She earned her BSc Honours degree from ANU and her PhD from Yale University, then held post-doctoral positions at Rice University and MSRI, and a continuing position at Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA. Her research is mainly in harmonic analysis and complex analysis. She also works in industrial applications of mathematics, carried out through the UniSA Mathematics Clinic, which she directs. Her book “Harmonic Analysis: From Fourier to Wavelets”, co-authored with M. Cristina Pereyra, appeared in 2012. Lesley Ward is the Past Chair of the Women in Mathematics Group (WIMSIG) of the Australian Mathematical Society, and has worked on gender equity issues in STEM disciplines at five institutions over many years. She has won several teaching awards, notably the Mathematical Association of America’s Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching.