Gotthilf Hempel- Curriculum Vitae#
- 1946 - 1952- Study of biology, geology, University of Mainz and Heidelberg,Biologist (1951),Dr. rer. (1952)
- 1952 - 1954- DFG Fellow Max Planck Institute for Marine Biology in Wilhelmshaven
- 1955 - 1960- Assistant at German Scientific Commission for Oceanography and Biological Institute Helgoland, Hamburg and Helgoland
- 1961- 1964- Research Council, University of Hamburg
- 1963- Habilitation University of Hamburg
- 1963 - 1964- Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin
- 1964 - 1967- Marine Biology Program Director, Unesco, Paris, consultant to FAO, Rome
- 1967 - 1994- Professor of Oceanography, especially fisheries biology, University of Kiel
- 1967 - 1981- Director, Institute of Oceanography at the University of Kiel
- 1981 - 1992- Director, Alfred-Wegener-Inst. for Polar and Marine Research , Bremerhaven
- 1981 - 1994- Director of the Institute of Polar Ecology at the University of Kiel
- 1990 - 1996- Member of the Scientific Council
- 1992 - 1997- Director of the Institute for Baltic Research , Rostock-Warnemünde
- 1992 - 2000- Director of the Center for Tropical Marine Ecology , Bremen
- 1992 - 2000- Honorary Professor of the University of Bremen
- 2000- Personal Advisor to the President of the Senate for the science Bremen-Bremerhaven
- 2003- Consultant for UNEP : Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA)
- 1956 - 1999- Director of numerous marine and fisheries biology expeditions in the North Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea, Northern and Southern Ocean, Red Sea
Chaired national and international bodies
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 1979-1882
- Arctic Ocean Science Board 1986-1990
- European Committee on Ocean and Polar Sciences (ECOPs of ESF and EC), Association of the major research institutions 1986-89
- DFG-Senate Commission for Oceanography 1975-1986
- Various working groups of the Science Council 1990-1997
Memberships
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
- Academia Europaea
- German Academy of Sciences - Leopoldina
Awards:
- Karl Weyprecht Medal of the German Society of Polar Research (1991)
- Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1993)
- Medal of Honor for Art and Science, Bremen (2004)
Editor / co-editor of more than 10 conference proceedings and collections, and 3 magazines
