# Arthur Winfree
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{{Short description|American theoretical biologist (1942–2002)}}
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| birth_place = [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida), [Florida](/source/Florida), United States
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| work_institution = [University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona)
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'''Arthur Taylor Winfree''' (May 15, 1942 – November 5, 2002) was a [theoretical biologist](/source/theoretical_biology) at the [University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona).[{{cite news |author= Johnson, George |authorlink= George Johnson (writer) |title= Dr. Art Winfree, 60, Dies; Plumbed the Rhythms of Life |date= November 22, 2002 |newspaper= New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/22/us/dr-art-winfree-60-dies-plumbed-the-rhythms-of-life.html }}] He was born in [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida), [Florida](/source/Florida), United States.[{{cite web |url= http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=289 |title= Arthur Winfree obituary |work= SIAM News }}]
Winfree was noted for his work on the [mathematical model](/source/mathematical_model)ing of biological phenomena (see [Complexity](/source/Complexity) and [Singularity (system theory)](/source/Singularity_(system_theory))): from [cardiac arrhythmia](/source/cardiac_arrhythmia) and [circadian rhythm](/source/circadian_rhythm)s to the [self-organization](/source/self-organization) of [slime mold](/source/slime_mold) colonies and the [Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction](/source/Belousov%E2%80%93Zhabotinsky_reaction). Winfree was a [MacArthur Fellow](/source/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](/source/Norbert_Wiener_Prize_in_Applied_Mathematics)[{{cite journal |author= Strogatz, Steven |authorlink= Steven Strogatz |title= Obituary: Arthur Taylor Winfree |journal= Physics Today |date= June 2003 |volume= 56 |issue= 6 |pages= 74–75 |doi= 10.1063/1.4776726 |doi-access= free }}] with [Alexandre Chorin](/source/Alexandre_Chorin).
He was the father of [Erik Winfree](/source/Erik_Winfree), another [MacArthur Fellow](/source/MacArthur_Fellow) and currently a professor at the [California Institute of Technology](/source/California_Institute_of_Technology), and Rachael Winfree, currently a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at [Rutgers University](/source/Rutgers_University).
The Arthur T. Winfree Prize was established by the [Society for Mathematical Biology](/source/Society_for_Mathematical_Biology) in his honor.[{{cite web |title=Arthur Winfree Prize |url=https://www.smb.org/arthur-winfree-prize/ |publisher=Society for Mathematical Biology |access-date=July 3, 2022}}]
==Career==
===Professorial history===
* 1965 Bachelor of Engineering Physics, [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University)
* 1970 Ph.D. in biology, [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University)
* 1969–1972 Assistant professor, [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago)
* 1972–1979 Associate professor of biological sciences, [Purdue University](/source/Purdue_University)
* 1979–1986 Professor of biological sciences, Purdue University
* 1986–2002 Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, [University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona)
* 1989–2002 Regents Professor, University of Arizona
===Awards and honors===
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|| 1961
|| Westinghouse Science Talent Search Finalist
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|| 1982
|| John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
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|| 1984
|| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Prize
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|| 1989
|| The Einthoven Award (Netherlands Royal Academy of Science, InterUniversity Cardiology Institute, and Einthoven Foundation)
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|| 2000
|| AMS-SIAM Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics, "in recognition of his profound impact on the field of [biological rhythm](/source/biological_rhythm)s, otherwise known as coupled nonlinear oscillators"[{{cite journal |title=2000 AMS–SIAM Wiener Prize |journal=Notices of the AMS |date=2000 |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=483–484 |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200004/comm-wiener.pdf |access-date = December 28, 2022 |issn=0002-9920}}] (shared with A. Chorin)
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|| 2001
|| Aisenstadt Chair Lecturer (Centre de Recherche Mathématiques, Université de Montréal)
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==Publications==
* {{cite book|author=Arthur T. Winfree|title=The Geometry of Biological Time|year=2001|isbn=0-387-98992-7|publisher=[Springer-Verlag](/source/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media)}} (Second edition, first edition published 1980).[{{cite journal|author=Cohen, Joel E.|authorlink=Joel E. Cohen|title=Review: ''The geometry of biological time'', by Arthur T. Winfree|journal=Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.)|year=1982|volume=7|issue=1|pages=280–283|url=https://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1982-07-01/S0273-0979-1982-15036-4/S0273-0979-1982-15036-4.pdf|doi=10.1090/s0273-0979-1982-15036-4|doi-access=free}}]
* {{cite book|author=Arthur T. Winfree|title=When Time Breaks Down: The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Electrochemical Waves and Cardiac Arrhythmias|publisher=[Princeton University Press](/source/Princeton_University_Press)|year=1987|isbn=0-691-02402-2}}
* {{cite book|author=Arthur T. Winfree|title=Timing of Biological Clocks|year=1987|publisher=[Scientific American](/source/Scientific_American) Library, No 19|isbn=0-7167-5018-X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/timingofbiologic00winf}}
* {{cite book|author=Editorial|title=Arthur T. Winfree (1942–2002)|year=2004|publisher=[Journal of Theoretical Biology](/source/Journal_of_Theoretical_Biology), No 230|pages= 433–439}}
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