Lennart Olsson
Lennart Olsson (born September 5, 1961 in Järvsö, Sweden ) is a Swedish zoologist and embryologist . Since 2000 he has been a professor for special zoology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena .
Life
After graduating from high school, Olsson completed training as a dental technician in Umeĺ , which he completed in 1980. He then studied biology at Stockholm University until 1988 and received his doctorate in 1993 at Uppsala University , where he was then employed as a research assistant. In 2000 he was offered a professorship at the University of Jena. There he conducted research at the Institute for Special Zoology and Evolutionary Biology with the Phyletic Museum. In 2005 he taught for two months as a visiting professor at the Museum of Comparative Zoology and OE at Harvard University .
Research priorities
The focus of his research is the embryological development of the vertebrate head. He also made significant contributions to the history of ideas in comparative anatomy .
Fonts
Olsson published around 100 articles in magazines and compilations, often in collaboration with colleagues.
- U. Hossfeld, Lennart Olsson [Ed.]: Charles Darwin. On the evolution of species and the development of the earth . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2009. (= Suhrkamp Study Library; 13.) ISBN 978-3-518-27013-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vita ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the University of Jena
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olsson, Lennart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th September 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Järvsö, Sweden |