Hubert Markl

German biologist (1938–2015)

Hubert Simon Markl (17 August 1938 – 8 January 2015) was a German biologist who also served as president of the Max Planck Society from 1996 to 2002.²

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Born Aug 17, 1938, died Jan 8, 2015.¹

Companies

Max Planck SocietyChair 1996 to 2002²¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München³

Early life

Markl was born on 17 August 1938 in Regensburg, Germany. He studied biology, chemistry and geography at LMU Munich. He completed his Ph.D. in zoology from LMU Munich in 1962. He did research internships at Harvard University and Rockefeller University in 1965–1966. In 1976, he earned his Habilitation (postdoctoral lecturing qualification) in zoology from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.

Academic career and research

From 1968 to 1973, Markl worked as full professor and director of the Zoological Institute at the Darmstadt University of Technology.

Since 1974, he has been Professor of Biology at the University of Konstanz.

From 1977 to 1983, he was vice president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and from 1986 to 1991, he was president of the DFG. In 1993, he became president of the newly founded Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften). From 1996 to 2002, he was president of the Max Planck Society.

Markl was known for his work on sensory physiology, social behaviour of animals, nature conservation, and environmental protection. He has also published many books.

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Career

Occupation: ethologist, zoologist, university teacher, non-fiction writer.⁷

1996 to 2002Chair, Max Planck Society⁶
1986 to 1991Chair, German Research Foundation⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Technical University of Darmstadt⁴

Personal life

BornAug 17, 1938, Regensburg^{8 9}
DiedJan 8, 2015, Constance¹⁰
CitizenshipGermany¹¹

Awards

2005Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize^{12 20}
2004Harnack medal^{12 19}
2002Foreign Member of the Royal Society¹²
2002Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum¹²
1999Leibniz-Ring-Hannover^{12 18}
1997Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg¹²
1996Treviranus Medal^{12 17}
1995Ernst Robert Curtius Award¹²
1994Cicero Orator Prize^{12 16}
1992honorary doctor of the Saarland University^{12 15}

More awards (8)

1984Karl-Vossler-Preis^{12 14}
1984Lorenz Oken Medal^{12 13}
Date not recordedBavarian Order of Merit¹²
Date not recordedBayerische Verfassungsmedaille in silver¹²
Date not recordedKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany¹²
Date not recordedhonorary doctor of Tel Aviv University¹²
Date not recordedhonorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem¹²
Date not recordedhonorary doctor of the University of Potsdam¹²

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