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Walter Sudhaus (born April 25, 1943 in Kiel ) is a German zoologist , evolutionary biologist and nematode specialist . As a student of the evolutionary biologist, parasitologist and nematologist Günther Osche , Sudhaus pursues ecological and systematic priorities in his nematode research. A special focus here is on phylogenetic systematics, which was developed from 1950 by the biologist and systematist Willi Hennig .

Life

Walter Sudhaus was the third of seven children of shipbuilder Wilhelm Sudhaus and his wife Charlotte, nee. Brag, born. In 1962 he finished his school days at the linguistic and natural science high school in Kiel- Wellingdorf . From 1962 to 1969 he studied natural sciences (biology, chemistry, mathematics), initially in Kiel and from the winter semester 1965/66 in Freiburg. The focus was on zoology and geobotany. During his studies in Kiel he heard lectures from zoologists like Adolf Remane . In Freiburg his academic teachers were Günther Osche, Bernhard Hassenstein and Hans Mohr . Sudhaus completed his state examination with a thesis on the morphology and histology of the Onychophora . As a result, Sudhaus repeatedly worked as a scientific employee at the Freiburg Zoological Institute and received a graduate scholarship.

His dissertation with the title "Comparative studies on the phylogeny, systematics, ecology, biology and ethology of the Rhabditidae (Nematoda)" under the supervision of Osche was awarded summa cum laude in November 1974 and was awarded the Gödecke Research Prize in 1976. Parts of this work also appeared in 2001 in the Journal of Nematology 33: 1-70, in English translation.

In July 1980, Sudhaus completed his habilitation at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau . From 1981 to 2008 he was C2 professor at the Free University of Berlin in the field of "Evolutionary Biology". His work there focused on the disciplines of comparative morphology, systematics and evolutionary biology, always in close contact with ecology. But the history of science and epistemology were also subjects of his scientific work. Sudhaus is still active in all of these areas as an emeritus.

During his time as C2 professor, he supervised 19 doctorates, 45 diploma theses, 19 state examination theses and one bachelor thesis.

Sudhaus gives lectures at scientific conferences. He also works as a reviewer for international science journals and occasionally for the DFG. He was a member of the DFG research group "Evolution of Developmental Processes" and of the Graduate College "Evolutive Transformations and Faunenschnitte".

His publication activities include systematic, ecological and biogeographical studies on saprobiont nematodes. Comparative studies of sexual behavior, life cycles, survival strategies and associations with a wide variety of other animals have always been part of his scientific work on these primarily free-living nematodes. He has carried out experimental investigations on the question of isolating factors in twin species as a contribution to the understanding of species formation in various groups of animals.

Publications (selection)

  • VS Scholze & Walter Sudhaus: A pictoral key to current genus groups of "Rhabditidae" . Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics 01/2011; 14, 2011
  • Walter Sudhaus, Karin Kiontke, Robin M. Giblin-Davis: Description of Caenorhabditis angaria n. Sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), an associate of sugarcane and palm weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) . Nematology, 12/2010; 13, 1, pp. 61-78, 2010 doi : 10.1163 / 138855410X500334
  • Walter Sudhaus: The cryptospecies term used to identify genetically isolated populations of a morpho and eco-species using the example of Rhabditis spiculigera (Nematoda) . Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 08/2009; 16 (2) pp. 102-107, 2009 doi : 10.1111 / j.1439-0469.1978.tb00922.x
  • Walter Sudhaus & Karin Kiontke: Comparison of the cryptic nematode species Caenorhabditis brenneri sp. n. and C. remanei (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with the stem species pattern of the Caenorhabditis elegans group . Zootaxa. 01/2007; 1456: 45-62.

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