Dr. Aline Ehrlich, née Buchbinder (26 December 1928 – 5 February 1991) was a freshwater

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, recognised for her work on

diatoms A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma''), "a cutting through, a severance", from el, διάτομος, diátomos, "cut in half, divided equally" from el, διατέμνω, diatémno, "to cut in twain". is any member of a large group comprising sev ...

.Moshkovitz, S., & Round, F. (1993). Obituary: Dr. Aline Erlich (1928-1991). Diatom Research, 8(1), 221-225. doi:10.1080/0269249X.1993.9705255

Early life and education

Ehrlich was born in Berlin but in 1938 moved with her family to hide from the Nazis in a small southern French village during the German occupation. She completed her secondary education in Pau. Ehrlich studied many subjects including chemistry,

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at the

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, developing a particular interest in diatoms. In addition to her position at the University of Paris, Ehrlich was also a biology teacher.

Career

Ehrlich left a position with the Geological Department at the University of Paris and moved to Israel in 1969 to work for the Geological Survey of Israel for 20 years. She investigated distributions of diatoms and compiled the ''Atlas of the Inland-water Diatom Flora of Israel'' before she died. Ehrlich was multi-lingual, speaking

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Publications

*Ehrlich, A. (Aline)., Aḳademyah ha-leʼumit ha-Yiśreʼelit le-madaʻim., Makhon ha-geʼologi (Israel). (1995). ''Atlas of the inland-water diatom flora of Israel''. Jerusalem: Geological Survey of Israel .

References

1928 births 1991 deaths Israeli women geologists Israeli biologists Israeli people of German-Jewish descent Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to France 20th-century women scientists 20th-century biologists French emigrants to Israel {{Germany-scientist-stub