Friedrich Ehrendorfer#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1442 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
Friedrich Ehrendorfer passed away November 23, 2023.
Positions Held
- 1995 ‐ 2013 Active Research Collaborator at the Department for Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Faculty Center for Biodiversity, University Vienna, Austria
- since 1994 Professor Emeritus, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Austria
- 1970 ‐ 1995 Full Professor, Head (until 1990) of Institute of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden, University of Vienna, Austria
- 1965 ‐ 1970 Full Professor, Head of Institute of Systematic Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden, University of Graz, Styria, Austria
- 1960 ‐ 1964 Custodian, Department of Botany, Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria
- 1959 Research Associate, Univ. of California, Davis and Berkeley (with G.L. Stebbins), USA
- 1949 ‐ 1959 Research Assistant, since 1955 as Univ.‐Docent, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Austria
- 1945 ‐ 1949 Dr. phil. (botany, paleontology, philosophy), University of Vienna, Austria
Fields of Scholarship
- Biology
- Polyploidy
- Biogeography and ecology of terrestrial biota
- DNA‐analytical biosystematics and taxonomy of Rubiaceae
- Karyology
Honours and Awards
- 1997 Member, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, Argentina; Doctor honoris causa, Univ. Córdoba, Argentina 1994 ‐ 2011 etc.
- 1996 Member, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi
- 1996 Member, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
- 1993 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1990 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1977 Member, German Academy of Scientists Leopoldina
- 1975 Full Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
