Andreas Vilcinskas

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Andreas Vilcinskas (born January 4, 1964 in Kaiserslautern ) is a German zoologist , researcher and university professor . His research areas are biochemistry , developmental biology and immunology of insects.

Life

In 1984 Andreas Vilcinskas began studying biology at the University of Kaiserslautern and at the Free University of Berlin , which he graduated with a diploma in 1990. After completing his studies, he worked for a year as a research assistant at the Fisheries Office in Berlin before he worked as a doctoral candidate and young scholarship holder at the Institute for Zoology at the FU in 1992 and received his doctorate in 1994 . Andreas Vilcinskas stayed at the institute as a research assistant and completed his habilitation there in 1998. Between 1994 and 2004 he was a visiting professor for evolutionary biology and special zoology at the University of Potsdam and then moved to the Justus Liebig University in Giessen as a full professor for applied entomology . At the same time, Andreas Vilcinskas was managing director of the Institute for Phytopathology and Applied Zoology at the Interdisciplinary Research Center (IFZ) of the University of Gießen from 2006 to 2013 and, since 2009, head of the Fraunhofer Project Group Bioresources in the Technology and Innovation Center ( TIG ) Gießen. In 2011, Andreas Vilcinskas became coordinator and spokesman for the LOEWE focus (from 2014 LOEWE center) “ Insect Biotechnology ”.

Works (selection)

  • 1000 fish. (With special section whales and dolphins). Naumann and Göbel, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-625-10570-5 .
  • Fishes. Central European freshwater species and marine fish from the North and Baltic Seas. blv, Munich et al. 2000, ISBN 3-405-15848-6 (2nd, revised edition, ibid 2004).
  • Sharks and rays . Komet, Cologne 2011. ISBN 9783869411378 .
  • Domestic aquarium fish. bede-Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2000, ISBN 3-933646-50-2 .
  • Marine animals of the tropics. A guide for divers, snorkelers and aquarists. (Over 700 lower animals, fish, reptiles and mammals). Kosmos, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-07943-0 .
  • Marine fish of Europe. Features, distribution, way of life. Illustrations: Manuela Hutschenreuther. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-89440-184-2 .
  • with Christian Wolter: Fish fauna of the federal waterways in Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Federal Institute for Hydrology, Koblenz et al. 1995.
  • Biochemical and immunological studies on the humoral defense against fungal infections in insects using the example of the large wax moth Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera). Microfiche output. Berlin 1994 (Berlin, Free University, dissertation, 1994).
  • Native freshwater fish. All species: characteristics, distribution, way of life. Drawings: Manuela Hutschenreiter. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1993, ISBN 3-89440-051-X .

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Website of the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Curriculum vitae (short biography) , accessed on February 1, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Vilcinskas, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist, researcher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern