Werner Kunz (biologist)

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Werner Kunz 2015 in the Botanical Garden of the University of Düsseldorf

Werner Kunz (* 1940 ) is a German biologist . He studied at the University of Münster and received his doctorate there in 1966. After completing his studies, he worked from 1966 to 1969 as a research assistant at the University of Münster. From 1970 to 1971 he worked as a visiting researcher at Yale University . Kunz completed his habilitation in 1972 and in 1973 became Professor of Genetics at the University of Düsseldorf . He retired in 2005.

Life

Kunz worked as a schoolboy on the spread of birds in his home district in the Osnabrück district and published the book "Die Vogelwelt des Kreises Bersenbrück" on it in 1959 at a young age.

He then studied biology , chemistry and physics in Münster and concentrated on field biological work on the occurrence of birds and butterflies. With his doctorate from 1963 to 1966 he changed his field of interest and worked on chromosomes in insects . After a few years as a research assistant in Münster , he was a visiting scientist at Yale University in New Haven / USA in 1970 and 1971 . There he changed his field of work again and became a molecular biologist . After returning to Germany, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Genetics at the University of Düsseldorf from 1971 , completed his habilitation in 1972 in the subject of "General Biology" and in 1973 became Professor of Genetics there . Until 1982 his research area was ribosomal DNA in Drosophila melanogaster and some other insects. He then stopped working on Drosophila and founded a research group that used molecular genetic methods to deal with the parasite of the genus Schistosoma , the causative agent of schistosomiasis , a widespread tropical disease .

In 2004 Werner Kunz returned to his original focus of education, zoology, and began a cooperation with scientific theorists with whom he worked on the principles of grouping organisms into species. His book “Do species exist?” Was published in 2012 on the results of this research. - Principles of taxonomic classification “, which attempted to make the findings of the philosophers of science understandable for biologists. After this book, another book was published in 2016: "Species Conservation in Managed Habitats - The Myth of a Pristine Nature". This book contains the theoretical basics of nature and species protection.

Werner Kunz made long trips to almost all parts of the world, where he preferred to photograph birds and butterflies , which he publishes on the Internet.

Fonts

  • The bird life of the Bersenbrück district . Verlag des Kreisheimatbundes, Bersenbrück 1959.
  • with Ulrich Schäfer: Oogenesis and Spermatogenesis . Gustav Fischer, Jena 1978, ISBN 3-437-30279-5 .
  • Do species exist? - Principles of taxonomic classification . Wiley-Blackwell, Weinheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-527-33207-6 .
  • Species protection through habitat management: the myth of untouched nature. with a foreword by Josef Reichholf . Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2016.
  • Species Conservation in Managed Habitats - The Myth of a Pristine Nature . Wiley-Blackwell, Weinheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-527-33845-0 .

Reviews

  • W. Kunz, KH Glätzer: Chromosome structure and function in gametogenesis, with special consideration of insect oogenesis and spermatogenesis. In: RL Blackman, GM Hewitt, M. Ashburner (Eds.): Insect Cytogenetics. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford 1980, pp. 51-64.
  • W. Kunz, C. Grimm, G. Franz: Amplification and synthesis of rDNA: Drosophila. In: H. Busch (Ed.): The Cell Nucleus. Academic Press, New York 1982, pp. 155-184.
  • W. Kunz: Genetics of parasites. In: H. Mehlhorn (Ed.): Parasitology in focus: facts and trends. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1988, pp. 368-390.
  • W. Kunz, S. West: Azo dyes. In: C. Kessler (Ed.): Nonradioactive labeling and detection of biomolecules. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1992, pp. 161-164.
  • P. Schüßler, CG Grevelding, W. Kunz: Azo dyes. In: C. Kessler (Ed.): Nonradioactive analysis of biomolecules. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2000, pp. 253-257.
  • W. Kunz: The worldview of evolution - coincidence or predestination? In: P. Markus (Ed.): Rethinking Evolution - Darwin's Theories in Scientific and Social Discourse. Institute for Church and Society, Schwerte-Villigst 2011, pp. 91–108.
  • W. Kunz: The Origin of Species - Chance and Predictability. In: K. Sonntag (Ed.): Evolution. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2014, pp. 29–41.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kunz.hhu.de
  2. ↑ Werner Kunz on www.flickriver.com
personal data
SURNAME Kunz, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1940