Ulrich Lüttge
Ulrich Ernst Lüttge (born July 16, 1936 in Berlin ) is a German botanist and university professor. He was also known as an author of textbooks.
Life
Lüttge studied at the LMU Munich between 1954 and 1959 . Between 1959 and 1960 he moved to the then TH Darmstadt , where he received his doctorate in 1960. In 1964 he completed his habilitation at the TH Darmstadt, where he was appointed lecturer in 1965. In 1970 he was appointed full professor at the University of Darmstadt, where he worked until his retirement in 2004. Between 1993 and 2000 he was the spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center 199 “Molecular Ecophysiology of Plants”.
In 1996 Lüttge was elected a member of the Leopoldina . Lüttge has been an honorary member of the German Botanical Society since 2002 .
Lüttge also became known through a widespread botany textbook that he wrote together with Manfred Kluge and the graphic artist Gabriela Bauer and that was published in its sixth edition in 2012. In 2010, von Lüttge and two other authors published an extensive textbook "Botany: the comprehensive biology of plants" in the first edition.
Lüttge has been married since 1962 and has three children.
Functions in companies and committees (selection)
- 1998–1999 Review Committee Biological Research, Vereniging van Universiteiten of the Netherlands (VSNU)
- 1994–2001 selection committee "Germans overseas" of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- 1979–2000 Liaison Lecturer at the German National Academic Foundation
- 1976–1984 Elected reviewer of the German Research Foundation
Publications (selection)
- Ulrich Lüttge, Manfred Kluge, Gerhard Thiel: Botany: the comprehensive biology of plants , Weinheim: Wiley-VCH-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-527-32030-1 .
- Ulrich Lüttge, Manfred Kluge: Botany: the introductory biology of plants [with web page & exercises], 6th updated edition, Wiley-VCH-Verlag, Weinheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-527-33192-5 (first edition 1988 ).
- Physiological ecology of tropical plants , 2nd edition, Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-71792-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrich Lüttge in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lüttge's CV at the Leopoldina (PDF; 169 kB)
- Member entry of Ulrich Lüttge at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on April 11, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry by Ulrich Lüttge (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 17, 2016.
- ↑ see page of the honorary members under [1]
- ↑ Review of the book: Karin Krupinska: Comprehensive and newly structured (review), in: Biology in our time 4/2011, p. 271
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lüttge, Ulrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lüttge, Ulrich Ernst; Lüttge, Ulrich E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |