Hans Fricke (biologist)
Hans W. Fricke (born July 28, 1941 in Schönebeck (Elbe) ) is a German biologist and animal filmmaker .
Life
Hans Fricke first studied biology in Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1968 and completed his habilitation in 1978 in Munich in the field of zoology. Fricke was visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen and visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Since 1988 he has been honorary professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . His research areas are the ecology and social behavior of marine organisms.
In addition to academic work, Fricke has written articles for Geo and National Geographic magazines. He has received numerous international awards for his documentary and television films, including the Golden Nautilus.
The film archive of Hans Fricke is managed by FRICKEFILM film production.
Dive boat Jago
Fricke also became known through the use of the research submarines Geo and Jago to research animals in the sea and in fresh water and through his research on the behavior of the coelacanth .
In 1998 the Jago submersible was used at Königssee , and the diving team found a VW Beetle on the bottom .
The submersible Jago was transferred to the Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) on January 1st, 2006 . It is still operated there by the former team members Jürgen Schauer and Karen Hissmann.
literature
- Thorsten Naeser: Under the spell of a living fossil . MaxPlanckResearch 2 (2007), p. 74. (PDF file; 319 kB)
- The fish that came from prehistoric times: the hunt for the coelacanth , dtv 34616, Munich 2010 (first edition 2007 by Beck, Munich), ISBN 978-3-423-34616-0 .
- Fricke, Hans: On the way in the blue universe, Galiani Verlag 2020, ISBN 3869712023 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Fricke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the FRICKEFILM film production
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fricke, Hans |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fricke, Hans W. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist and documentary filmmaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönebeck (Elbe) |