Jonathan Knappenberger, Ph.D.

Dr. Knappenberger joined the department in the fall of 2000 after spending nine years as a faculty member at Holy Family College (now Holy Family University). He has been the chair of the department since 2007. While at La Salle, Dr. Knappenberger has been involved with two large National Science Foundation grants – the first being a $300,000 grant that funded summer workshops for high school students of a period of several years in the areas of Cryptography and Chaos & Fractals, among other areas of science, and the second being a $572,000 grant whose main focus was on providing scholarship assistance and support services for computer science majors.

Outside of La Salle, Dr. Knappenberger can often be found on the field coaching both baseball and soccer in local youth organizations.

Areas of Expertise
Number Theory
Approximation Theory

Education
Ph.D., Mathematics, Temple University, 1993
M.A., Mathematics, Temple University, 1989
B.A., Mathematics, Temple University, 1987

Teaching
MTH 114: Applied Business Calculus
MTH 120: Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
MTH 150: Mathematics – Myths and Realities
MTH 221: Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
MTH 302: Foundations of Mathematics
MTH 322: Differential Equations
MTH 341: Abstract Algebra
MTH 345: Combinatorics
MTH 370: Number Theory
MTH 410: Probability and Statistics I
MTH 410: Probability and Statistics I
MTH 421: Numerical Analysis