Emmanuel David Tannenbaum

Emmanuel David Tannenbaum (June 28, 1978 – May 28, 2012

Tannenbaum's initial work was in quantum chemistry as part of his Harvard University doctoral thesis^[2] where he developed a novel partial differential equation approach to the EBK quantization of nearly separable Hamiltonians in the quasi-integrable regime. Emmanuel Tannenbaum subsequently devoted his research to studying various problems in evolutionary dynamics using quasispecies models.^[3] His seminal work centered on the key question of the evolutionary advantages of sexual reproduction. Tannenbaum demonstrated a strong selective advantage for sexual reproduction with fewer and much less restrictive assumptions than previously considered.^[4] Closely related to this line of reasoning, was the original work by Tannenbaum and James Sherley on the immortal strand hypothesis. Tannenbaum also proposed a pioneering theory of why higher organisms need sleep.^[5] Towards the end of his life, he proposed a new approach to anti-stealth technology based on the theory of Bose–Einstein condensate.^[6]

Emmanuel Tannenbaum received a number of honors, including the Robert Karplus Prize in Chemical Physics from Harvard University, the prestigious Alon Fellowship^[7] from the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and a National Institutes of Health research fellowship.^[8] Dr. Tannenbaum is the son of mathematician Allen Tannenbaum and chemist Rina Tannenbaum. His sister, Sarah Tannenbaum-Dvir, is an oncologist/hematologist.^{[citation needed]}

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