| Richard Timothy Durrett | |
| Fields: | Statistics Mathematics |
| Workplaces: | UCLA Cornell University Duke University |
| Education: | Emory University Stanford University |
| Thesis Title: | Conditioned Limit Theorems for Some Null Recurrent Markov Processes |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/2243256 |
| Thesis Year: | 1976 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Donald Iglehart |
| Doctoral Students: | Claudia Neuhauser Rodrigo Bañuelos |
Richard Timothy Durrett is an American mathematician known for his research andbooks on mathematical probability theory, stochastic processes and theirapplication to mathematical ecology and population genetics.
He received his BS and MS at Emory University in 1972 and 1973 and his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1976 under advisor DonaldIglehart. From 1976 to 1985 he taught at UCLA. From 1985 until 2010 was on the faculty at Cornell University, where his students included Claudia Neuhauser. Since 2010, Durrett has been a professor at Duke University.
He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2007.[1] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]
Durrett is the founder of the Cornell Probability Summer Schools.