Ph.D. Biology, Princeton University, 1970

Bach. Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1965

U.S. Citizen, St. Petersburg, FL, 1942

• Business Address:
• 326 Biological Sciences West
• The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721
• mailto: winfree@email.arizona.edu
• Academic Professional Experience:
• Regents Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1989-
• Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1986-
• Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University 1979-1986
• Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 1972-1979
• Assistant Professor of Theoretical Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1969-1972
• Princeton University Ph.D. in Biology 1970
• Cornell University Bach. Engineering Physics 1965
• Visiting Appointments:
• Aisenstadt Chair of Applied Mathematics, Univ of Montreal, 2000
• UCSD Inst. NonLinear Science and Depts. of Biology and Psychiatry, La Jolla, CA 1985-86
• Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 1983
• Oxford University Mathematics Institute, Oxford, England 1982
• Osaka University, Department of Engineering Science, Osaka, Japan1981
• University of California at Berkeley, Entomology Department 1981
• IBM Yorktown Heights Research Labs, 1979
• Medical University of South Carolina, Biochemistry Department , Charleston, SC 1977
• MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England 1971
• University of Sussex School of Biological Sciences, Brighton, Sussex, England 1970
• University Teaching: Graduate and undergraduate courses entitled:
• Circadian rhythms
• Mathematical aspects of biology
• The art of scientific inquiry
• Introduction to theoretical biology
• Experimental embryology laboratory
• Problem solving in biological research
• "The Arts of Scientific Discovery"
• Excitable media
• Advanced population biology
• Modern Science and the Mind
• Biology for advanced undergraduates in physical sciences
• Misc reading courses and tutorials with individual students
• Thesis supervision in various departments of various universities
• Editorial Service:
• Board of Editors, Ecology & Ecological Monographs 1973-1977
• Board of Editors, J. Theoretical Biology 1977-1982
• Advisory Board, J. Theoretical Biology to present
• Board of Editors, Physica D, 1986-1991
• Board of Editors, Internat. J. Chaos and Bifurcations, 1990 to present
• Board of Editorial Advisors, Chaos, 1997-2002, and Encyclopedia of NonLinear Science, 2001-
• ----- Amer.Assn.Publishers runner-up for best single issue of any scientific journal, March 98
• Frequent refereeing for various journals, especially J.Phys.Chem., Science, Nature, Physica D, J. Biol. Rhythms, J. Theor. Biol, Circulation, Circ. Research, Amer. J. Physiology, Math. Biosciences, J. Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
• Honors and Awards:
• Norbert Wiener Prize of 2000-2004 of Amer.Math.Soc. and Soc.Indust. Appl.Math. for innovations related to biological rhythms
• Aisenstadt Award/Chair (2000) of the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Universite de Montreal
• Finalist for 1996 ComputerWorld Smithsonian Institution Science Award (one of 5 nationally in Science category)
• Regents Professorship at the University of Arizona, March 1989
• The Einthoven Award (Netherlands Royal Academy of Sciences, InterUniversity Cardiology Institute, and Einthoven Foundation) of 1989-91 (cardiology)
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Prize 1984 (theoretical biology) (son Erik too, June 2000)
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship 1982
• Science and Engineering Res. Council Senior Fellowship, 1981 (mathematical biology)
• Japanese Soc. Promotion of Science Research Fellowship 1981
• National Institutes of Health Research Career Development Award 1973 - 1978
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1965-9 (biophysics)
• Publications, Citations, Lecturing:
THE GEOMETRY OF BIOLOGICAL TIME, 532 pages, Springer-Verlag 1980 and 1990, 7500 copies. Expanded/updated by 50% to 777 pages in late 1999 for 2nd edition. See Amazon.com for reviews etc.
• THE TIMING OF BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS, 200+ pages, Scientific American Library, W. H. Freeman Co 1986 (35,000 sold in English edition, publisher out of business but single printings available from Bell-Howell “Books on Demand” www.umi.com, and Amazon.com has some.)
1. Japanese
2. German
3. Russian
4. French
5. Dutch
translations in print. English available from Bell-Howell “Books on Demand” www.umi.com as single printings.
• WHEN TIME BREAKS DOWN, 300+ pages, The Three-dimensional Dynamics of Electrochemical Waves and Cardiac Arrhythmias, Princeton University Press 1987 (5100 copies, out of print but single printings available from Bell-Howell “Books on Demand” www.umi.com, and Amazon.com has some.)
• About six technical publications annually since 1970 (depending on how one counts co-authorship, abstracts, books, etc.)
• Main results keyed to publications
• Biweekly "Adventures in Discovery" column at Soc Amateur Scientists (E-bulletin archives) + my web site
• 4263 citations through 1998, currently about 300/year (those found by Science Citations Index, excluding self-citations of course.) I quit counting in 1999 upon realizing I have no idea what citations measure and no hope of finding out. It is certainly not quality of work (similar situation to website hits).
• 373 invited seminars delivered through 2000 (2/3 USA domestic, 1/3 abroad) and roughly as many opportunities apologetically declined.