Karl Schellander

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Karl Schellander (born August 9, 1956 in Klagenfurt , Carinthia , Austria ) is an Austro-German veterinarian and professor emeritus for animal breeding and husbandry at the University of Bonn.

Live and act

Karl Schellander was born on August 9, 1956 in Klagenfurt. After graduating from high school, he studied veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna (VUW) from 1976 , graduated in 1981 with a diploma in veterinary medicine and obtained a doctorate in medicine. med. vet. This was followed by a job as an assistant veterinarian in a Swiss mixed practice. From 1983 he worked as a university assistant at the Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics at the VUW. From 1985 to 1987 he was a scholarship holder of the Max Kade Foundation in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Georgia (USA). He then returned to Vienna, where he completed his habilitation in 1991 in the field of “Molecular Genetics in Animal Breeding” and became an assistant professor at his institute.

In 1996 he was appointed full professor for animal breeding and husbandry and director of the Institute for Animal Sciences at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn . Here, through pioneering molecular genetic methods and approaches, he achieved remarkable results for the recognition of DNA markers and genes for important feature complexes in pigs (e.g. stress resistance, carcass and meat quality).

He successfully continued the research he had previously carried out on the model animal mouse in pre-implant genetics and embryo technology in cattle.

Appreciation

Schellander has always seen his expertise in molecular genetic and reproductive technology approaches to improve important characteristics in pigs and cattle with a view to their importance for practical animal breeding and evaluated them in discussions with practitioners. The impressive and highly valued commitment makes him an outstanding and leading representative of German animal breeding science , said Klaus Wimmers in his laudation for Schellander. According to Wmmers, his research results and his work have had a lasting impact on livestock research and set important impulses for practical implementation. Schellander retired on December 31, 2019.

Honorary positions and honors

Honorary positions at the University of Bonn

  • 2005–2008 Vice Dean for Research and Young Scientists at the Faculty of Agriculture
  • 2008–2012 Dean ibid
  • 2010–2012 speaker of the faculty conference (deans conference)
  • 2012–2019 member of the University Council

National and international honorary posts and honors

  • 2014–2017 President of the Society for Animal Science (GfT)
  • 2014–2018 Vice President of the German Society for Breeding Science (DGfZ)
  • 2014–2018 member of the board of directors of the umbrella association of scientific societies in agriculture, forestry, nutrition, veterinary and environmental research
  • Since 2010 elected specialist board of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the field of animal breeding and husbandry
  • Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, then the Board of Trustees of the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Embryo Gene Network in Canada
  • Chairman of the Competence Center for Farm Animal Research in North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Member of the Advisory Committee for Veterinary Education of the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education in the umbrella organization of veterinary organizations in Europe (EAEVE / FVE) for over 20 years
  • (Co) editor of the journal “Genomics and biotechnology in livestock breeding”.

Publications (selection)

  • Basic studies on the nucleolus organizer regions of the chromosomes of the bovine. Vet.- med, Univ. Vienna, dissertation 1981.
  • Consequences of artificial insertion of exogenous fusion genes into the mouse genome. Habil.-Schr. Vet.-med. Univ. Vienna, 1990/1991.
  • Over 500 scientific publications that have since been cited almost 10,000 times
  • Including more than 250 original works,
  • Supervision of more than 70 dissertations and 5 habilitations

literature

  • Karl Schellander - curriculum vitae. In: Members of the University Council of Univ. Bonn
  • Prof. Dr. Karl Schellander honored with the Hermann von Nathusius Medal . Announcement from the German Society for Breeding Science from September 18, 2019
  • Klaus Wimmers: Award of the Hermann von Nathusius Medal to Prof. Dr. med. vet. Karl Schellander, Bonn. In: Züchtungskunde, 92nd year, issue 1, 2020, 33–34.
  • Quotations on scholar.google.de
  • Karl Schellander in the German Research Foundation

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Award of the Hermann von Nathusius Medal to Prof. Dr. med. vet. Klaus Schellander, Bonn. In: Breeding Science
  2. ^ Employee directory of the Institute for Animal Sciences at the University of Bonn
  3. ^ Karl Schellander as a member of the University Council of Bonn University
  4. ↑ Prof. Dr. Karl Schellander honored with the Hermann von Nathusius Medal
  5. ↑ Citations on scholar.google.de
  6. ^ Karl Schellander in the German Research Foundation
personal data
SURNAME Schellander, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-German veterinarian, animal breeder and university teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt