He is a graduate of Calvin College (B.S., 1998) and Western Michigan University (Ph.D., 2002). Jonathan is proud that the bulk of his research has been conducted with undergraduates. He is currently the co-PI of GVSU‟s Summer Mathematics REU, and he looks forward to many more successful undergraduate research projects in the future. Apart from his professional activities, Jonathan enjoys traveling and spending time with his wife, Melissa, and his two sons, Caden (5) and Asher (1).