Marianne Popp

Marianne Popp (born July 19, 1949 in Vienna ) is an Austrian biologist , biochemist and professor emeritus at the University of Vienna . One of her specialties is the study of the effects of environmental influences on the plant metabolism.

Live and act

Marianne Popps father was an orthopedic surgeon , the mother dropped out of her chemistry degree when she married and had her first child. Later she helped her husband in the practice. Popp went to school in Vienna.

Popps older sister was studying medicine, and so was Marianne; however, she made a different decision when she saw what her sister had to learn for her exams. From 1967 to 1975 Popp studied botany and biochemistry at the University of Vienna. From 1971 to 1975 she was a doctoral student at the Institute for Plant Physiology there with Professor Kinzel. In 1975 she did her doctorate on the subject of mineral and acid metabolism of some cultivated plants with different mineral diets .

From 1975 to 1984 she was a research assistant at the Institute for Plant Physiology. In 1984 she qualified as a professor in plant physiology at the University of Vienna. Then she was a lecturer until 1994 when she became Professor of Chemical Physiology of Plants at the Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research at the University of Vienna.

In 1998/99 she was head of the Institute for Plant Physiology at the University of Vienna and from 2000 to 2002 dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Vienna.

Research priorities

One of Marianne Popp's specialties is the investigation of the effects of environmental influences on the plant metabolism.

Memberships, fellowships and offices

In 1980 she received the Schimper Fellowship of the H. and E. Walter Foundation (BRD) and from 1980–1981 she was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University with Professor Osmond. For 1983 to 1984 she received the Emil Boral Foundation Fellowship . In 1983 she became a visiting fellow at the Botanical Institute of the Technical University of Darmstadt , with Professor Ulrich Lüttge . She was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra , and at the Desert Research Institute , University of Nevada, Reno , as well as visiting professor at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, ANU Canberra, among others.

In 1997 she was elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a member of the board of the German Botanical Society .

In 2002 she was appointed Vice President of the Austrian UNESCO Commission. In 2005 she took over the office of President of the International Botanical Congress . Since 2006 she has also been a real member of the Academy and Deputy Chairwoman of the Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies of the Academy.

Awards and honors

In 1980 Popp was awarded the Theodor Körner Prize . In 1998 she was awarded the City of Vienna Prize for Technology and Natural Sciences. In 2004 she received the Science Award of the State of Lower Austria .

Others

Although the promotion of molecular biology is very important to Popp, as dean it was important to her to maintain the traditional focus of biology in the faculty, such as zoology or botany . She considers the knowledge of species to be an important prerequisite for the future of humanity, because this is indispensable for the ecological orientation of agriculture, for example.

Fonts (selection)

• Ulrich HJ Körtner, Marianne Popp (ed.) .: Creation and evolution, between being and design: new controversy over the theory of evolution . Vienna Böhlau Verlag, 2007.
• SC Clifford, SK Arndt, HG Jones, Marianne Popp: Mucilages and polysaccharides in Ziziphus species (Rhamnaceae): Localization, composition and physiological roles during drought-stress. In: Journal of Experimental Botany , Volume 53 (366), 2001, pp. 131-138.
• R. Albert, Marianne Popp: Free amino acids and nitrogen content in halophytes of the Neusiedlersee area. In: Flora , Volume 170, 1980, pp. 229-239.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Magdolna Hargittai: Women Scientists: Reflections, Challenges, and Breaking Boundaries. Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0199359981 , p. 298.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Ilse Korotin, Nastasja Stupnicki (ed.): Biographies of important Austrian scientists. 'Curiosity drives me to ask questions.' Böhlau Vienna, 2018, ISBN 978-3-205-20238-7 , pp. 690–692.
3. ^ ^{A b} Magdolna Hargittai: Women Scientists: Reflections, Challenges, and Breaking Boundaries. Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0199359981 , p. 300.