Alexander von Graevenitz (microbiologist)
Alexander Wilhelm Carlo von Graevenitz (born November 8, 1932 in Leipzig ) is a German doctor and microbiologist .
Life
He comes from the ancient nobility Graevenitz from the Altmark and studied at the St. Thomas School in Leipzig . From Graevenitz 1950-1955 studied medicine at the University of Tübingen , the University of Hamburg and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn and received his doctorate in 1956 , Dr. med.
From 1963 to 1969 he was Assistant Professor, 1969 to 1973 Associate Professor and from 1973 Full Professor at Laboratory Medicine at Yale University and Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory of Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven , Connecticut. From 1980 to 2000 he was Professor of Medical Microbiology ( Bacteriology and Mycology ) and Director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich . He is a member of the American Society for Microbiology , the Swiss Society for Microbiology and, since 1994, of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina . He is also a member of the Wilhelm Röpke Institute .
Together with Guido Funke and other employees , von Graevenitz described several new types of bacteria.
Web links
- Alexander von Graevenitz at the Institute for Medical Microbiology
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. Nagel (Ed.): Who's who in Switzerland including the principality of Liechtenstein . 17th edition, Editions Nagel, Geneva 1990, p. 197.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graevenitz, Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Graevenitz, Alexander Wilhelm Carlo von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and microbiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |