Dr Elena Prieto-rodriguez

Biography

"My professional academic research career encompasses two specialised areas: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM), and Theoretical Computer Science. Since finishing my Honours Bachelor Degree in Mathematics/Mathematics Education I have held several positions at different universities. Shortly after completing my degree, during the academic year 1998-1999, I held a position at the National University of El Salvador. I was the on-site coordinator of a Masters program in Mathematics Education. In 2000 I commenced a postgraduate degree in Computer Science at The University of Victoria, Canada. Shortly after, I was offered a scholarship to study a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. I started my doctoral studies in September 2001, completing a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science in 2005. This was followed by an appointment as a post-doctoral fellow at the Newcastle Bioinformatics Initiative (now Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine). Subsequently I took up a full-time research position with the Australian Research Council Linkage project Engineering Choices, Engineering Futures. In 2012 I was appointed Lecturer at the School of Education of the University of Newcastle. I am currently the Program Convenor of the Bachelor of Teaching Secondary Mathematics, and Deputy Program Convenor of the Master of Educational Studies (Mathematics). I am a member of the Priority Research Centre Computer-Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications (CARMA), where I co-lead the Mathematics Education Group."

Research Interest

Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum