James Sundstrom
Lecturer Doc Sch
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Department: Mathematics
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Email Address: james.sundstrom@baruch.cuny.edu
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James Sundstrom is a lecturer at Baruch College. He graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Mathematics in 2011. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 2016. His thesis "Lower Bounds for Generalized Regulators" won the Carlitz-Zippin prize, awarded annually for an especially meritorious thesis. He has since continued that research in the paper "On Bertrand’s and Rodriguez Villegas' Higher-Dimensional Lehmer Conjecture," published in the Pacific Journal of Mathematics in 2023. His research is in number theory, specifically focusing on units of number fields.
After graduating, he taught at Temple University from 2016 until 2022, where he received the Temple math department's 2020 award for Excellence in Teaching by an NTT faculty member. He joined the faculty at Baruch in 2022. In addition to his teaching at Baruch, he has volunteered with the Putnam Exam Seminar.
Education
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia United States
A.B., Mathematics, Princeton University Princeton United States
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | MTH | 2207 | Elements of Calculus I and Ma |
| Fall 2023 | MTH | 2003 | Precal & Elem of Cal 1A |
| Fall 2023 | MTH | 3300 | Algorithms/Comp Prog |
| Spring 2023 | MTH | 2003 | Precal & Elem of Cal 1A |
| Spring 2023 | MTH | 2003 | Precal & Elem of Cal 1A |
| Spring 2023 | MTH | 2003 | Precal & Elem of Cal 1A |
| Fall 2022 | MTH | 2003 | Precal & Elem of Cal 1A |
| Fall 2022 | MTH | 1030 | College Algebra |
| Fall 2022 | MTH | 2003 | Precal & Elem of Cal 1A |
Journal Articles
Sundstrom, J. (2018). Lower bounds for generalized unit regulators. Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux, 30(1). 131-173.
Chinburg, T., Friedman, E., Sundstrom, J., & Rodriguez Villegas, F. On Bertrand's and Rodriguez Villegas' higher-dimensional Lehmer conjecture. Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 321(1). 119-165.
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Math departmental award: Excellence in Teaching by NTT faculty | Temple University | 2020-05-06 | |
| Carlitz-Zippin Prize | University of Pennsylvania | 2015-12-09 | Awarded for an especially meritorious Ph.D. thesis. |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
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| Assessment Committee | Committee Member | Present |