Manfred A. Jäch
Manfred A. Jäch (born September 1, 1958 in Scheibbs , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian coleopterologist . His research focus is on water beetles from different families , especially the Hydraenidae family.
Life
In 1976 Jäch began studying biology and zoology at the University of Vienna after attending the Scheibbs upper secondary school . Between 1980 and 1981 he spent several months in southwest Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) in preparation for his dissertation to study the water beetle fauna in the mountain streams. In 1983 he received his doctorate in zoology. In 1985 he went to Israel on a postdoctoral fellowship. He worked for eight months as a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the Ben Gurion University in Beersheba . His main focus was the mapping of the aquatic beetle fauna of Israel. Since September 1985 he has been a research assistant and curator at the International Research Institute for Entomology at the Natural History Museum Vienna . Jäch has been married since 1993. He has two sons and a daughter.
In the 1990s, Jäch and colleagues at the Natural History Museum founded the World Water Beetle Collection & Research Center, which houses the world's most important water beetle collection.
Jäch went on excursions to more than 40 countries, including Sri Lanka , Turkey , Nepal , Greece , Israel , Egypt , Indonesia , Thailand , Ukraine , Texas , Maryland , Mexico , Kenya , China , Philippines , Malaysia , Singapore , Australia , Bhutan , India , Italy , New Caledonia , Djibouti, Japan, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates and Mauritius .
Jäch has been editor-in-chief of the specialist publications Monographs on Coleoptera since 1988 . From 1993 to 2003 he was editor-in-chief of the specialist journal Water Beetles of China .
Jäch described over 680 beetle taxa . The Hydraenidae family makes up the majority of these.
Dedication names
More than 100 species and genera are named after Manfred Jäch, including Jaechomorphus from the family of claw beetles (Elmidae), Augyles manfredjaechi from the family of saw beetles (Heteroceridae) and Hydraena manfredjaechi from the family Hydraenidae.
Web links
- Councilor Dr. Manfred A. Jäch on ZOBODAT short biography.
- Profile page at the Natural History Museum Vienna
- Orderly adventure - a portrait of Manfred Jäch
- Councilor Dr. Manfred Jäch: "Lord over 4 million" (PDF)
- Vienna Coleopterologists Association
- Coleopterological survey
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jäch, Manfred A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian coleopterologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scheibbs , Lower Austria |