Hanns-Christof Spatz
Hanns-Christof Spatz (born November 17, 1936 in Potsdam ; † August 10, 2017 ) was a German biophysicist and professor at the Faculty of Biology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg .
Life
Spatz studied at the University of Göttingen and received his doctorate in 1965 under Manfred Eigen with a thesis on the kinetic behavior of protons and deuterons in ice crystals. He then carried out research from 1965 to 1968 as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and Yale University . After his return from the USA, he got a position as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin , where he contributed groundbreaking insights into the research area of bacterial genetics .
In 1972 Spatz received a call to the newly created chair for biophysics at the Institute for Biology III at the University of Freiburg , where his main interest was initially in biophysics and neurobiology , in particular research into the molecular mechanisms of learning and memory.
Spatz was head of the Biomimetics Competence Network at the Biological Institute of the Albert Ludwig University, where he and Thomas Speck (* 1957) researched, among other things, the mechanical stability of plants, the results of which met with particular interest from industry. The Freiburg project group discovered, among other things, how grasses, bamboo and horsetail form a slender stem with little material that is nevertheless very strong.
In addition to his research activities, Spatz worked as a university lecturer and lecturer in specialist committees.
Fonts
- with Wolfgang Laskowski and Wolfgang Pohlit: Biophysics I. Structure, energy, information and building blocks of living systems. Thieme, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3135024016 .
- with Georg Hertting (Ed.): Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Nervous Systems. NATO ASI Series. Springer, Berlin 1988.
- with Thomas Speck: Plant Biomechanics 2000: Proceedings of the 3rd Plant Biomechanics Conference Freiburg-Badenweiler. Thieme, Stuttgart 2000.
- with Karl J. Niklas : Plant Physics. University of Chicago Press 2012.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sparrow, Hanns-Christof |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biophysicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2017 |