Dieter Mollenhauer

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Dieter Mollenhauer (born December 29, 1937 in Berlin ; † May 3, 2013 ) was a German botanist and phycologist .

Act

Mollenhauer has made great contributions in the field of phycology ( algae research ). In the context of his taxonomic and ecological research he mainly dealt with cyanobacteria and desmidiaceae , but also algae with a special way of life (e.g. Gymnodinium aeruginosum) are among them. The work together with his wife Resi Mollenhauer on the endosymbiosis of Geosiphon pyriforme is considered groundbreaking. They were carried out in a DFG special research area, which they carried out together with Manfred Kluge ( TU Darmstadt) carried out. He was also involved in the formulation of the Frankfurt theory of evolution .

For the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research , he founded the then “ Lochmühle branch ” in 1969 , which he headed for more than 30 years; he also taught at the University of Frankfurt . In the course of his research life, Dieter Mollenhauer has submitted well over 200 publications.

Awards

Fonts

  • Contributions to a revision of the genus Nostoc . With special consideration of the type Nostoc pruniforme . University thesis. Kiel, Math.-Naturwiss. Faculty, dissertation from July 16, 1966. Kiel 1966.
  • The protistologist Ernst Georg Pringsheim and his four lives. In: Protist 154 (2003), pp. 157-171
  • Historical aspects of culturing microalgae in Central Europe and the impact of Ernst Georg Pringsheim, a pioneer in algae culture collections. In: Nova Hedwigia ISSN  0029-5035 , Vol. 79, No. 1, 2004, pp. 1–26 ( short version )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gutowski A., Friedl T., Büdel B .: Obituary: Homo phykophilos - Dieter Mollenhauer, December 29, 1937 - May 3, 2013 . In: Protist . 164, No. 6, 2013, pp. 837-841. doi : 10.1016 / j.protis.2013.09.004 .
  2. ↑ a b Obituary Prof. Dr. Dieter Mollenhauer , Burkhard Büdel (Technical University of Kaiserslautern) on mikoskopie-forum.de
  3. ↑ Dieter Stefan Peters Retired Dieter Mollenhauer. Natur & Museum 130 H. 12 (2000): 430-432.
  4. ↑ Hanau Natural History Days
  5. ↑ Algological Studies 2009, Volume 129

literature

  • Gutowski A., Friedl T., Büdel B .: Obituary: Homo phykophilos - Dieter Mollenhauer, December 29, 1937 - May 3, 2013 . In: Protist . 164, No. 6, 2013, pp. 837-841. doi : 10.1016 / j.protis.2013.09.004 .
personal data
SURNAME Mollenhauer, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and phycologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 2013