Richard Timothy Durrett
- James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics
- Professor of Mathematics
- Director of Graduate Studies of Mathematics
Research Areas and Keywords
Biological Modeling
Probability
Selected Grants
Voters, games, and epidemics on random graphs awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2021
Collaborative Research: The role of spatial interactions in determining the distribution of savanna and forest awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
Mathematical Analysis of Spatial Cancer Models awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
The Mathematics of Breast Cancer Overtreatment: Improving Treatment Choice through Effective Communication of Personalized Cancer Risk awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co-Mentor). 2016 to 2018
Interacting Particle Systems on Lattices and on Graphs awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2018
Biodiversity and Evolution - Support for US Participants awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2013 to 2015
Stochastic Spatial Models: on Complex Networks, Coevolution, and Modeling Cancer awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2013 to 2015
Mathematical Models of Cancer Initiation, Progression, and Resistance to Therapy awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2010 to 2015
Ecology awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2010 to 2013
Participant Support for Workshop for Women in Probability 2012 awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2012 to 2013
Chung, KL, Durrett, R, and Durrett, R. "Downcrossings and local time." Selected Works of Kai Lai Chung. January 1, 2008. 585-587. Full Text
Ma, R, and Durrett, R. "A simple evolutionary game arising from the study of the role of igf-II in pancreatic cancer." Annals of Applied Probability 28.5 (October 1, 2018): 2896-2921. Full Text
Wang, Z, and Durrett, R. "Extrapolating weak selection in evolutionary games." Journal of Mathematical Biology (July 28, 2018). Full Text
Gleeson, JP, and Durrett, R. "Temporal profiles of avalanches on networks." Nature Communications 8.1 (December 2017). Full Text
Lopatkin, AJ, Meredith, HR, Srimani, JK, Pfeiffer, C, Durrett, R, and You, L. "Persistence and reversal of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance." Nature Communications 8.1 (November 22, 2017): 1689-null. Full Text
Tomasetti, C, Durrett, R, Kimmel, M, Lambert, A, Parmigiani, G, Zauber, A, and Vogelstein, B. "Role of stem-cell divisions in cancer risk." Nature 548.7666 (August 9, 2017): E13-E14. Full Text
Huo, R, and Durrett, R. "Latent voter model on locally tree-like random graphs." Stochastic Processes and their Applications (August 2017). Full Text
Nanda, M, and Durrett, R. "Spatial evolutionary games with weak selection." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114.23 (June 6, 2017): 6046-6051. Full Text
Bessonov, M, and Durrett, R. "Phase transitions for a planar quadratic contact process." Advances in Applied Mathematics 87 (June 2017): 82-107. Full Text
Durrett, R, and Fan, W-TL. "Genealogies in expanding populations." The Annals of Applied Probability 26.6 (December 2016): 3456-3490. Full Text
Cox, JT, and Durrett, R. "Evolutionary games on the torus with weak selection." Stochastic Processes and their Applications 126.8 (August 2016): 2388-2409. Full Text
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