George Oster

George F. Oster
Born(1940-04-20)April 20, 1940
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 15, 2018(2018-04-15) (aged 77)
Alma materU.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Columbia University
University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
ThesisHigh temperature saturated liquid and vapor densities and the critical point of cesium (1967)
Doctoral advisorCharles F. Bonilla

George Frederick Oster NAS (April 20, 1940 – April 15, 2018) 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. He was a 1985 MacArthur Fellow.