Faculty
Biological Sciences has more than 60 full-time faculty members, as well as more than 20 faculty with joint appointments and 15 visiting or adjunct professors. Among its many distinctions and honors, the Ph.D. program faculty includes two members of the National Academy of Sciences, four members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and 18 holders of endowed chairs and professorships.
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Leonard AdlemanHenry Salvatori Chair in Computer Science and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Biological SciencesContact Information Phone: (213) 740-6490 Office: ACB 529 LINKS Faculty Profile on Departmental Website |
Education
- B.S. Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley, 1/1968
- Ph.D. Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1/1976
Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
- Henry Salvatori Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1985-
- Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1983-01/01/1985
- Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1980-01/01/1983
Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Adleman's research interests include algorithms, computational complexity, computer viruses, cryptography, DNA computing, immunology, molecular biology, number theory and quantum computing.
Honors and Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2006-
- National Academy of Sciences, 2006-
- Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, A.M. Turing Award in Computer Science, 2003
- IEEE Kobayashi Award for Computers and Communications (Joint with Rivest and Shamir), 2000
- RSA Chair created at MIT in honor of inventors of RSA Cryptosystem. (First holder: Professor Shafi Goildwasser - Dept. of Computer Science, MIT), 1997
- ACM Paris Kanallakis Award for Theory and Practice. For work on Public-Key-Cryptography (joint with Diffie, Hellman, Merkle, Rivest and Shamir)., 1996
- Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 1996
- USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship, 1996
- Alexander von Humbolt Fellowship Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1995
- Senior Research Award, University of Southern California, School of Engineering, 1991
- Best paper award of the IEEE Group on Information Theory, 1978