Friedrich G. Barth#
| Membership Number: | 1722 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 1996 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2008 Professor Emeritus, University of Vienna Austria
- 1987 - 2008 Professor of Zoology / Neurobiology, Head of Department of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Austria
- 1974 - 1987 Professor of Zoology, J.W.Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- 1971 Habilitation at the Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
- 1967 Ph.D. Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Neurobiology, biology and “design” of invertebrate sensory systems
- Communication
- Bio-inspired technology
- Neuroethology
- Biomechanics, biomaterials
Honours and Awards
- 1959 - 1967 Member, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- 1987 Member, Scientific Society at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- 1991 - 1995 Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Science
- 1991 Russel S. Springer Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
- 1994 - 1995 Founding President, Austrian Neuroscience Association
- 1995 Member (full), Austrian Academy of Science
- 1996 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1998 Corresponding Member, Bavarian Academy of Science
- 1999 Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2000 Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal and Award
- 2001 Kardinal-Innitzer Prize
- 2004 Member, Governing Council , International Brain Research Organization
- 2007 Award of the City of Vienna for Science and Technology
- 2006 - 2008 President, Austrian Neuroscience Association
- 2008 Member, European DANA Alliance for the Brain
