Arthur Winfree

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Arthur Taylor Winfree
Born	May 15, 1942(1942-05-15) St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Died	November 5, 2002 (aged 60)
Nationality	USA
Fields	Theoretical Biology
Institutions	University of Arizona
Notable awards	Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics

Arthur Taylor Winfree (May 15, 1942 - November 5, 2002) was a noted theoretical biologist at the University of Arizona. He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.

Winfree was noted for his work on the mathematical modeling of biological phenomena: from cardiac arrhythmia and circadian rhythms to the self-organization of slime mold colonies and the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. Winfree was a MacArthur Fellow from 1984 to 1989 and shared the 2000 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics with Alexandre Chorin.

He was the father of Erik Winfree, another MacArthur Fellow and currently a professor at the California Institute of Technology.

[edit] Brief curriculum vitae

1965 Bachelor of Engineering Physics, Cornell University

1970 Ph.D., Biology, Princeton University

1969-1972 Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

1972-1979 Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

1979-1986 Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

1986-2002 Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona

1989-2002 Regents Professor, University of Arizona

Awards

Year	Award
1961	Westinghouse Science Talent Search Finalist
1982	John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
1984	John d. and Catherine T. MacArthur Prize
1989	The Einthoven Award (Netherlands Royal Academy of Science, InterUniversity Cardiology Institute, and Einthoven Fundation)
2000	AMS-SIAM Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics (shared with A. Chorin)
2001	Aisenstadt Chair Lecturer (Centre de Recherche Mathématiques, Université de Montréal)

[edit] Bibliography

• Arthur T. Winfree (2001). Geometry of Biological Time. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-98992-7.  (Second edition, first edition published 1980).
• Arthur T. Winfree (1987). When Time Breaks Down: The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Electrochemical Waves and Cardiac Arrhythmias. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02402-2. 
• Arthur T. Winfree (1987). Timing of Biological Clocks. Scientific American Library, No 19. ISBN 0-7167-5018-X. 
• Editorial (2004). Arthur T. Winfree (1942-2002). Journal of Theoretical Biology, No 230. 

Persondata
NAME	Winfree, Arthur Taylor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American theoretical biologist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
DATE OF DEATH	November 5, 2002
PLACE OF DEATH