George Oster
George Frederick Oster NAS (April 20, 1940 – April
15, 2018)[1] was an American mathematical biologist, George F. Oster
and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at Born April 20, 1940
University of California, Berkeley.[2][3][4] He made New York City, New York, U.S.
seminal contributions to several varied fields including Died April 15, 2018 (aged 77)
chaos theory, population dynamics, membrane Alma mater U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
dynamics and molecular motors.[5] He was a 1985 Columbia University
MacArthur Fellow. University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
Early career Fields Biology
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
He graduated from Columbia University, with a Ph.D., Thesis High temperature saturated
in Nuclear Engineering in 1967.[6] He was appointed liquid and vapor densities and
as an assistant professor in at UC Berkeley in 1970.[6] the critical point of cesium (http
In the early 1970s Oster collaborated with Aharon s://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/236
Katzir-Katchalsky on statistical mechanics.[6] 5176) (1967)
Oster's work with E. O. Wilson on populations Doctoral Charles F. Bonilla
advisor
dynamics of social animals, particularly ants, is
considered pioneering work in evolution in social
insects.[6] Oster was one of the first theoretical biologists to understand that a complex interplay between
mechanical and chemical forces was at the root of most biological phenomena.[6]
Later career
He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2004.[7] Oster was a Guggenheim Fellow, and a
member of the science board of the Santa Fe Institute.[6]
Awards
1975 Guggenheim Fellowship
1984 MacArthur Fellows Program
1992 Weldon Memorial Prize
Winfree Prize for Mathematical Biology
Sackler International Prize in Biophysics
References
1. George F. Oster (http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/2000741
1.html)
2. "Faculty Research Page" (http://mcb.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=com_mcbfaculty&nam
e=osterg). berkeley.edu.
3. "Oster Lab - At the University of California, Berkeley" (http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~goster/h
ome.html). berkeley.edu.
4. "CiBER | Center for Interdisciplinary Bio-inspiration in Education and Research" (http://ciber-
igert.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/twiki/view/CiBERIGERT/Faculty).
5. "In memoriam: George Oster | Santa Fe Institute" (https://santafe.edu/news-center/news/me
moriam-george-oster). santafe.edu. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
6. "George Oster, pioneer in applying mathematics to biology, dies at 77" (https://news.berkele
y.edu/2018/04/20/george-oster-pioneer-in-applying-mathematics-to-biology-dies-at-77/).
Berkeley News. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
7. Nuzzo, R. (2006). "Profile of George Oster" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC
1413643). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (6): 1672–1674.
Bibcode:2006PNAS..103.1672N (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PNAS..103.1672
N). doi:10.1073/pnas.0509056103 (https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.0509056103).
PMC 1413643 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413643). PMID 16446440
(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16446440).
External links
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