Background
Kinne, Otto was born on August 30, 1923 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Son of Otto Heinrich and Käthe (Koch) Kinne.
Kinne, Otto was born on August 30, 1923 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Son of Otto Heinrich and Käthe (Koch) Kinne.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Kiel, Germany, 1952.
He was director of Germany"s Biologische Anstalt Helgoland from 1962 to 1984. Since 1967 he has been a Professor at the University of Kiel. He established the Inter-Research Science Center (IRSC) in 1979 and is its Director, and the International Ecology Institute in 1984, of which he is the President.
He established the Otto Kinne Foundation in 1992 to provide grants to ecologists in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Fellow Indian National Science Academy (foreign). Member Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (honorary), All-Union Hydrobiol. Society Moscow (honorary), Institute of Marine Biology Academy of Sciences of Russia (honorary), New York Academy of Sciences, Crimean Academy of Sciences (foreign).
Married Helga Ackermann, May 21, 1982. Children: Stephan, Volker.