About
Roles & Affiliations: Dmitry Jakobson is a Full Professor at McGill University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics, part of the Faculty of Science. He has held academic ranks including Associate Professor (2003–2008) and Assistant Professor (2000–2003). He has been affiliated with institutions like the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and Caltech earlier in his career.
Education:
- B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
- Ph.D., Princeton University, 1995
Research Interests: Jakobson's work spans Analysis (eigenfunctions of Laplacians), Spectral Geometry, Quantum Chaos, Number Theory, and Graph Theory. He explores topics like random metrics, nodal sets, conformal invariants, and probabilistic methods in geometry and topology.
Grants & Awards:
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (2001)
- NSERC Grants (2000, 2004, 2009)
- Canadian Mathematical Society's G. de B. Robinson Award (2008)
Teaching & Service: Jakobson has taught advanced courses in Analysis, PDEs, and Spectral Theory. He co-organized the 2016 CRM thematic semester on probabilistic methods. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Annales mathématiques du Québec and advised numerous graduate students.
Labs & Collaborations: His research often intersects with probabilistic geometry, spectral analysis, and mathematical physics. Collaborators include experts in number theory (e.g., Henry Kim), geometric analysis (Iosif Polterovich), and quantum chaos (John Toth).
