Reka Z. Albert

Born: 1972

Country of Birth: Romania

Nationality: Romanian-Hungarian

Ethnicity: White

Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca BS 1995 & MS 1996; University of Notre Dame PhD 2001; Postdoc research in Mathematical Biology at the University of Minnesota

Field of Study: Physics; Biology; Network Science

Institution/Corporation: Pennsylvania State University

Degrees & Memberships: Member: Fellow American Physical Society (2009) Fellow Network Science Society*Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science*External Member Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2016) Society for Mathematical Biology

Awards: 2016 distinguished Graduate Alumna of the University of Notre Dame; 2011 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, American Physical Society; 2007 NSF Career Award; 2004 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship; 2001 Eli & Helen Shaheen Graduate School Award, University of Notre Dame

Achievements: co-creator of the Barabasi-Albert algorithm for generating random scale-free networks or graphs via preferential attachment mechanisms with Albert-Laszlo Barabasi; also kown for Boolean models of biological systems; current research focuses on dynamic modeling of biological networks & systems biology; voices concern over vulnerability of North American power grid