Norbert Elsner
Norbert Elsner (born October 11, 1940 in Hermsdorf in Silesia ; † June 16, 2011 in Göttingen ) was a German zoologist and neurobiologist .
Life
Norbert Elsner was founded in 1967 on the math and science faculty of the University of Cologne with the work "The neuromuscular basics of advertising behavior of the Red Leg grasshopper ( Gomphocerippus rufus )" to Dr. rer. nat. PhD . After a PostDoc at Makerere College School in Kampala , Uganda (1968), he worked at the Zoological Faculty of the University of Copenhagen (1971). This was followed by a position at the biological faculty at the University of Oregon (1972). In 1974 he qualified as a professor at Cologne University in the field of zoology . In 1978, he received a call to the Georg-August University of Göttingen as professor of zoology and anthropology. Elsner was director of the neurobiology department .
Elsner's research focus and area of work were neuro-, sensory and behavioral physiology with special consideration of the neural and sensory foundations of acoustic communication.
Elsner was Vice President of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen , a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) and, since 2000, a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Saale) .
Fonts (selection)
- with Hans-Ludwig Schreiber : What is a person? . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2002, ISBN 3892446040 .
- with Werner Frick : Scientia Poetica. Literature and science . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3892448035
- with Gerd Lüer : "... everything is human". Behavior between coercion, freedom and responsibility . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89244-950-3 .
- with Nicolaas A. Rupke (Ed.): Albrecht von Haller in the Göttingen of the Enlightenment . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2009.
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert Elsner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Norbert Elsner in the German Digital Library
- Biography of Norbert Elsner
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prof. em. Dr. Norbert Elsner: Obituary , Göttinger Tageblatt of June 24, 2011 (accessed June 24, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elsner, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurobiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hermsdorf in Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 2011 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |