Rick's Ramblings

I am a James B. Duke Emeritus Professor of Mathematics. My favorite research topics are (i) processes that take place on random graphs and (ii) stochastic spatial models that arise from questions in ecology, population genetics, epidemiology, and cancer. My blog.

Publications

Books

• Interacting Particle Systems: ideas, Technqiues, Applications (in preparation)
• Dynamics on Graphs (Springer 2025)
• Probability: Theory and Examples (5th edition, Cambridge 2019)
• Essentials of Stochastic Processes (3rd edition, Springer 2016)
• Elementary Probability for Applications (Cambridge U. Press, 2009)
• DNA Sequence Evolution (2nd Edition, Springer 2008)
• Stochastic Calculus: A Practical Introduction (CRC Press, 2000)
• Lecture notes on particle systems and percolation (Wadsworth, 1988)
• Brownian motion and martingales in analysis (Wadsworth, 1984)

Talks

Links

Me the Genius

• My four page CV
• Ph.D. Students and Postdocs -- see the CV
• Google Scholar Citations