Arthur Winfree
Arthur Taylor Winfree (May 15, 1942 – November 5,
2002) was a theoretical biologist at the University of Arthur Winfree
Arizona.[1] He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida,
United States.[2]
Winfree was noted for his work on the mathematical
modeling of biological phenomena (see Complexity
and Singularity (system theory)): 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, he won the Einthoven Prize
for his work on ventricular fibrillation, and shared the
2000 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics[3]
with Alexandre Chorin.
He was the father of Erik Winfree, another MacArthur
Fellow and currently a professor at the California Arthur Winfree in 1983
Institute of Technology, and Rachael Winfree,
Born May 15, 1942
currently a professor in the Department of Ecology,
St. Petersburg, Florida, United
Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers
States
University.
Died November 5, 2002 (aged 60)
The Arthur T. Winfree Prize was established by the Awards Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied
Society for Mathematical Biology in his honor.[4] Mathematics
Scientific career
Fields Theoretical Biology
Career
Institutions University of Arizona
Professorial history
1965 Bachelor of Engineering Physics, Cornell University
1970 Ph.D. in 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 and honors
Awards
Year Award
1961 Westinghouse Science Talent Search Finalist
1982 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
1984 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Prize
The Einthoven Award (Netherlands Royal Academy of Science, InterUniversity Cardiology Institute, and
1989
Einthoven Foundation)
AMS-SIAM Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics, "in recognition of his profound impact on the
2000
field of biological rhythms, otherwise known as coupled nonlinear oscillators"[5] (shared with A. Chorin)
2001 Aisenstadt Chair Lecturer (Centre de Recherche Mathématiques, Université de Montréal)
Publications
Arthur T. Winfree (2001). The Geometry of Biological Time. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-
98992-7. (Second edition, first edition published 1980).[6]
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 ([Link]
gic00winf). Scientific American Library, No 19. ISBN 0-7167-5018-X.
Editorial (2004). Arthur T. Winfree (1942–2002). Journal of Theoretical Biology, No 230.
pp. 433–439.
References
1. Johnson, George (November 22, 2002). "Dr. Art Winfree, 60, Dies; Plumbed the Rhythms of
Life" ([Link]
[Link]). New York Times.
2. "Arthur Winfree obituary" ([Link] SIAM News.
3. Strogatz, Steven (June 2003). "Obituary: Arthur Taylor Winfree" ([Link]
1.4776726). Physics Today. 56 (6): 74–75. doi:10.1063/1.4776726 ([Link]
2F1.4776726).
4. "Arthur Winfree Prize" ([Link] Society for Mathematical
Biology. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
5. "2000 AMS–SIAM Wiener Prize" ([Link]
(PDF). Notices of the AMS. 47 (4): 483–484. 2000. ISSN 0002-9920 ([Link]
[Link]/issn/0002-9920). Retrieved December 28, 2022.
6. Cohen, Joel E. (1982). "Review: The geometry of biological time, by Arthur T. Winfree" (http
s://[Link]/journals/bull/1982-07-01/S0273-0979-1982-15036-4/S0273-0979-1982-15
[Link]) (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.). 7 (1): 280–283. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-
1982-15036-4 ([Link]
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