Heinz Saedler#
| Membership Number: | 995 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1981 Honorary professor at the University of Cologne
- 1980 - 2009 Director of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne; Head of the Department of Molecular Plant Genetics
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular mechanisms of evolution of morphological novelties
- Molecular analysis of floral architecture
- Genetic variability of organisms
- Biodiversity
Honours and Awards
- 2009 Mendel-Medaille of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2006 Founder member of the WissenschaftsScheune (Science Shed) at the Max-Planck-Institut für Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung
- 2000 Wilhelm Exner Medal
- 1996 Founder member of the Vereins KölnPUB e.V.
- 1991 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1988 Member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1985 Otto Bayer Prize
