not affiliated with Hannah Fry.