Susanne Menzel-Riedl

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Susanne Menzel-Riedl (born June 8, 1976 in Siegen ) is a German university professor for biology didactics . She has been President of the University of Osnabrück since 2019 .

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Susanne Menzel was born on June 8, 1976 in Siegen as the daughter of the former managing director of the Sonor company in Bad Berleburg , Karl-Heinz Menzel, and Regina Menzel. Raised in Wingeshausen, she attended the Keppel High School in Hilchenbach after primary school until she graduated from high school in 1995. From 1996 to 2002, she studied biology, education and English at the universities of Münster , Dakar (Senegal) and the college of William and Mary (Virginia, USA) in higher education and master’s degree. In 2003 she worked as a research assistant in the Faculty of Education and in the Center for Environmental Research (ZUFO) at the University of Münster. From 2004 to 2007 she was a research assistant in the Department of Biology Didactics at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . In 2007, she wrote her multilingual dissertation Learning Prerequisites for Biodiversity Education there. Chilean and German Pupils' Cognitive Frameworks an Their Commitment to Protect Biodiversity [learning requirements for biodiversity education. Student ideas of Chilean and German students and their willingness to protect biodiversity] accepted; in the same year Menzel received his doctorate there . Her dissertation was published in 2008.

Following her graduation she was post-graduate scholarship in the DFG - Research Training Group "Matching of School Learning".

In 2008 she came to Osnabrück for a junior professorship and was appointed professor of biology didactics in Gießen and Cologne in 2011 after being rejected . From 2016 to 2019 Menzel was Vice President for Research and Promotion of Young Talent at the University of Osnabrück.

Since the previous President, Wolfgang Lücke, was not available for another term of office, the selection committee, after a nationwide call for applications and after the application process had been completed, had the previous Vice President as the only candidate for a public hearing and for election by the University's Senate. All 19 members of the Senate voted for the 42-year-old scientist, so that the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science appointed her successor to Wolfgang Lücke. Since taking office on October 1, 2019, Menzel has been the youngest president of a German university.

She is married, has two children and lives in Münster.

Publications

  • Learning Prerequisites for Biodiversity Education. Chilean and German Pupils' Cognitive Frameworks and Their Commitment to Protect Biodiversity / Learning Requirements for Biodiversity Education. Student ideas of Chilean and German students and their willingness to protect biodiversity. University of Göttingen, dissertation, 2007. January 31, 2008, DNB 990160920 , urn : nbn: de: gbv: 7-webdoc-1689-9 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the curriculum vitae in the dissertation as Appendix E - Curriculum Vitae (PDF; 4.4 MB; May 30, 2007) as well as in the short vita on the homepage of the University of Osnabrück, accessed on August 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Timo Karl: Wittgensteinerin was elected to the presidium. Top position at the university. In: Siegener Zeitung . July 28, 2016, accessed August 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Christoph Vetter: Wingeshäuserin is Vice President at the University of Osnabrück ( Memento from October 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). Wingeshausen / Osnabrück. Biologist Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel from Aue-Wingeshausen is Vice President at the University of Osnabrück. She did her A-levels at the Keppel Abbey Grammar School. In: wp.de . July 29, 2016, accessed August 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ Successor of University President Prof. Lücke - Finding Committee invites Vice President Prof. Susanne Menzel to the university public hearing - Senate elects on November 14th. Press release No. 179/2018 . In: uni-osnabrueck.de, September 26, 2018, accessed on August 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ Sebastian Stricker: University Professor Susanne Menzel. Osnabrück becomes Germany's youngest university president. In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . September 26, 2018, accessed August 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ sz: Menzel is to become president. In: Siegener Zeitung . November 14, 2018, accessed August 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ “Making knowledge socially available” - Prof. Menzel-Riedl moves to the top of the University of Osnabrück - youngest university president in Germany. Press release No. 171/2019 . In: uni-osnabrueck.de, September 30, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2020.
  8. ^ Editor Wittgenstein from Bad Berleburg: New President for the University of Osnabrück: Wingeshäuserin is introduced into office. In: Siegener Zeitung . September 29, 2019, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Elmar Stephan: University President Menzel-Riedl has roots in Wittgenstein. In: wp.de . September 30, 2019, accessed August 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Menzel-Riedl, Susanne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Menzel, Susanne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biology didactic and president of the University of Osnabrück
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Wins