James A. Yorke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

James A. Yorke

mathematician

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1941

Place of Birth: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States

Profession: physicist, mathematician, university teacher, theoretical physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

James A.
Yorke (born August 3, 1941) is a Distinguished University Research Professor of Mathematics and Physics and former chair of the Mathematics Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, Yorke attended The Pingry School, then located in Hillside, New Jersey.
Yorke is now a Distinguished University Research Professor of Mathematics and Physics with the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland.
In June 2013, Dr.
Yorke retired as chair of the University of Maryland's Math department.
He devotes his university efforts to collaborative research in chaos theory and genomics. He and Benoit Mandelbrot were the recipients of the 2003 Japan Prize in Science and Technology.
Yorke was selected for his work in chaotic systems.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.He received the Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, in January 2014.
In June 2014, he received the Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Le Havre University, Le Havre, France.
He received the Thompson Reuters Citations Laureate in Physics 2016.