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George Oster

American biologist (1940-2018) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 77

George Frederick Oster NAS was an American mathematical biologist, and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He made seminal contributions to several varied fields including chaos theory, population dynamics, membrane dynamics and molecular motors.

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Awards

Sackler Prize for Biophysics2014
MacArthur Fellows Program
Guggenheim Fellowship
Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute

About this person

He was a 1985 MacArthur Fellow.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2018 · aged 77