John H. Reif
- A. Hollis Edens Distinguished Professor, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University.
- Full Professor of Computer Science at Duke
University, since 1986.
(Secondary
appointment in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School
of Engineering, Duke University since June, 2016.
Also, secondary appointment in Department
of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science since Dec,
2024.)
- Office: Rm.
D223, Levine Science Research Center (LSRC) Building, Box 90129, Duke
University, Durham, NC 27708-0129
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Reif Lab: Room 042/043, Biological Sciences Building, 130 Science Drive, Duke
University, Durham, NC 27708
- Email: 
- Phone:
(919) 660-6568 Fax: (919) 660-6519
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My Vita
(lists publications, education, students, postdocs, grants, etc.)
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My Awards (Fellow
of AAAS, Fellow of ACM, Fellow of IEEE)
- Education: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (Harvard Univ., July 1977).
M.S. in Applied Mathematics (Harvard Univ., July 1975)
B.S., magna cum laude, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (Tufts Univ., Spring 1973)
- My Personal Webpage: https://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif
- Dept of Computer Science's Web Page on me
- Duke University's Webpage on me
- Microsoft's Academic Research Links to Me
Research Publications: most available for download in PDF format
- My publications organized by research area (journal & conf. combined)
- My publications chronographically ordered (journal & conf. combined)
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My publications
listed on Duke Faculty Website (journal & conf.
separate)
- Google
Scholar List of Papers (Google Citation H-Index 77)
Current and Prior
Graduate Students and Postdocs
Current Graduate Students
(Ph.D. candidates)
- Rajiv Nagipogu, Tentative Ph.D.
thesis topic: “Adaptive molecular computing systems”. Projected Date of
Graduation: Fall 2025.
Current Postdoctoral
Assistants:
- Xin Song: Research topic: “DNA computation and COVID-19 detection RT-LAMP protocols”, 2021-current.
- Daniel (Dan) Fu: Research topic: “DNA Computation on Cell Membranes” and “Casting Metallic Nanoparticles in Multi-layered Encapsulating 3D DNA Nanostructure”. Jan. 2022-current.
- COMPSCI
531 Introduction to Algorithms, Fall
2024.
- COMPSCI 590D
Molecular Assembly and Computation, Spring 2024.
- COMPSCI 093
History of Computing, Cryptography, and Robotic Devices Fall 2023.
- COMPSCI
534 Computational Complexity, Spring
2023.
Conference Organization:
(FNANO = FOUNDATIONS OF NANOSCIENCE: SELF-ASSEMBLED ARCHITECTURES AND DEVICES)
General CoChairman
of FNANO24,
Snowbird, Utah, April 22-25, 2024.
Corporate: Domus Diagnostics: co-Founder with Xin Song
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Favorite Quotes
- “Water comes gushing forth from the sand, the deeper and deeper it is dug; likewise, intelligence will grow, the more and more a person studies.” - Thirukkural
- “I have learnt this at least by my
experiment, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams in
the night, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a
success unexpected in common hours.” -Thoreau
- “The greatest danger for most of
us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our
aim too low and achieving our mark.” - Michelangelo
- “The wonderful rush that
comes from taking a challenging ski run through deep, uncut powder is similar
to the one that comes from discovering a new algorithm.” -
John Reif
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