Klaus Peter Sauer (2 February 1941 – 12 November 2022) was a German evolutionary biologist and ecologist.

Biography

After graduating from the in

Giessen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the Germany, German States of Germany, state () of Hesse, capital of both the Giessen (district), district of Giessen and the Giessen (region), administrative region of Giessen. The population is appro ...

, Sauer studied biology, genetics, chemistry, and mathematics at the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world. It is named afte ...

. From 1969 to 1971, he was a research assistant at Giessen and from 1971 to 1979, a research assistant of

Günther Osche Günther Osche (also spelled Guenther Osche, born 7 August 1926 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, died 2 February 2009 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German evolutionary biologist, ecologist and parasitologist. He started his career with a resear ...

at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

. In 1979, he was appointed chair of evolutionary research at

Bielefeld University Bielefeld University () is a public university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the e ...

. In 1992, Sauer became head of the Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at the

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

. From 1993 to 1999, he was coordinator of the

German Research Foundation The German Research Foundation ( ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2019, the DFG had a funding bud ...

program ''Genetische Analyse von Sozialsystemen'' and was spokesperson of the ''Genetische Analyse von Sozialsystemen'' program from 2002 to 2004. He retired in 2008. Sauer died on 12 November 2022, at the age of 81.

Honors

*Liaison lecturer of the

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(1977–1979, 1990–1992) *Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the (1990–1994) *Deputy Chairman of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (1991–1993) *President of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (1994–1996) *Member of the

German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (), in short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded on 1 January 1652, based on academic models in Italy, it was originally named the ''Academi ...

(since 1999)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sauer, Klaus Peter 1941 births 2022 deaths German ecologists German zoologists German evolutionary biologists University of Giessen alumni Academic staff of the University of Bonn Academic staff of Bielefeld University People from Frankfurt