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63
Citations
22718
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435
National Ranking
228

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Wald Memorial Lecturer
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1981 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Rick Durrett is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in Mathematical Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. They also explore topics in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Condensed Matter Physics, and Genetics.

Their main topics of work include stochastic processes and statistical mechanics, complex network analysis techniques, and mathematical and theoretical epidemiology and ecology models. Additional areas of research cover theoretical and computational physics, evolution and genetic dynamics, opinion dynamics and social influence, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

Durrett's frequent publication venues consist of:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Electronic Communications in Probability
  • Electronic Journal of Probability
  • Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical Statistics
  • PLoS Computational Biology

Their recent papers include:

  • "The Contact Process on Random Graphsand Galton Watson Trees," 2020, Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical Statistics
  • "Signatures of neutral evolution in exponentially growing tumors: A theoretical perspective," 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Coexistence in chase-escape," 2020, Electronic Communications in Probability
  • "The contact process on periodic trees," 2020, Electronic Communications in Probability
  • "Controlling the spread of COVID-19 on college campuses," 2020, Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering

Frequent co-authors in Rick Durrett's work include Xiangying Huang, Hwai-Ray Tung, Dong Yao, Molly Borowiak, and Fayfay Ning.

The scientist has received several awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • Wald Memorial Lecturer (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2008)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1988)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1981)

Best Publications

  • Probability: Theory and Examples

    Rick Durrett

  • The Importance of Being Discrete (and Spatial)

    R. Durrett;S. Levin

  • Random graph dynamics

    Richard Durrett

  • Stochastic Calculus: A Practical Introduction

    Richard Durrett

  • Brownian motion and martingales in analysis

    Richard Durrett

  • Stochastic Spatial Models: A User's Guide to Ecological Applications

    Richard Durrett;Simon A. Levin

  • Probability Models for DNA Sequence Evolution

    Richard Durrett

  • Essentials of Stochastic Processes

    Richard Durrett

  • Equilibrium distributions of microsatellite repeat length resulting from a balance between slippage events and point mutations

    Semyon Kruglyak;Richard T. Durrett;Malcolm D. Schug;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Oriented Percolation in Two Dimensions

    Richard Durrett

  • Lecture notes on particle systems and percolation

    Richard Durrett

  • Ten lectures on particle systems

    Rick Durrett

  • Spatial aspects of interspecific competition.

    Rick Durrett;Simon Asher Levin

  • Fixed points of the smoothing transformation

    Richard Durrett;Thomas M. Liggett

  • Some Limit Theorems for Percolation Processes with Necessary and Sufficient Conditions

    J. Theodore Cox;Richard Durrett

  • Contact processes on random graphs with power law degree distributions have critical value 0

    Shirshendu Chatterjee;Rick Durrett

  • Stochastic Spatial Models

    Rick Durrett

  • Graph fission in an evolving voter model

    Richard Durrett;James P. Gleeson;Alun L. Lloyd;Alun L. Lloyd;Peter J. Mucha

  • Spatial Models for Species-Area Curves

    Rick Durrett;Simon Asher Levin

  • Weak Convergence to Brownian Meander and Brownian Excursion

    Richard T. Durrett;Donald L. Iglehart;Douglas R. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Maury Bramson
Maury Bramson University of Minnesota
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Harry Kesten
Harry Kesten Cornell University
Roberto H. Schonmann
Roberto H. Schonmann University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas M. Liggett
Thomas M. Liggett University of California, Los Angeles
David Griffeath
David Griffeath University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles F. Aquadro
Charles F. Aquadro Cornell University
Edwin Perkins
Edwin Perkins University of British Columbia
Steven D. Tanksley
Steven D. Tanksley Cornell University
Jennifer Chayes
Jennifer Chayes University of California, Berkeley

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