Si '''Doreen Thomas''', propesor sa Mechanical Engineering sa Unibersidad nin Melbourne,<ref name="melbU">{{Cite web|title=Search - Doreen A. Thomas|url=https://search.unimelb.edu.au/s/search.html?collection=gs-meta&query=Doreen+A.+Thomas|access-date=2021-10-11|website=search.unimelb.edu.au}}</ref> nakakua nin B.Sc na porma sa Unibersidad nin Cape Town, B.Sc (Hon) hali sa Unibersidad nin Wiitwatersrand. Sa Oxford, nakakua sya nin M.Sc. asin sarong D.Phil <ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof Doreen Thomas|url=https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/401-doreen-thomas|access-date=2021-10-11|website=findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au}}</ref> kan 1976, na may mathematical dissertation na igwa nin titulong ''Problems in Functional Analysis''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doreen Thomas - The Mathematics Genealogy Project|url=https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=109411|access-date=2021-10-11|website=genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu}}</ref>
An saiyang matematikong trabaho sa pag - analisar sa mga network nagbunga kan saiyang mga kontribusyon sa inhinyeriyang elektrikal asin mekanikal.
Bilang propesor sa dakol na eskwelahan sa inhinyeriya, sa matematika asin estadistika asin bilang asosyadong dean sa pagsiyasat asin pag-adal sa pagsiyasat sa Melbourne dakol an ginibo nya tanganing enkaminaron an mga babae na magin inhenyero.<refname="amsi" /><ref name="amsi" /><ref name="amsi" /><ref name=":0" /> An mga paratukdo kan inhinyeriya kan Unibersidad nin Melbourne nagtaong onra sa saiyang trabaho paagi sa pag'alok nin mga scholarship na postdoctoral sa saiyang pangaran.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doreen Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowships for Women in Engineering (University of Melbourne)|url=https://engineeroxy.com/doreen-thomas-postdoctoral-fellowships-for-women-in-engineering,i7244.html|access-date=2021-10-11|website=engineeroxy.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Nicole|date=2020-10-27|title=Opportunities and challenges for women in engineering and IT|url=https://eng.unimelb.edu.au/engage-with-us/alumni/events/past-events/journey-to-success|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology|language=en}}</ref><ref name="amsi">{{Cite web|date=2021-06-15|title=Prof. Emeritus Doreen Thomas Honoured on Queen's Birthday|url=https://amsi.org.au/2021/06/15/amsi-congratulates-professor-emeritus-doreen-thomas/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=AMSI|language=en-US}}</ref>Sya kaapil kan Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Fellow of Engineers Australia <ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof Doreen Thomas|url=https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/401-doreen-thomas|access-date=2021-10-11|website=findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au}}</ref> Pinagnegosyo niya an saiyang mining software na nagpamarhay kan disenyo sa pagmimina sa paagi kan kompanyang MIneOptima na pigbakal man kan kompanyang mining software na RPM.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AMSI Doreen Thomas:Network optimisation in the access design for underground mines|url=https://optimise.amsi.org.au/speakers/doreen-thomas/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=AMSI Optimise 2019|language=en-AU}}</ref>
