Wolfgang Dreyer
Wolfgang Dreyer (born 1948 ) is a German zoologist and author . From 1988 to 2014 he was director of the Zoological Museum in Kiel .
Life and professional activity
Dreyer studied from 1971 to 1976 zoology , botany , human genetics and physics at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . From 1976 to 1980 he did his doctorate on insect complexes of hedge plants at the University of Bayreuth . From 1980 to 1988 Dreyer worked as a university assistant at the Chair of Ecology at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , where he took over the scientific management of the Zoological Museum from 1988 to 2014.
Dreyer wrote 27 books that have been translated into eleven languages. He also wrote some texts for the music of the North Frisian group Godewind .
Awards
- National victory " Jugend forscht "
- 2nd prize "International Science Fair", USA
- 1st prize "Society of Photographic Engineers and Scientist", USA
- Golden university pin of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
Publications (selection)
- The dragonflies , Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1986.
- The dragonflies - an identification key for all dragonfly species in Central Europe and their larvae . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1991. (with U. Franke)
- The great cosmos animal guide - 1000 species . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2007. (with H. Bellmann and F. Hecker)
- The Kosmos forest guide: ecology, endangerment, protection . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2009. (with E. Dreyer)
- Which butterfly is that? Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2013.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dreyer, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist, director of the Kiel Zoological Museum (1988–2014) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |