George Frederick Oster NAS (April 20, 1940 – April 15, 2018)[1] was an American mathematical biologist, and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at University of California, Berkeley.
[6] In the early 1970s Oster collaborated with Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky on statistical mechanics.
[6] Oster's work with E. O. Wilson on populations dynamics of social animals, particularly ants, is considered pioneering work in evolution in social insects.
[6] Oster was one of the first theoretical biologists to understand that a complex interplay between mechanical and chemical forces was at the root of most biological phenomena.
[7] Oster was a Guggenheim Fellow, and a member of the science board of the Santa Fe Institute.