Monika Offenberger
Monika Offenberger (born December 5, 1961 ) is a German biologist and science journalist .
Life
After graduating from high school, Monika Offenberger studied biology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and received her doctorate in 1994 with a thesis on the ecological niche of native fruit flies . Since then she has been writing for newspapers (including Süddeutsche Zeitung , SZ-Magazin , Berliner Zeitung ), publishers, research institutions and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research on findings in the fields of evolution , ecology and life sciences .
To their 2004 together with Georg Meister at Zweitausendeins published book "The Time of the forest" wrote the Süddeutsche Zeitung that look after his reading of "unsuspecting Forest hiker" the forest with different eyes, "something of the constant threat of overload this system by the massive Pressure of interests ”ahne. "Above all, however, he learns a lot of new things from the endless treasure trove of wonders that the forest has to offer". The result was a “wonderful book” that stood out both for its pictures and “for its remarkably clear didactic structure”, so that a “textbook in the best sense” was created. Die Zeit praised the band as a “passionate plea for the natural reconstruction of our forest”.
In 2005, Offenberger received the second award for environmental journalism from the Gregor Louisoder Umweltstiftung for “competent and critical reporting on hot spots in environmental protection”.
Regarding “Symbiosis - Why alliances for living in nature are so successful” from 2014, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation found that Offenberger described the partnerships in flora and fauna “exciting and knowledgeable”. The book is a "successful mixture of astonishing findings and small but fine observations". Offenberger's "deep love for the range of symbiotic forms of life" is clearly felt. The book changes "the view of the forest with its mushrooms, of the ants - and also the relationship to one's own intestinal flora".
Selected publications
- Symbiosis - Why alliances for life in nature are so successful , Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag , Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-26055-8
- The egg. Origin of all life. , Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft , Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86312-003-0
- Facets of Genome Research , Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology , Potsdam 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-027026-0
- Nutritional research , Federal Ministry of Education and Research , Berlin 2010
- Life sciences , Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin 2009
- Sustainable supply and disposal , Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin 2006
- The time of the forest (together with Georg Meister ), two thousand and one, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 978-3-86150-630-0
- This is how the future tastes , Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin 2004
- Decoding and using bacterial genes , Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn 2003
- By Nautilus and Sapiens - Introduction to the theory of evolution , Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-423-33039-8
- Ecological studies on drosophilids that use rotting plants as breeding substrates , Shaker Verlag , Aachen 1994, ISBN 978-3-86111-916-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Monika Offenberger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Monika Offenberger in the German Digital Library
- Monika Offenberger at perlentaucher
Individual evidence
- ^ Articles by Monika Offenberger in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ↑ a b Award for Monika Offenberger Berliner Zeitung from May 9, 2005
- ↑ Brief portrait of Monika Offenberger on the website of the Scientific Book Society
- ↑ Reviews of The Time of the Forest by Perlentaucher
- ↑ Review of “ Symbiosis - Why Alliances for Life in Nature Are So Successful ” , ORF from February 13, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Offenberger, Monika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist and science journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1961 |