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Arthur Winfree
Arthur Winfree in 1983
Born	(1942-05-15)May 15, 1942 St. Petersburg,Florida, United States
Died	November 5, 2002(2002-11-05) (aged 60)
Awards	Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical Biology
Institutions	University of Arizona

Arthur Taylor Winfree (May 15, 1942 – November 5, 2002) was atheoretical biologist at theUniversity of Arizona.^[1] He was born inSt. Petersburg,Florida, United States.^[2]

Winfree was noted for his work on themathematical modeling of biological phenomena (seeComplexity andSingularity (system theory)): fromcardiac arrhythmia andcircadian rhythms to theself-organization ofslime mold colonies and theBelousov–Zhabotinsky reaction. Winfree was aMacArthur Fellow from 1984 to 1989, he won the Einthoven Prize for his work on ventricular fibrillation, and shared the 2000Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics^[3] withAlexandre Chorin.

He was the father ofErik Winfree, anotherMacArthur Fellow and currently a professor at theCalifornia Institute of Technology, and Rachael Winfree, currently a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources atRutgers University.

The Arthur T. Winfree Prize was established by theSociety for Mathematical Biology in his honor.^[4]

• 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

• 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.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.

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