Rick Durrett
Encyclopedia
Richard Timothy Durrett is a mathematician
known for his research and
books on mathematical probability theory
, stochastic processes and their
application to mathematical ecology and population genetics
.
He received his Ph.D. at Stanford University
in 1976 under advisor Donald
Iglehart, and from 1985 until 2010 was on the faculty at Cornell University
. Since 2010, Durrett has been a professor at Duke University
.
He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences
in 2007.
Durrett is the founder of the Cornell Probability Summer Schools, and he is still its scientific organizer.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
known for his research and
books on mathematical probability theory
Probability theory
Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with analysis of random phenomena. The central objects of probability theory are random variables, stochastic processes, and events: mathematical abstractions of non-deterministic events or measured quantities that may either be single...
, stochastic processes and their
application to mathematical ecology and population genetics
Population genetics
Population genetics is the study of allele frequency distribution and change under the influence of the four main evolutionary processes: natural selection, genetic drift, mutation and gene flow. It also takes into account the factors of recombination, population subdivision and population...
.
He received his Ph.D. at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1976 under advisor Donald
Iglehart, and from 1985 until 2010 was on the faculty at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. Since 2010, Durrett has been a professor at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
.
He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
in 2007.
Durrett is the founder of the Cornell Probability Summer Schools, and he is still its scientific organizer.
Books
- Durrett, R. "Probability. Theory and examples". Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, CA (1991). 453 pp. ISBN: 0-534-13206-5
- Durrett, R. "Probability models for DNA sequence evolution". Springer-Verlag, New York (2002). 240 pp. ISBN: 0-387-95435-X
- Durrett, R. "Random Graph Dynamics". Cambridge University Press (2006). 222 pp. ISBN: 0-521-86656-1
Papers
- Durrett, R. and Levin, S. "The importance of being discrete (and spatial)". Theoretical Population Biology 46 (1994) pp. 363-394.