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Jonathan Christopher Mattingly

Kimberly J. Jenkins Distinguished University Professor of New Technologies
Mathematics
105 Math/Physics Building, Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708
120 Science Drive, I, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Jonathan Christopher  Mattingly grew up in Charlotte, NC where he attended Irwin Ave elementary and Charlotte Country Day.  He graduated from the NC School of Science and Mathematics and received a BS is Applied Mathematics with a concentration in physics from Yale University. After two years abroad with a year spent at ENS Lyon studying nonlinear and statistical physics on a Rotary Fellowship, he returned to the US to attend Princeton University where he obtained a PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics in 1998. After 4 years as a Szego assistant professor at Stanford University and a year as a member of the IAS in Princeton, he moved to Duke in 2003. He is currently a Professor of Mathematics and of Statistical Science.

His expertise is in the longtime behavior of stochastic system including randomly forced fluid dynamics, turbulence, stochastic algorithms used in molecular dynamics and Bayesian sampling, and stochasticity in biochemical networks.

Since 2013 he has also been working to understand and quantify gerrymandering and its interaction of a region's geopolitical landscape. This has lead him to testify in a number of court cases including in North Carolina, which led to the NC congressional and both NC legislative maps being deemed unconstitutional and replaced for the 2020 elections. 

He is the recipient of a Sloan Fellowship and a PECASE CAREER award.  He is also a fellow of the IMS and the AMS. He was awarded the Defender of Freedom award by  Common Cause for his work on Quantifying Gerrymandering.


Current Appointments & Affiliations


Kimberly J. Jenkins Distinguished University Professor of New Technologies · 2022 - Present Mathematics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Mathematics · 2012 - Present Mathematics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Statistical Science · 2016 - Present Statistical Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Education, Training & Certifications


Princeton University · 1998 Ph.D.
Princeton University · 1996 M.A.
Yale University · 1992 B.S.