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insect toxicologist

Kurt Robert Simon Ascher, German insect toxicologist. Recipient Karl Escherich medal German Society General and Applied Entomology, 1997, Award of Distinction XIVth International Plant Protection Congress, 1999; grantee BARD, GIARA, GIFRID, MINERVA United States Agency for International Development. Captain Israel Medical Corps, 1948-1957.

Background

Ascher, Kurt Robert Simon was born on December 24, 1923 in Nuremberg, Germany. Arrived in Israel, 1935. Son of Ludwig and Alice (Bodenheimer) Ascher.

Education

Master of Science in Chemistry, Hebrew University, 1947.

Career

Stipendiate Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, 1957-1960. Head department toxicology Volcani Center Agric Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel, 1960-1988. Director Institute Plant Protection, Volcani Center, 1975-1979, 82-84.

Scientist emeritus Agric Research Organization, Bet Dagan, since 1989. Guest scientist J.R. Geigy, S.A., Basle, Switzerland, 1954. Guest professor University Giessen, Germany, 1979-1981, University Hannover, Germany, 1988-1989.

Co-organizer International Neem Conferences, 1980, 83, 86, co-editor.

Achievements

  • Kurt Robert Simon Ascher has been listed as a noteworthy insect toxicologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain Israel Medical Corps, 1948-1957.

Interests

  • Avocations: history World War II, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy.

Connections

Married Hanna Knobel-Lehrmann, December 12, 1948. Children: Jacob, Yisca Gideona.

Father:
Ludwig Ascher

Mother:
Alice (Bodenheimer) Ascher

Spouse:
Hanna Knobel-Lehrmann

child:
Jacob Ascher

child:
Yisca Gideona Ascher