Thomas Borsch
Thomas Borsch (born on February 18, 1969 in Königstein im Taunus ) is a German botanist . Since March 2008 he has been Professor of Systematic Botany and Plant Geography at the Free University of Berlin and Managing Director of the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem at the Free University. Its botanical author abbreviation is “ Borsch ”.
Life
Thomas Borsch studied biology from 1992 to 1996 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , where he received his doctorate in 2000 . During his studies, he was a part-time research assistant at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt. After graduating, he went from 1997 to 1999 as a visiting scientist and scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA. He received his doctorate during his work at the Botanical Institute of the University of Bonn from 1999 to 2000, after which he went to the Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, which also belongs to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, as a research assistant until 2005.
From 2005 to 2007 he was a private lecturer at the Nees Institute and head of the Laboratory for Molecular Systematics, and from 2006 to 2007 he was also a Heisenberg fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Since 2007 Borsch has been an expert at the Botany Commission at the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz . In the same year he was appointed to the chair for biodiversity and evolution of plants at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg as well as to head of the botanical garden there . In March 2008 he finally changed to his current position as Professor of Systematic Botany and Plant Geography at the Free University of Berlin and Managing Director of the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem at the Free University, replacing Werner Greuter .
Thomas Borsch's research focus is on the evolution of flowering plants and the development of biological diversity based on various model groups such as the foxtail family (Amaranthaceae) and the water lily family (Nymphaeaceae). He also deals with the morphology and ultrastructure of pollen and the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity and genetic resources.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Borsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Curriculum vitae, Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Thomas Borsch at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borsch, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th February 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königstein im Taunus |