Volker Bigl
Volker Bigl (born February 13, 1942 in Bernsdorf ; † March 24, 2005 in Polenz ) was a doctor in the field of brain research and rector of the University of Leipzig .
Life
Bigl began studying human medicine at the University of Bucharest in 1960 , which he continued between 1962 and 1965 at the University of Leipzig . After receiving his doctorate in 1965, he worked at the University of Leipzig in the field of brain research . In 1979 he completed his habilitation on the subject of chemical synaptology in rats under the influence of light stimulation on the development of synaptic mechanisms and in 1992 took over the chair for neurochemistry . Bigl was appointed director of the Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research in 1993. In 1995 he was elected dean of the medical faculty and in 1997 rector of the university.
In the dispute over the reconstruction of the former university church ( Paulinerkirche ), which Bigl vehemently rejected and instead called for a campus to be built, he announced his resignation from the rector's office on January 30, 2003, when the Saxon state government on January 28, 2003, contrary to previous promises for the construction An inner-city campus now accommodated the Pauliner Association and temporarily voted to sell the property to the Catholic Church.
Volker Bigl has been a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig since 1994 and was elected President in 2004. For health reasons, however, he had to resign in the same year.
Bigl was an honorary doctorate from Ohio University in Athens , USA.
On March 4, 2005, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class , which, together with an honorary doctorate from the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig, was presented posthumously to his widow Marina Bigl on May 25, 2005 at an event at the University of Leipzig.
Web links
- Literature by and about Volker Bigl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Volker Bigl in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- MDR.de on the Pauline dispute in Leipzig ( Memento from February 7, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
- “Spiegel”: A rector has finished.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bigl, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 2005 |
| Place of death | Polenz |