Jamaican Jemar Bather, who is a native of the parish of Saint Catherine parish in Jamaica, has completed his Ph.D. in Biostatistics at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is now working at Merck as a senior scientist in biostatistics.
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Congratulations to doctoral student
Jemar Bather who was recently named a Rising Star by the website
Mathematically Gifted and Black. Rising Stars are young, up-and-coming mathematicians which are already exhibiting promising potential & providing outstanding contributions for the math community.
From Jemar Bather via Mathematically Gifted and Black:
Born in Jamaica and raised in Bronx, NY, my single mother championed my mathematical pursuits. She worked full-time, attended community college, and still managed to find time to help me with my math homework. Given that she migrated to the US for a better life, she wanted to provide me with a quality education. Therefore, she applied for a scholarship for me to attend St. Nicholas of Tolentine, a Bronx private school. In part, to acing the math section of the scholarship examination, the tuition cost was reduced. This was the first of many doors the mathematical sciences would open for me. Next, I enrolled at The Pennsylvani