Gerhard Haider

Gerhard Haider (1957)

Gerhard Haider (born October 27, 1935 in Schwabach ; † August 22, 2005 in Stuttgart ) was a German hydrobiologist . He researched and taught at the Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Waste Management (ISWA) at the University of Stuttgart for over 37 years .

Life

Haider studied zoology at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen and was active in the Corps Guestphalia Erlangen in 1956 . When he was inactive , he moved to the University of Graz . After graduating , he went to Karl Heinz Hunken at ISWA as a research assistant . In 1962 he was promoted to Dr. rer. nat. PhD . Both the doctoral thesis and the habilitation thesis dealt with limnology and ecology . Haider had been a university professor in Stuttgart since 1978 and an honorary professor at the University of Hohenheim since 1985 . His lecture on fish was famous . In 1989 he succeeded Dieter Bardtke as head of the biology department. Haider represented the lecturers in the faculty and in the senate . For five years - from 1974 as deputy chairman - he sat in the Grand Senate and from 1990 to 1994 in the presidium of the German University Association . He had to retire from service at the age of 64 due to health problems.

personal data
SURNAME	Haider, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German hydrobiologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwabach
DATE OF DEATH	August 22, 2005
Place of death	Stuttgart