Hans-Jürgen Stammer
Hans-Jürgen Stammer (born September 21, 1899 in Pötrau near Büchen , † October 24, 1968 in Erlangen ) was a German zoologist , ecologist and director of the Zoological Institute of the University of Erlangen .
biography
Stammer was a student of Paul Buchner (1886–1978), director of the Zoological Institute at the University of Greifswald . Stammer followed Buchner to the University of Breslau , where he increasingly dealt with ecological issues. Here he received his habilitation in 1931. In 1938 Stammer took over the position of director of the Zoological Institute at the University of Erlangen. There he was very active in academic teaching and supervised diploma theses or dissertations of around 200 students. Stammer retired in 1967.
Act
As an ecologist, he was interested in unusual and little-studied micro-habitats. He often found nematodes and mites as well as other organisms in such places . He had these examined extensively by his students. In this way specialists developed who formed the so-called Stammer School.
Apart from these free-living and mostly non-parasitic organisms, Stammer also devoted himself to parasitology . The evolutionary biologist Günther Osche found access to his scientific career through nematode research (of the genus Rhabditis) under Stammer.
Stammer was honored by several species named after him, for example: Nitocrella stammeri Chappuis, 1938; Zausodes stammeri Jakobi, 1954; Lohmanella stammeri Viets, 1939 and Histiostoma stammeri Scheucher, 1957.
In 1941 he was President of the German Zoological Society .
literature
- G. Alberti (2004): Tribute to the past - notes on the history of Acarology in Germany . Phytophaga, XIV: 13-56.
- Matthes D., Osche G., Tretzel E. (1969): Hans Jürgen Stammer † . Rat. Zool. Ges. 1969, Zool. Anz., Suppl., 33: 656-657.
- R. Scheucher (1957): Systematics and ecology of the German anoetines. Contributions to the systematics and ecology of Central European Acarina , 1, pp. 233–384.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Jürgen Stammer in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stammer, Hans-Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist, ecologist and director of the Zoological Institute of the University of Erlangen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pötrau at Büchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1968 |
| Place of death | gain |