Thomas Leya

Background

Leya, Thomas was born on April 14, 1966 in Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Son of Guenther and Lotty (Marks) Leya.

Education

Degree in Export Trade, Handelskammer Hamburg, Germany, 1987. Diploma in Biology, University Hamburg, Germany, 1995. Doctor of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 2003.

Career

Export trader von Cramm & Company, GmbH & Company, KG, Hamburg, 1987—1991. Student self-administrative University Hamburg, 1990—1995, research assistant, 1995—1998. Research scientist, biologist Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 1998—2002.

Science polar expedition leader, curator, CCCryo snow algal collection cryophilic algae Fraunhofer Institute biomedical Engineering IBMT, Potsdam, Germany, since 1999, research scientist, group manager, since 2003.

Achievements

• Thomas Leya has been listed as a noteworthy biologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Sektion Phykologie Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft.

Interests

• Gardening, motorcycling, ballroom dancing.

Connections

Father:

Guenther Leya

Mother:

Lotty (Marks) Leya