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.

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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)


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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
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