John Harer, Professor Emeritus

John Harer

Professor Harer's primary research is in the use of geometric, combinatorial and computational techniques to study a variety of problems in data analysis, shape recognition, image segmentation, tracking, cyber security, ioT, biological networks and gene expression.

Office Location:  109 Physic Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  +1 919 660 2845
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://cms.math.duke.edu/harer/?q=home

Education:

Ph.D.University of California, Berkeley1979
BSHaverford College1974
B.A.Haverford College1974
Specialties:

Topology
Geometry
Mathematical Biology
Applied Math
Research Interests: Computational Topology, Computational Biology, Algorithms

Current projects: Biochronicity, Computational Topology, Statistical Topology, Self-Healing Networks, Network Inference, Geometric Image Analysis

Professor Harer's primary research is in the use of geometric, combinatorial and computational techniques to study a variety of problems in data analysis, shape recognition, image segmentation, tracking, brain imaging, biological networks and gene expression.

Areas of Interest:

Computational Biology
Computational Topology
Dynamics on Networks
Algorithms

Keywords:

Algorithms • Automatic Data Processing • Biomass • Chromosome Mapping • Crosses, Genetic • Genome, Plant • Genotype • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted • Imaging, Three-Dimensional • Inbreeding • Models, Biological • Multivariate Analysis • Oryza sativa • Phenotype • Plant Roots • Principal Component Analysis • Quantitative Trait Loci • Quantitative Trait, Heritable • Recombination, Genetic • Reproducibility of Results • Software • Workflow

Current Ph.D. Students  

Postdocs Mentored

Recent Publications

  1. Motta, FC; McGoff, K; Moseley, RC; Cho, C-Y; Kelliher, CM; Smith, LM; Ortiz, MS; Leman, AR; Campione, SA; Devos, N; Chaorattanakawee, S; Uthaimongkol, N; Kuntawunginn, W; Thongpiam, C; Thamnurak, C; Arsanok, M; Wojnarski, M; Vanchayangkul, P; Boonyalai, N; Smith, PL; Spring, MD; Jongsakul, K; Chuang, I; Harer, J; Haase, SB, The parasite intraerythrocytic cycle and human circadian cycle are coupled during malaria infection., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 120 no. 24 (June, 2023), pp. e2216522120 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Motta, FC; McGoff, KA; Deckard, A; Wolfe, CR; Bonsignori, M; Moody, MA; Cavanaugh, K; Denny, TN; Harer, J; Haase, SB, Assessment of Simulated Surveillance Testing and Quarantine in a SARS-CoV-2-Vaccinated Population of Students on a University Campus., JAMA Health Forum, vol. 2 no. 10 (October, 2021), pp. e213035 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Smith, AD; Bendich, P; Harer, J, PERSISTENT OBSTRUCTION THEORY FOR A MODEL CATEGORY OF MEASURES WITH APPLICATIONS TO DATA MERGING, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society Series B, vol. 8 no. 1 (February, 2021), pp. 1-38 [doi]  [abs]
  4. Denny, TN; Andrews, L; Bonsignori, M; Cavanaugh, K; Datto, MB; Deckard, A; DeMarco, CT; DeNaeyer, N; Epling, CA; Gurley, T; Haase, SB; Hallberg, C; Harer, J; Kneifel, CL; Lee, MJ; Louzao, R; Moody, MA; Moore, Z; Polage, CR; Puglin, J; Spotts, PH; Vaughn, JA; Wolfe, CR, Implementation of a Pooled Surveillance Testing Program for Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections on a College Campus - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, August 2-October 11, 2020., MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, vol. 69 no. 46 (November, 2020), pp. 1743-1747 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Smith, LM; Motta, FC; Chopra, G; Moch, JK; Nerem, RR; Cummins, B; Roche, KE; Kelliher, CM; Leman, AR; Harer, J; Gedeon, T; Waters, NC; Haase, SB, An intrinsic oscillator drives the blood stage cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 368 no. 6492 (May, 2020), pp. 754-759 [doi]  [abs]
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