George_Oster

George Oster

George Oster

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George Frederick Oster NAS (April 20, 1940 – April 15, 2018)[1] was an American mathematical biologist, and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at University of California, Berkeley.[2][3][4] He made seminal contributions to several varied fields including chaos theory, population dynamics, membrane dynamics and molecular motors.[5] He was a 1985 MacArthur Fellow.

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Early career

He graduated from Columbia University, with a Ph.D., in Nuclear Engineering in 1967.[6] He was appointed as an assistant professor in at UC Berkeley in 1970.[6] In the early 1970s Oster collaborated with Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky on statistical mechanics.[6]

Oster's work with E. O. Wilson on populations 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]

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References

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    George F. Oster
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    "Faculty Research Page". berkeley.edu.
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    "Oster Lab - At the University of California, Berkeley". berkeley.edu.
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    "CiBER | Center for Interdisciplinary Bio-inspiration in Education and Research".
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    "In memoriam: George Oster | Santa Fe Institute". santafe.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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    "George Oster, pioneer in applying mathematics to biology, dies at 77". Berkeley News. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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    Nuzzo, R. (2006). "Profile of George Oster". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (6): 1672–1674. Bibcode:2006PNAS..103.1672N. doi:10.1073/pnas.0509056103. PMC 1413643. PMID 16446440.


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