Rate My Professor Jaki Chowdhury

Jaki Chowdhury is the Professor of Mathematics and Department Chair of Mathematics and Physics in the Getty College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio Northern University, located in Ada, Ohio. In this capacity, he leads the department, overseeing academic programs, faculty recruitment—including posting positions for adjunct instructors in mathematics and physics—and departmental operations from his office in Mathile Center 224 at 525 South Main Street. His contact phone number is 419-772-2808. Dr. Chowdhury earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Throughout his career at Ohio Northern University, he has advanced to full professorship while actively mentoring undergraduate students in research endeavors.

Dr. Chowdhury's contributions extend to collaborative research projects with students and colleagues, notably assisting in a 2017 undergraduate research effort that contributed to the Springer Nature monograph 'Sequential Experiments with Primes' by Mihai Caragiu, demonstrating the application of sequential methods in the study of prime numbers. He maintains an active presence in the mathematical community through presentations at Mathematical Association of America (MAA) section meetings. These include explorations of different methods for evaluating the Gaussian integral ∫ from 0 to ∞ of e^{-x²} dx at the MAA Ohio Section Fall 2018 meeting, investigations into zero products of Bergman-Toeplitz operators with symbols in the disk algebra at the Kentucky Section meeting, and discussions on the definition, properties, and number-theoretic applications of Dirichlet characters at recent MAA events. Additionally, he has been listed in MAA Ohio Section newsletters and programs from 2021 to 2024, reflecting his service roles within the organization. Through these activities, Dr. Chowdhury exemplifies the freedom and creativity inherent in mathematics, fostering student success in research and professional development.