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Department of Mathematical Sciences

Why Study Mathematical Sciences at NJIT?

Did you know that students who earned Mathematical Sciences degrees at NJIT in recent years have gone onto graduate school and careers at well-known institutions?

  • Te-Sheng Lin (PhD)  is a Marie Curie Experienced Researcher at Loughborough University, UK
  • Jeffrey Pohlmeyer (PhD) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at NJIT
  • Rudrani Banerjee (PhD) is a Researcher at Novartis
  • Xinxian Huang (PhD) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Georgia Health Sciences University
  • Matt Malej is a Researcher at Navy Research Lab at Stennis Space Center
  • Lianzhe Xu (PhD) is a Biostatistician at Merck
  • Peixin Zhang (PhD) is a Researcher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Kuan Xu (PhD) is an Algorithm Developer at GE
  • Namrata Patel (BS) is working toward her PhD in Math at Northwestern University
  • Zhuo Jiang (BS) is working toward his PhD in Math at Northwestern University
  • Motolani Olarinre (BS in Math and MS in Computational Biology) is at Intel
  • Xavier Lee (BS) is a  Business Intelligence Analyst at Alterra Capital Services USA LLC
  • Ikemefuna Agbanusi (BS) is working toward his PhD in Math at Boston University
  • Jonathan Lansey (BS) is a Research Engineer at Aptima
  • Kelly Crowe (BS) is an Electronics Technician in the US Navy
  • R. Joshi (BS) is studying Economics in graduate school at Columbia University
  • A. Joseph (BS) is studying Financial Engineering in graduate school at Georgia Tech
  • C. Amurao (BS)  J. Brobbey (BS) and Todd Caskey (BS) are Actuaries at MetLife
  • Megha Billimoria (BS) is an Actuary at New York Life
  • Michael Pallotta (BS) is an Actuary at Prudential
  • Carlos Orozco (BS) works in marketing at Prudential
  • J Wintjen (BS) works at the New York Stock Exchange
  • Y. Liang (BS) and F. Naz (BS) work as Data Analysts at Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Chris Verdon (BS) works in Credit Trading at HSBC
  • Mariana Cassimira (BS) and M. Segal (BS) are Analysts at Goldman Sachs
  • V. Carpenter (BS) is an Actuary at Goldman Sachs

And the list goes on...

Some Well-Known People with Math Degrees

  • Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
  • Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft
  • Ehud Barak, former Prime Ministr and Defense Minister of Israel
  • Sergey Brin, co-founder and part of the management team at Google
  • David Dinkins, former mayor of NYC
  • Art Garfunkel, folk-rock singer, actor
  • Paul Greengard, Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
  • Dudley Hershbach, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
  • Jeffrey Immelt, CEO at GE
  • Danica McKellar, Actress, Author, Model
  • Jerry McNerney, Congressman
  • David Robinson, former basketball star
  • Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize Winning Author
  • George Smoot, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
  • Bram Stoker, author of Dracula

For more information about majoring in one of the options for the BS in Mathematical Sciences, contact any one of our advisors.