Quelle: Ausserhofer / FU Berlin |
H. Walter Lack
|
Contact:
Prof. Dr. H. Walter LACK,
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität
Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Phone: (+4930) 838-50136, Fax: (+4930) 838-50186, E-mail:
h.w.lack@bgbm.org,
lack@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Functions:
- Director at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
- apl. Professor at Fachbereich Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin
- Head of Bibliotheksbereich 10, Freie Universität Berlin
- Head of Editorial Council Willdenowia
Curriculum:
Born in Vienna (Austria) 1949. Studies of Biology at Universität
Wien, Dr.phil., Universität Wien 1973, Assitant, Universität
Salzburg 1973 - 1975, A.v.Humboldt-Fellow, Universität München,
1975; Curator, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem,
Senior Curator, since 1990 Director at the Botanic Garden & Botanic Museum
and Professor; since 1991 apl. Professor at Fachbereich Biologie, Freie
Universität Berlin. Professore di contratto, Università di Palermo
1994, Visiting Professor at University of Coimbra (2003), Patras (1998,
2002), Pisa (2001, 2004).
Awards:
- OPTIMA Medal in Silver, 2001
- Engler Medal, in Silver, 2001
- Buchpreis der Deutschen Gartenbaugesellschaft, 2001
- Sibthorp Medal, University of Oxford, 2001
- 15th Ramsbottom Lecture, Florenz, 2003
- Founders’ Medal, Society for the History of Natural History, London,
2009
Committee memberships:
- Board Member of Landesmuseumsverband Berlin
- Advisory Board, Pueckler Gesellschaft, Berlin
- Advisory Board of Alexander von Humboldt Research, Berlin-Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences, Berlin
- Editorial Board, Quaderni di Botanica Ambientale e Applicata, Palermo
- Editorial Board, Biodiversity. Research and Conservation, Poznań
- General Committee, International Association for Plant Taxonomy
- Board Member, Fördererkreis naturkundlicher Museen
Memberships in scientific societies:
- Akademie der gemeinnützigen Wissenschaften, Erfurt
- International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Bratislava
- International Council of Museums, Paris
- International Council of Monuments and Sites, Paris
- Society for the History of Natural History, London
- Organization for the Phytotaxonomic Investigation of the
Mediterranean Area, Palermo
- American Society for Plant Taxonomy, San Francisco
- Deutscher Museumsbund, Berlin
- Zoologisch-botanische Gesellschaft, Wien
- Pückler-Gesellschaft, Berlin
- Förderkreis naturkundlicher Museen, Berlin
- Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, Berlin
- Gesellschaft für Natur- und Heilkunde, Berlin
Research interests:
- History of plant taxonomy
- Asteraceae (Lactuceae; Inuleae)
- Botanical illustration
Research projects:
- The Bauer Brothers - the painted record of nature
- The Flora Brasiliensis story
Honours:
- 1981 Cross of Honour Litteris et artibus of the Republic of Austria
- 1996 Great Cross of Merits of the Republic of Austria
- 2001 Foreign Member of the Linnean Society, London
- 2002 Visiting Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford
- 2007 Cross of Honour Litteris et artibus 1st Class of the Republic
of Austria
Click here for publications.