Klaus Peter Sauer

Klaus Peter Sauer (born February 2, 1941 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German evolutionary biologist and ecologist .

After graduating from the Liebig Realgymnasium in Gießen , Sauer studied biology , genetics , chemistry and mathematics at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen from 1962 to 1966 , where he worked with Wulf Emmo Ankel in 1969 with a thesis on the topic of “On the monotopic binding of native species of the genus Panorpa (Mecoptera) after studies in the field and in the laboratory ” .

From 1969 to 1971 he was a research assistant at the University of Gießen and then from 1971 to 1979 research assistant to Günther Osche at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg . In 1977 he completed his habilitation in zoology in Freiburg and in 1979 was appointed to the newly established chair for evolutionary research at Bielefeld University .

In 1992 he accepted a position at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn as head of the Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology. From 1993 to 1999, Sauer was coordinator of the DFG priority program " Genetic Analysis of Social Systems " and from 2002 to 2004 spokesman for the DFG Graduate School " Evolution and Biodiversity in Space and Time ". In 2008 Sauer retired.

Memberships and honors

• Liaison professor of the German National Academic Foundation (1977–1979 and 1990–1992)
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Zoological Society (1990–1994)
• Deputy Chairman of the German Zoological Society (1991–1993)
• President of the German Zoological Society (1994–1996)
• Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (since 1999)

Web links

• Curriculum vitae on the website of the University of Bonn ( Memento from June 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Publications on the website of the University of Bonn
• Short portrait in Uniclub-Kurier of the University of Bonn (PDF; 262 kB)