Klaus Hahlbrock

Klaus Hahlbrock (born November 4, 1935 in Hameln ) is a German biochemist . From 1983 to 2002 he was director at the Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research in Cologne and from 1996 Vice President of the Max Planck Society .

Life

Hahlbrock studied chemistry and in 1965 at the University of Freiburg Dr. rer. nat. PhD . From 1967 to 1968, he was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis with Eric E. Conn. He then completed his habilitation and became a professor of biochemistry in Freiburg. In 1983 he moved to the Max Planck Society and became director at the Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research in Cologne. From 1996 until his retirement in 2002, he also served as Vice President of the MPG.

From 2004 to 2007 he was chairman of the Hinterzarten-Breitnau local group of the Black Forest Association .

Prizes and awards

• 1979: 'Tate and Lyle Award' from the Phytochemical Society of Europe
• 1985: Otto Bayer Prize
• 1990: Member of the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences
• 1993: Member of the Academia Europaea
• 1994: Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
• Copernicus Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• 2002: Order of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award from the Polish Science Foundation

literature

• Can our earth still feed people? Population explosion - Environment - Genetic engineering , Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, 1991. ISBN 978-3-96238-123-3
• Nature and people, The long way to eco-social awareness , Allitera-Verlag, Munich, 2013. ISBN 978-3-86906-604-2
• There is no life without diversity. A plea for saving our livelihoods , oekom-Verlag, Gesellschaft für Ökologische Kommunikation mbH, Munich, 2019. ISBN 3-492-03467-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Hahlbrock in the catalog of the German National Library
• Genetic engineering against hunger - Deutschlandradio Kultur from March 25, 2008
• "Eating less meat would be of great help" - Interview in FR 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dieter Maurer: Marina Fuss heads the local Black Forest Association group. Badische Zeitung, March 27, 2007, accessed November 4, 2016 . 
2. ^ Membership directory: Klaus Hahlbrock. Academia Europaea, accessed June 27, 2017 . 
3. ^ Member Directory: Klaus Hahlbrock. National Academy of Sciences, accessed June 27, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Press release 2002 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.