Hubert Markl#
| Sadly, this member passed away. |
| Membership Number: | 57 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Hubert Markl passed away January 8, 2015.
Positions Held- 2003 Professor of Biology, University of Konstanz, retired
- 1996 - 2002President of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (on leave from the University of Konstanz)

- 1993 - 1995President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 1993 - 1994President of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte
- 1986 - 1991President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (on leave from University of Konstanz) and Vice President of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 1977 - 1983Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 1974 Full Professor of Biology, University of Konstanz
- 1968 - 1974Full Professor of Zoology and Director of the Zoological Institute at the TH (Technical University) of Darmstadt, Germany
- 1967 - 1968Universitätsdozent (= Associate Professor), Zool. Institute, University of Frankfurt
- 1965 - 1966Research Associate, Biological Laboratories Harvard University, Cambridge Mass. and Rockefeller University, New York
- 1963 - 1967Scientific Assistant at the Zoological Institute of the University of Frankfurt a. M.
- 1962 - 1963Scientific Assistant at the Zoological Institute of the University of Munich
Fields of Scholarship- Public understanding of science
- Nature conservation and environmental protection
- Sensory physiology and social behavior in animals
- Promotion of scientific research
Honours and Awards- Honorary Degrees:
- 1992Dr. rer. nat. h.c. University of Saarland
- 1997Dr. rer. nat. h.c. University of Dublin
- 1999Dr. rer. nat. h.c. University of Potsdam
- 2000Dr. H.L. h.c., Jewish Theological Seminary, New York
- 2001Dr. Phil. h.c., Tel Aviv University
- 2001Dr. Phil. h.c., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 2002Dr. Phil. h. c. Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot, Israel
- Awards:
- 1984 Lorenz Oken Medal from the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors
- 1985 Karl Vossler Prize
- 1989 Arthur Burkhardt Prize
- 1991 Karl Winnacker Prize
- 1992 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1995 Ernst Robert Curtius Prize
- 1996 Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal
- 1988 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2002 Foreign member of the Royal Society
- 2004 Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor

- 2013 Honorary member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences.