Otto Kinne

Otto Kinne (* 1923 in Bremerhaven ) is a German marine biologist who deals with marine ecology, zoology, physiology of marine animals, water pollution and problems of bioethics and in 1984 awarded the Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal of the German Zoological Society ( DZG ).

Life

After graduation, he earned a degree in zoology, botany and oceanography at the Christian -Albrechts -University of Kiel, where he took on March 19, 1952 his doctorate in natural sciences with a thesis on "Experimental Studies on the biology, ecology and physiology of Gammarus duebeni lilij: A contribution to the knowledge d brackish water organisms " from.

Subsequently, he was a research assistant at the University of Kiel, in 1956 and his habilitation with a habilitation thesis on " The Influence of salinity and temperature on growth, shape and proliferation in the hydroid Cordylophora caspia , Thecata, Clavidae: 1 Mitteilg on the influence of salinity on growth and Entwicklg mariner, brackwasseriger and limnological organisms " was. After a year as a visiting scientist at the Zoological Department of the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA), he was first an assistant professor in 1958 and then from 1960 to 1962 Associate Professor at the University of Toronto.

After his return to Germany in 1962 Kinne was managing director and professor at the Biological Station Helgoland, where he worked until 1984. In this role he was also the organizer of marine biological symposia and headed the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Institute in 1967. 1967 was beyond his appointment as professor at the Christian -Albrechts -University of Kiel.

In 1979 he founded Inter-Research, an international center for research and scientific publications in Oldendorf (Luhe ), and in 1984 an International Ecological Institute (International Ecology Institute), its director since then. He also founded the international journals Marine Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, Climate Research, Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics.

In addition, he was founder in 1992 of Otto Kinne Foundation, which grants to young ecologists from Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe awards. Between 1992 and 2001 he was President of Nathanael Pringsheim Society for the Promotion of the Biologische Anstalt Helgoland V. in Hamburg.

Concerned about adverse trends in anthropogenic environmental destruction 1998 he was also the founder of the International Union Ökoethischen.

Publications and Awards

In addition to his teaching and research activities, he has also published several reference books such as " Cultivation of marine organisms and its, importance for marine biology" (1973 ), " Protection of life in the sea" (1980 ), " Diseases of marine animals" (5 volumes, 1980-1990), " Diseases of marine organisms " (1984), " Search in the park: the struggle for a new understanding of the world " (1996) and "Electronic publishing in science: changes and risks" (1999).

For his on the field of marine and marine ecology, he was awarded the 1984 Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal of the German Zoological Society.

Otto Kinne also became a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of India, an honorary member of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Honorary Professor of Biology Department of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2003 ), Honorary Member of the Russian Hydrobiological Society and an honorary member of the Far East Division of the Marine Biological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences ( 2004).

External links and sources

  • Literature of and over Otto Kinne in the catalog that German national library
  • CV ( Inter- Resarch )
  • On the 80th Birthday of Professor Otto Kinne, in: Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 2004, p 73
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