Rate My Professor Jay Jorgenson

Jay Jorgenson serves as a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at The City College of New York (CCNY). He is also affiliated with the CUNY Graduate Center as a faculty member in Mathematics. Jorgenson obtained his B.S. degrees in both Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Minnesota in 1985. He then pursued graduate studies at Stanford University, earning an M.S. in Mathematics in 1987 and a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1989. His research interests lie in the analytic aspects of trace formulas, modular forms, and number theory. He employs methods from partial differential equations, spectral theory, and differential geometry in his work. Additionally, Jorgenson applies mathematics to social sciences, conducts statistical analysis for life sciences and finance, and serves as an expert witness on statistical issues in legal cases. His main research areas include spectral geometry and analytic number theory.

Jorgenson's publication record is prolific. Recent works from the past five years include 'An approach for computing generators of class fields of imaginary quadratic number fields using the Schwarzian derivative' with L. Smajlović and H. Then (Mathematics of Computation, 2022), 'Evaluating the Mahler measure of linear forms via the Kronecker limit formula on complex projective space' with J. Cogdell and L. Smajlović (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 2021), 'Super-zeta functions and regularized determinants associated to cofinite Fuchsian groups with finite-dimensional unitary representations' with J. Friedman and L. Smajlović (Letters in Mathematical Physics, 2021), and 'Modular Dedekind symbols associated to Fuchsian groups and higher-order Eisenstein series' with C. O'Sullivan and L. Smajlović (Research in Number Theory, 2020). Selected past publications feature 'Spherical Inversion on SL_n(R)' co-authored with Serge Lang (Springer-Verlag, 2001), editing 'Number Theory, Geometry and Analysis: Articles in Memory of Serge Lang' (Springer, 2012), and co-editing 'Automorphic Forms and Related Topics' (AMS Contemporary Mathematics 732, 2019). For his outstanding contributions to teaching and mentoring, he received the CCNY Provost's Prize for Pedagogical and Curricular Innovation in 2015, Outstanding Mentoring Awards in 2002 and 2003, and the Outstanding Teaching Award in 2002. In 2019, he was nominated for the CCNY Office of Information Technology Distinguished Ally Award. Jorgenson has taught a variety of courses at CCNY, ranging from precalculus and probability to advanced subjects like complex analysis and financial mathematics.