Volkart Wildermuth
Volkart Wildermuth (* 1962 ) is a German biochemist , science journalist and moderator . His main focus is medicine , genetic engineering , brain research , evolution . He is known from the German radio program “ Research Current ” and its holiday edition “ Science in Focus ” , of which he is the author of over 50 programs.
Life
He studied biochemistry in Tübingen and Berlin and also worked as a reporter for Südwestfunk. After graduating, he became a journalist and volunteered at Westdeutscher Rundfunk ( WDR ) in 1991 and 1992 . Then he reported as a freelance writer from Berlin. Since 1996, his contributions have focused on scientific topics that are broadcast regularly on Deutschlandfunk and ARD and occasionally on Swiss, Austrian and Australian radio. He moderates discussions on research topics and trains scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich to make them fit for the media. He is on the jury that awards the media prize of the German Diabetes Society (DDG).
Awards
- 2002: Queen Christine Prize for "Do genes make gay?"
- 2007: Wilhelm and Ingeborg Roloff Prize for "The poor die earlier - the return of tuberculosis"
- 2010: Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism
- 2013: Journalist Award Neurology of the DGN for “The Prion Principle. The new look at Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's "
- 2015: Science journalistic media prize of the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN) for “Pedophilia in the brain scan. Fear of the deed "
- 2018: Media Prize of the DGN
Publications
- Biotechnology: Between Scientific Progress and Ethical Boundaries , Parthas Verlag , Berlin 2006, ISBN 9783866019225
Individual evidence
- ↑ Forschungszentrum Jülich - media training speakers. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
- ↑ German Diabetes Society eV: German Diabetes Society: Media Prize 2018. Accessed on October 18, 2018 .
- ^ Queen Christine Society. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Lung Foundation media award to DLF author - Volkart Wildermuth receives "WIR award". Retrieved October 18, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk feature honored - Volkart Wildermuth receives "Deutsche Journalistenpreis Neurologie" 2013. Retrieved on October 18, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Deutschlandfunkautor honored - Volkart Wildermuth receives the DGPPN Media Prize for Science Journalism 2015 . In: Deutschlandradio . ( deutschlandradio.de [accessed October 18, 2018]).
- ^ Awards of the DGN: Deutscher Journalistenpreis Neurologie. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wildermuth, Volkart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biochemist, moderator, radio and science journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |