Background
Markl, Hubert was born on August 17, 1938 in Regensburg, Germany.
biologist fiction writer university professor Zoologist
Markl, Hubert was born on August 17, 1938 in Regensburg, Germany.
Phd. Zoological, University Munich, Germany, 1962. Habilitation, University Frankfurt, Germany, 1967. Doctor rerum naturalium (honorary), University Saarland, 1992.
Doctor rerum naturalium (honorary), University Dublin, 1997. Doctor rerum naturalium (honorary), University Potsdam, 1999. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary, 2000.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Tel Aviv University, 2001. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hebrew University, 2001. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Weizmann Institute of Science, 2002.
He did research internships at Harvard University and Rockefeller University in 1965–1966. In 1976 he earned his Habilitation (post doctoral lecturing qualification) in zoology from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. 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 (German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)) and from 1986 to 1991, he was President of the DGF. 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
Member Heidelberger Academy of Sciences, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Dt. Akademie d. Naturforscher Leopoldina, Bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Nordrhein-Westfalia Akademie der Wissenschaften, Academy of Sciences Göttingen, Academia Europaea, American Academy Arts And Science (foreign honorary member), Indian Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Royal Society London (foreign member), Gesellschaft Dt.
Chemical (honorary), Max Planck Society (honorary. Harnack medal 2004).