Jaroslav Stark 17 June 1960 - 6 June 2010

摘要

professor Jaroslav Stark, who has died from a brain tumour just short of his 50th birthday, was one of the first mathematicians to obtain a doctorate for research into chaos theory in the UK. He became a key figure in cross-disciplinary research in the UK, pioneering the use of mathematics to study biological systems. Due to his enthusiasm, clever use of images, clarity of thought and crystal clear prose the developmental biologists and immunologists he worked with could quickly grasp the implications of his mathematics. This allowed mathematicians and biologists to generate mathematical models which made it possible to understand complex biological problems. By 2003 Jaroslav had moved to a chair at Imperial College, and in 2007 he became the Director of the Centre for Integrative Systems Biology at Imperial College (CISBIC), attracting major funding to bring together mathematicians and biologists. Throughout his life he continued to do ground-breaking research in mathematics through papers written for mathematicians, whilst also diversifying his interests to use mathematics in imaginative ways in applications.