Reinald Skiba

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Reinald Skiba (born May 21, 1932 in Opole ; † May 14, 2013 in Wuppertal ) was a German mining and safety engineer and biologist specializing in echolocation of bats .

Live and act

Skiba came from Opole in Upper Silesia. In Osnabrück he attended the humanistic grammar school from 1942 to 1951, after which he began to work as a miner. In 1952 he began studying mining in Clausthal and received his doctorate in 1959. He worked in mining supervision and accident research for nine years, while at the same time completing a distance learning course in commercial law. In 1972 he completed his habilitation and in his habilitation thesis laid the basis for his further professional career in security technology. He published the " Taschenbuch Betriebliche Sicherheitstechnik " and the " Taschenbuch Arbeitsicherheit " as well as a large number of articles from his field of work. He taught at the same time at the three universities of Clausthal, Dortmund and Wuppertal.

In 1976 Skiba was appointed full professor for occupational safety at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal in Department D: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Safety Technology. At times he was dean in the security technology department. In 1997 he retired.

In addition to his professional activity, Skiba dealt with natural history records. As early as 1953 he published the title " Ornithological Observations on the Memmert ", followed by over a hundred ornithological articles by 1986. He dealt with the bats for the first time in 1966. Later in the 1980s he shifted the focus of his publications from birds to bats, and since 1986 he has written 79 articles on bats. His professional experience in acoustic issues made him an expert in bat research. Using ultrasound detectors, he researched the location and social calls of 35 European bat species and presented them graphically and a. in oscillograms and spectrograms. His 2003 work " European Bats, Identifiers, Echolocation and Detector Applications " is mentioned as a standard work in this area.

Skiba was twice widowed and lived with Gudrun Kolbe until his unexpected death in May 2013.

Works

Skiba has published numerous works on occupational safety and natural history, the number of over 400 titles are named in the obituary.

  • European bats: identification, echolocation and detector application , Westarp-Wiss., 2003, ISBN 3-89432-907-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary Prof. Dr. Reinald Skiba (1932–2013) from May 20, 2013 on fledermausschutz.de, accessed September 2013
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Reinald Skiba died on naturwissenschaftlicher-verein-wuppertal.de, accessed September 2013
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Obituary, Thomas Stumpf
  4. ↑ a b Obituary notice from May 18, 2013 and obituary notice from May 25, 2013 in the Westdeutsche Zeitung (online)
personal data
SURNAME Skiba, Reinald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mining and safety engineer and zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Opole
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 2013
Place of death Wuppertal