Dr. Claus Sorensen

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Claus Sorensen received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 2006. He has held positions at Princeton University, where he served as an Instructor from 2006 to 2009 and then as an Assistant Professor from 2009 to 2013. His primary research areas are Number Theory and Representation Theory, focusing on the interaction between automorphic forms and Galois representations, commonly referred to as the Langlands program.

Research Interests

Number Theory Representation Theory Langlands Program

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
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  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).