Gotthilf Hempel
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Gotthilf Hempel (b. March 8, 1929) is a retired German marine biologist and oceanographer.
Hempel studied biology and geology at the universities of Mainz and Heidelberg[1] (http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Gotthilf_Hempel#endnote_Heidelberg). His Ph.D. this from 1952 in Heidelberg was about the energetics of grasshopper jumps[2] (http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Gotthilf_Hempel#endnote_Laudatio). Subsequently, he worked as a scientific assistent at verious research institutes in Wilhelmshaven, Helgoland, and Hamburg, where he habilitated with a thesis on the ecology of fry in 1963[3] (http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Gotthilf_Hempel#endnote_Laudatio2). Four years later, he became a professor at the University of Kiel at the Institute of Oceanography, whose director he would remain for the next 14 years. In 1981, he helped found and became the first director of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, and the same year, he also became director of the Institute for Polar Ecology at the University of Kiel. In Bremerhaven, he initiated the construction of the polar research vessel FS Polarstern. In 1992, he became the first director of the newly founded Center for Marine Tropical Ecology at the University of Bremen. Hempel retired in 1994.
Hempel has been interested and active in research politics early on. From 1963 to 1967, he has worked for the UNESCO and the FAO, and from 1990 to 1996, he was a member of the Wissenschaftsrat, the scientific advisory committee of Germany. He has been and is an active proponent of scientific collaboration and education initiatives in underdeveloped countries, and has advocated a more sustainable exploitation of natural resources. Hempel is the editor of the journal Polar Biology (http://www.uni-kiel.de/ipoe/polares/polarbiol.html) and has published several books. He had more than 70 doctor candidates. He spent over 1000 days onboard research vessels.
He has been awarded the German Order of Merit (Grosses Verdienstkreuz) in 1993.
References
- ^ Press release (http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/presse/news/2202hempel3.html) of University of Heidelberg about a speech given by Gotthilf Hempel in 2002.
- ^ Laudatio (http://docserver.bis.uni-oldenburg.de/publikationen/bisverlag/unireden/ur74/urede74.pdf) on Gotthilf Hempel (Dr. h.c. of the University of Oldenburg).
- ^ Laudatio, op. cit.
Selected publications
- Early Life History of Marine Fish: The Egg Stage; University of Washington Press; 1980; ISBN 0-295-95672-0.
- Antarctic Science: Global Concerns; Springer 1994; ISBN 0-387-57559-6.
- Nachhaltigkeit und globaler Wandel: guter Rat ist Teuer; Peter Lang Publishing, Frankfurt 2003; ISBN 3-631-50400-4. (Ed.)
External links
- Curriculum Vitae (http://www.uni-kiel.de/ipoe/institut/mitarbeiter/ghempel/hempel_cv.html).
- Institute of Polar Ecology (http://www.uni-kiel.de/ipoe/) in Kiel.
- Center for Marine Tropical Ecology (http://zmt.uni-bremen.de/) in Bremen.
