Caroline Series

Career and research In 1976–77 she was a lecturer at University of California, Berkeley, and in 1977–78 she was a research fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge. From 1978 she was at the University of Warwick, first as a lecturer, then, from 1987, as a reader, and from 1992 as a professor. From 1999 to 2004 she was Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick.

In the 1970s, Series found illustrations of Rufus Bowen's Theory of Dynamic Systems in the geometry of continued fractions and two-dimensional hyperbolic geometry, effect of Fuchsian groups. After that she investigated similar, including fractal, geometric patterns in three-dimensional hyperbolic spaces, with Kleinian groups as symmetry groups. The computer images led to a book project with David Mumford and David Wright, which took over ten years. Other coauthors with whom she published in this area include Linda Keen and Joan Birman.

Series became the third woman to be president of the London Mathematical Society when she held the post in 2017–2019.

She is emeritus professor in mathematics at the University of Warwick. In 2009 she was the Emmy Noether visiting professor at the University of Göttingen. She was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in its inaugural class of 2013. She is an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College. 1972–74 Kennedy Scholarship, Harvard University 1987 Junior Whitehead Prize, London Mathematical Society 2014 Senior Anne Bennett Prize, London Mathematical Society 2017 Elected to the Academia Europaea 2021 David Crighton Medal, London Mathematical Society

Series was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to mathematics.

Personal life She is the daughter of the physicist George Series.