Background
Werner, Yehudah Leopold was born on June 16, 1931 in Munich. Son of Alfred Moshe and Anna Hanna (Gutmann) Werner. arrived in Israel, 1935.
Werner, Yehudah Leopold was born on June 16, 1931 in Munich. Son of Alfred Moshe and Anna Hanna (Gutmann) Werner. arrived in Israel, 1935.
Master of Science, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1961.
Assistant, instructor, lecturer Hebrew University, 1953-1968, senior lecturer, 1968-1973, associate professor zoology, 1973-1978, professor zoology, 1978-1999, professor emeritus, since 2000. Member committee Zoological Terminology in Hebrew, Israel, 1963-1999. Research associate Princeton University, New Jersey, 1967-1968.
Visiting associate professor University Chicago, 1977-1978. Visiting professor University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1994, University Ryukyus, Okinawa, 1999. Curator amphibians and reptiles Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1973-1999, director life science collections, 1990-1993.
Member science advisory committee Nature Reserves Authority, Israel, 1992-1997.
Staff sergeant Israel Defense Force, 1948-1950. Member World Congress of Herpetology (executive committee 1989-1997), Asian Herpetol. Congress (organizing committee since 1992), International Society Vertebrate Morphologists (executive committee 1995—2002).
Married Nurit B. Meyerstein, January 3, 1964. Children: Uri, Sharon, Wered.