Biomimetic Chemistry

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
• Professor of Computer Science, Duke University
• Hollis Edens Distinguished Professor, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University

EDUCATION:
• BS (magna cum laude) Tufts University 1973
• MS Harvard University 1975
• PhD Harvard University 1977

PREVIOUS POSITION:
From 1983 to 1986 he was Associate Professor of Harvard University

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
John Reif is President of Eagle Eye Research, Inc, which specializes in defense applications of DNA biotechnology. He has also contributed to bringing together various disjoint research communities working in different areas of nano-sciences by organizing (as General Chairman) annual Conferences on 'Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-assembled architectures and devices' for last 7 years.

• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS), since 2003
• Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), since 1997 (award citation)
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), since 1993 (award citation)
• Fellow, Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications, since 1991
• Member, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematicians (SIAM)
• Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Biomolecular computing and self assembly of DNA nanostructures.