tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post1073002221800847124..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: In memory of Sam KarlinJonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-31993237968234998992008-02-10T21:59:00.000-08:002008-02-10T21:59:00.000-08:00Sam was my PhD supervisor. To me he represented th...Sam was my PhD supervisor. To me he represented the ultimate scientist who leveraged his unusual mathematical skills to handle real life problems. he could have remained a mathematician, but he chose not to.<BR/><BR/>the thesis i wrote is titled "Studies in Enzyme Kinetics". during 3 intensive years i travelled about 12 times between Palo Alto and Rehovot. Both his offices at Stanford and the Weizmann Institue looked like research factories. many visitors, many students, many projects.<BR/><BR/>the journey with him took me from solving mathematical probems with total positivity tools, developping migration models in population genetics, innovating on data analysis techniques to study multivariate genetic data and studying, in great depth, enzyme kinetic models originally developped by biologists.<BR/><BR/>today, as a statistical consultant, i can attribute to sam my ability to work on very different areas, seeking the highest possible level of professionalism. Sam Karlin represents the ultimate scientist, specially in these days of interdisciplinary initiatives. His influence as a researcher and supervisor cannot be truely grasped. we lost one of the giants in science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-27774983492178238812008-01-14T00:30:00.000-08:002008-01-14T00:30:00.000-08:00R.I.P., Sam.R.I.P., Sam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com