Uwe Rust
Uwe Rust (born May 21, 1940 in Magdeburg ; † April 15, 2012 ) was a German geographer specializing in the geomorphology of African deserts. He was Professor of Geography at the University of Munich (LMU). His specialties were geomorphology , soil geography and climatology .
Career
Rust received his doctorate in 1970 under Hans-Günter Gierloff-Emden at the LMU and completed his habilitation there in 1974. In 1980 he became a professor in Munich. He was a member of the Geographical Society in Munich . Because of his origins, he and his colleague Friedrich Wieneke did research on and excursions to northern Germany . His research focus was on expeditions on the geomorphology of the Namib desert, on which he wrote his habilitation thesis together with Friedrich Wieneke. He was also significantly involved in the Inter- University Namibia Research Group (IUNFG).
At the Physico-Geographical Faculty of the LMU, Rust held introductory lectures in climatology as well as courses on the South and North African arid regions as well as advanced seminars with a focus on geomorphological issues.
Web links
- Literature by and about Uwe Rust in the catalog of the German National Library
- Uwe Rust , author portrait on the Namibiana website
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- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 20th edition. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-598-23612-3 .
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ↑ Uwe Rust, Friedrich Wieneke: Geomorphology of the coastal central Namib (South West Africa) (= Munich geographical treatises. Vol. 19). Munich 1976.
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| SURNAME | Rust, Uwe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geographer, professor emeritus for geography |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 2012 |