Background
Schuster, Willy Gottfried was born on April 21, 1923 in Meissen, Saxony, Germany. Son of Reinhold Willy and Martha Elisabeth (Schmieder) Schuster.
educator plant physiologist virologist
Schuster, Willy Gottfried was born on April 21, 1923 in Meissen, Saxony, Germany. Son of Reinhold Willy and Martha Elisabeth (Schmieder) Schuster.
Diploma, University Leipzig, Federal Republic of Germany, 1951. Doctor's diploma, University Leipzig, 1954. Doctor rer. national habilitation, University Leipzig, 1960.
Assistant, Institute Phytopathology, U. Leipzig, 1951-1954; head assistant, Institute Phytopathology, U. Leipzig, 1954-1955; head assistant, Division Agricultural Botany, U. Leipzig, 1955-1960; lecturer, Division Agricultural Botany, U. Leipzig, 1960-1962; professor mit Lehrauftrag, Division Agricultural Botany, U. Leipzig, 1962-1964; professor mit vollem Lehrauftrag, Division Agricultural Botany, U. Leipzig, 1964-1968; professor department Biosciences, plant physiology, microbiology, U. Leipzig, 1969-1989; research professor department Biosciences, plant physiology, microbiology, U. Leipzig, since 1989. Vice dean Agricultural faculty of U. Leipzig, 1964-1968, vice director Department Bioscis., 1972-1978, director Department Bioscis., 1978-1983.
Married Gertraud Geissler, December 11, 1954. Children: Reinhard, Michael.