Hubert Ziegler (botanist)
Hubert Ziegler (born September 28, 1924 in Regensburg , † April 17, 2009 in Munich ) was a German botanist, plant physiologist , professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the Technical University of Darmstadt .
Life
Ziegler studied biology , chemistry and geography for teaching in Munich and graduated in 1949 with the state examination. In 1950 he received his doctorate summa cum laude and received a position as an assistant at the Botanical Garden in Munich and as a member of the government at the Forest Botanical Institute of the University of Munich . After completing his habilitation in 1956, he was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 1959 to 1970 . From 1970 to 1992, the year of his retirement , he was head of the Institute for Botany and Microbiology at the Technical University of Munich .
Between 1978 and 1998 Ziegler was co-author of the standard work Strasburger - Textbook of Botany for Universities for five editions , in which he was responsible for the physiology part. Ziegler supervised 79 doctoral students, was (co-) author of over 370 scientific publications, founder of the scientific journal Trees and co-editor of several other journals.
His main research interests were the transport of substances in plants, ecophysiology and tree physiology . In the context of the latter, he was active in forest damage research. In 1960 he played a leading role in setting up the air quality measurement network in Germany and at that time ensured that the CO 2 concentration and pollen were also measured, i.e. values that later became important in the context of global warming and pollen allergies .
Honors and memberships
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1972 member of the Leopoldina
- from 1973 full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , most recently he was secretary of the mathematical and natural science class and chairman of the commission for ecology
- 2001: Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology at the Ruhr University Bochum
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Regensburg
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Würzburg
- Honorary member of the German Botanical Society
Web links
- Literature by and about Hubert Ziegler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Myriam Hönig: Material fluxes in plants: Sewerage, regulation and use - Symposium on the 75th birthday of Hubert Ziegler , press release of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences of October 27, 1999; Retrieved April 20, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Hubert Ziegler ( Memento from December 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at the Stabile Isotope Association
- ↑ Member entry by Hubert Ziegler at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Member entry by Hubert Ziegler (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on May 29, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ziegler, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist, plant physiologist, professor of botany and director of the botanical garden at the Technical University of Darmstadt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 2009 |
| Place of death | Munich |