C. Maeve Lewis McCarthy is an Irish mathematician whose research interests include inverse problems and modelling biological systems.
She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematical physics from NUI Galway, and then continued her studies in computational and applied mathematics at Rice University, where she earned a second master's degree and in 1997 a Ph.D.[3] Her dissertation, An Investigation of the Optimal Design of the Tallest Unloaded Column, was supervised by Steven J.
[1][5] She worked as executive director of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 2008 to 2011,[1][5] when she returned to Murray State as a full-time faculty member.
[1] At Murray State, she is also the director of a project that "studies the recruitment and retention of women faculty in science at rural institutions".
[1][2] She was selected to join the 2019 class of fellows of the Association for Women in Mathematics "for her commitment to mentoring students and colleagues; for her inspired service as executive director of AWM; and for her stewardship of the ADVANCE project at Murray State University".