James Wallace Jorgenson is an American academic who previously held the position of William Rand Kenan Jr.

The group currently focuses on ultra-high pressure capillary liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry (MS).

Jorgenson's research group is best known for their breakthrough in the field of separation sciences, the invention of capillary electrophoresis (CE).

CE technology enabled completion of the sequencing of the human genome far ahead of the expected schedule and far below anticipated cost.

[8] Jorgenson's research group is also notable for some of the earliest demonstrations of the analysis of the contents of single cells,[9][10] comprehensive two-dimensional separations,[11][12] and the invention of ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography.