Hubert Markl#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 57 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Hubert Markl passed away January 8, 2015.
Positions Held
- 2003 Professor of Biology, University of Konstanz, retired
- 1996 - 2002 President of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (on leave from the University of Konstanz)
- 1993 - 1995 President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 1993 - 1994 President of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte
- 1986 - 1991 President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (on leave from University of Konstanz) and Vice President of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 1977 - 1983 Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 1974 Full Professor of Biology, University of Konstanz
- 1968 - 1974 Full Professor of Zoology and Director of the Zoological Institute at the TH (Technical University) of Darmstadt, Germany
- 1967 - 1968 Universitätsdozent (= Associate Professor), Zool. Institute, University of Frankfurt
- 1965 - 1966 Research Associate, Biological Laboratories Harvard University, Cambridge Mass. and Rockefeller University, New York
- 1963 - 1967 Scientific Assistant at the Zoological Institute of the University of Frankfurt a. M.
- 1962 - 1963 Scientific Assistant at the Zoological Institute of the University of Munich
Fields of Scholarship
- Sensory physiology and social behavior in animals
- Nature conservation and environmental protection
- Promotion of scientific research
- Public understanding of science
Honours and Awards
- Honorary Degrees:
- 1992 Dr. rer. nat. h.c. University of Saarland
- 1997 Dr. rer. nat. h.c. University of Dublin
- 1999 Dr. rer. nat. h.c. University of Potsdam
- 2000 Dr. H.L. h.c., Jewish Theological Seminary, New York
- 2001 Dr. Phil. h.c., Tel Aviv University
- 2001 Dr. Phil. h.c., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 2002 Dr. Phil. h. c. Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot, Israel
- Awards:
- 1984 Lorenz Oken Medal from the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors
- 1985 Karl Vossler Prize
- 1989 Arthur Burkhardt Prize
- 1991 Karl Winnacker Prize
- 1992 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1995 Ernst Robert Curtius Prize
- 1996 Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal
- 1988 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2002 Foreign member of the Royal Society
- 2004 Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor
- 2013 Honorary member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences.
