Background
Benckiser, Gero Eberhardt was born on September 15, 1947 in Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany. Son of August Moritz and Gertrud Emma (Wacker) Benckiser.
Benckiser, Gero Eberhardt was born on September 15, 1947 in Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany. Son of August Moritz and Gertrud Emma (Wacker) Benckiser.
Diploma agrarbiologe, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, 1980. Habilitation, University Giessen, Germany, 1995.
Research assistant soil biology and humus ecology, U. Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 1973-1975; research assistant soil biochemistry, U. Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 1975-1980; postdoctoral fellow, International Rice Research Institute, Manila, 1980-1982; postdoctoral fellow, Federal Research Center Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany, 1983-1987; staff member, Institute Applied Microbiology, Giessen, since 1987.
With German Military, 1968-1969. Member International Soil Science Society, German Soil Science Society, General and Applied Microbiology Society, (chairman), Soil Biology and Applied Microbiology, Association German Agricultural Experimental and Research Statistics (VDLUFA).
Married Ingrid Charlotte Kister, May 25, 1974. Children: Eva Vera, Lia Regina.