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James D. Murray

   Professor Emeritus
   Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Biology, Oxford University
   James D. Murray

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Fields of Interest

   [84]Mathematical Biology [85]Mathematical Ecology [86]Mathematical Epidemiology
   [87]Mathematical Methods [88]Molecular Biology

Biography

   B.Sc., Applied Mathematics, University of St. Andrews (Scotland), 1953
   Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of St. Andrews (Scotland), 1956
   M.A., University of Oxford, 1961
   Sc.D., University of Oxford, 1968

   Professor Murray's research interests are in mathematical biology, mainly the
   application of mathematical modelling in medicine, psychology, ecology,
   epidemiology and developmental biology. Prior to coming to Washington, he was
   Professor of Mathematical Biology and founding Director of the Centre for
   Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford.

   Professor Murray holds a large number of honors and visiting professorships, a
   selection of which are: Guggenheim Fellow 1968; Fellow of the Royal Society
   (Edinburgh) 1979; Ulam Visiting Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory 1985;
   Fellow of the Royal Society (London) 1985; Fellow of the Institute of Biology
   (Great Britain) 1988; Foreign Member Academy of Sciences (France) 2000; London
   Mathematical Society Naylor Prize for Applied Mathematics 1989; University of
   Washington donor endowed chair in perpetuity: James D. Murray Chair of Applied
   Mathematics in Neuropathology 2006; Royal Society Bakerian Medal and Prize
   Lecture (Physical Sciences premier prize lecture) 2009; IMA Gold Medal 2009, Eur.
   Acad. Sci. Leonardo da Vinci medal 2011, William Benter Prize in Applied
   Mathematics, 2012; President, European Society for Mathematical & Theoretical
   Biology, 1991-1994; invited plenary speaker at many international conferences;
   PBS program Patterns in Nature Life by the Numbers 1998; many public lectures
   such as Bakerian Lecture ([89]http://royalsociety.org/Prize-lectures-events/#);
   EBS (Educational Broadcast System) Korean Public Television: 3 hour series on the
   biological work of Alan M. Turing and James D. Murray 2010; Sears Public lecture
   2010, 2009; Honorary degrees:D.Sc. University of St. Andrews 1994, D.Sc.
   University of Strathclyde (Scotland) 1999, Dott.Mat. Laurea Honoris Causa,
   University of Milan (Italy) 2004, D. Maths. University of Waterloo, 2006, LLD.
   University of Dundee 2011. Honorary Fellow, Corpus Christi College, University of
   Oxford 2000. Visiting Professorships: National Tsing Hua University 1975;
   University of Florence 1976; University of Utah 1979; Massachusetts Institute of
   Technology 1979; University of Heidelberg 1980; California Institute of
   Technology 1983; Los Alamos National Laboratory 1985; University of Angers, 1993;
   University of Paris, 1994, 1995, 1996 and others.
   In his spare time, Professor Murray enjoys mediaeval art and architecture, 19th
   century English watercolour paintings. He and his wife, Sheila, now live in New
   Hope, PA.

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