Jeff Mortensen: advisors and students

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Jeff Mortensen

Mathematician

Supervised 1 doctoral student (2 students at any level); Wikidata names Washek Pfeffer as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and Scopus.

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Students2

cited by a thesis record
Jeffrey S. Olsen “Approximate Techniques for the Solution of Unconfined Groundwater Flow Equations and a Derivation of a Two-Sided Fractional Conservation of Mass Equation”
2017 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Randy Ringstad “Application of Robust Observers to Time-Series Forecasting”
2009 · master's

Advisors on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
Washek Pfeffer

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataWashek Pfeffer
2 steps up
stated by WikidataJoaquin Basilio Diaz
3 steps up
stated by WikidataLipman Bers
4 steps up
stated by WikidataCharles Loewner

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 1 person: 1 cited by thesis records.

Education and career4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

until 1985
University of Nevada, Reno
studied
until 1989
University of Nevada, Reno
studied
until 1993
University of California, Davis
studied
from 1993
University of Nevada, Reno
worked

Sat beside the lineage6

committee member, not advisor

cited by a thesis record
Phillip Alexander Pratt “From Boussinesq Equation to Porous Medium Equation: Analytical Extensions and Structural Reformulations in Nonlinear Groundwater Flow”
committee member · 2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mahshid Farzan “A STUDY IN AUCTION THEORY AND A SCENARIO IN CHEATING IN ENGLISH AUCTIONS”
committee member · 2021 · master's
cited by a thesis record
Daniel A. Lopez “Evolving GPU-Accelerated Capsule Networks”
committee member · 2018 · master's
cited by a thesis record
Trevor J. Burris-Mog “Capture and Transport of Laser Accelerated Protons by Pulsed Magnetic Fields: Advancements Toward Laser-Based Proton Therapy”
committee member · 2012 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Eden Furtak-Cole “A Series Solution to the Porous Medium Equation”
committee member · 2012 · master's
cited by a thesis record
Julia Petereit “Semi-Analytical Solution Techniques”
committee member · 2010 · master's

At a glance

known as: mathematician, university teacher

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere3

identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ63255996

papers

stated by WikidataScopus7103322305

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project12655

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Read on 31 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q63255996,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Jeff Mortensen: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q63255996},
  note = {read on 2026-10-31}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 31). Jeff Mortensen: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-31]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q63255996