Josef Daniel Ackerman, PhD
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In Memorium
Akira Okubo, (1924 - 1996) - teacher, collaborator, and friend.
Nominations for Akira Okubo Prize
In cooperation, the Society for Mathematical Biology and the Japanese Association for Mathematical Biology have established the Okubo Prize, in memory of Akira Okubo, the late professor of the State University of New York, who passed away in February, 1996.Akira Okubo Prize
The Akira Okubo Fund was established in memory of Akira Okubo, who made major contributions to many fields, including mathematical ecology and oceanography. He is widely recognized for his scientific work, as well as for his exceptional humanity. The Akira Okubo Prize is awarded to a living scientist for outstanding and innovative theoretical work, for establishing superb conceptual ideas, for solving tough theoretical problems, and/or for uniting theory and data to advance a biological subject. The areas of research are mathematical biology, bio-mathematics, theoretical biology, and biological oceanography. The prize is jointly awarded by the Japanese Association for Mathematical Biology (JAMB) and the Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB).
Rules and nomination procedures for the Akira Okubo Prize are posted on the Okubo Prize Website.
A Revision of Akira Okubo's Diffusion and Ecological Problems
Diffusion and Ecological Problems: Modern Perspectives
Edited by Akira Okubo and Simon A. Levin
This substantially expanded and updated version of the classic 1980 book by the late Akira Okubo traces the developments that have flowed from the original work, building on detailed notes he left for revision. The first edition was a comprehensive treatment of the use of diffusion models in ecology that integrated rigorous mathematical theory and substantive applications. Enormous in scope, covering a wide variety of topics and including models of spread, critical patch size, and grouping, it has remained one of the most popular books in mathematical biology and has stimulated extensive research in the two decades since its publication. In this volume, friends and disciples of Okubo incorporate a wide range of results from their own fields that build upon the framework he first established.
2nd ed. 2001 XX, 467 pp. 114 figs. Hardcover 0-387-98676-6
Links
The Physical Ecology Laboratory
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Science in the News
BEMS - The Biological and Environmental Mechanics Homepage
Links to Other Interesting WEB Sites
- American Geophysical Union (home page)
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (home page)
- Botanical Society of America (home page)
- British Ecological Society (home page)
- Ecological Society of American (home page)
- North American Benthological Society (home page)
- Society for
Mathematical Biology (home page)
- Biological and Environmetal Mechanics (Homepage)
- Seagrass WWW sites
- Center for Aquatic Plants
- Riparian Resources Homepage
- WWW Sites for Oceanographers
- WWW Sites for Ecologists
- WWW Sites for Mathematics
- Ecological Modelling Resource Homepage