Michael Türkay
Michael Türkay (born April 3, 1948 in Frankfurt am Main ; † September 9, 2015 there ) was a German zoologist and marine researcher .
Life
Türkay studied biology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main until he graduated in 1973. In 1983 he received his doctorate there with the work Morphological-Taxonomic Monograph of the Gecarcinidae . After his habilitation , he was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Frankfurt for the specialist areas of special zoology and morphology of invertebrates .
As a schoolboy, Türkay became a member of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society. From 1964 to 1974 he worked as a freelancer and from 1974 to 1976 as an assistant in the crustacean section of the Senckenberg Research Institute. Since 1967 he has carried out scientific work on decapod crustaceans and published relevant publications. Since 1976 he has headed the institute's crustacean section as a research assistant and has described several new types of cancer.
From 1989 to 2014 he was department head zoology II (today department marine zoology) at the Senckenberg Research Institute , from 1997 to 2007 he was the director's deputy in the field of research, human resources and finance. In 2002 he took over the research management. From 2007 until his retirement in 2013 he was a member of the board of directors of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung SGN and deputy director general. For many years he was the head of the Senckenberg School, which trains scientific assistants for natural history museums.
He became known for his North Sea research and his expeditions with the science ship Meteor to explore the deep sea in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Together with Eckart Witzigmann and Christian Teubner, he wrote cookbooks on mussels, shrimp and fish.
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Türkay in the catalog of the German National Library
- Michael Türkay's website at senckenberg.de
- Inga Janovic: Senckenberg mourns the loss of marine researchers Türkay , FNP, September 16, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Türkay obituary , FAZ , September 16, 2015
- ↑ List of Carcinolgicial and Marine Science Publications M. Türkay
- ↑ Ch. Teubner, K. Lillelund, M. Türkay et al. The big book about fish. Munich: Teubner 2005; M. Türkay, E. Witzigmann, Ch. Teubner mussels & oysters Munich: Gräfe & Unzer 1999; Ch. Teubner, M. Türkay Shrimps, Lobster & Lobster. Product knowledge and cooking practice of crustaceans. With the best recipes from Eckart Witzigmann. Teubner: Füssen 1994
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Türkay, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and marine researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2015 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |