Otto L. Lange#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 473 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Otto Lange passed away August 14, 2017.
Positions Held
- 1992 Professor emeritus
- 1967 Full Professor, University of Wuerzburg, Department of Botany, Chair of Botany II; Director of the Botanical Garden in Wuerzburg
- 1963 Full Professor, University of Goettingen, Chair of Forest Botany and Forest Genetics; Director of the Forest-Botanical Garden in Hann.Muenden
- 1961 "Dozent (lecturer) and Wissenschaftlicher Rat", Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute of Botany
- 1953 "Wissenschaftlicher Assistent", University of Goettingen. Institute of Geobotany and Systematics
- 1959 University teaching certification "Habilitation", University of Goettingen, subject – botany Thesis: "Investigations on temperature relations and heat resistance of desert and savannah plants in Mauritania".
- 1952 Dr. rer. nat., University of Goettingen. Dissertation: "Heat and desiccation resistance of lichens as related to their distribution".
Fields of Scholarship
- Ecophysiological research
- Photosynthesis
- Transpiration
- Productivity
- Growth, heat and drought resistance
- Impact of air pollution
Honours and Awards
- 1967 The "United States Board on Geographical Names" named a 2.435 m high mountain in the Admiralty Range (Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica) "Lange Peak", "in appreciation of the research on lichen ecology done in 1966/67 by Lg. in Hallett Station, Antarctica"
- 1974 Antarctic Service Medal, awarded by the United States Government
- 1984 Bundesverdienstkreuz I. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Order of Merit 1st class, awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany)
- 1986 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), together with Prof. Ulrich Heber, Wuerzburg
- 1988 Balzan Prize for "Applied Botany including Ecology" (together with Prof. Michael Evenari, Jerusalem, Israel), presented by the Italian President, Francesco Cossiga in Rome
- 1990 Adalbert-Seifriz-Prize for technology transfer (together with H. Walz, Effeltrich): in appreciation of construction of ecophysiological instrumentation
- 1991 Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst in der Abteilung fuer Wissenschaft (Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art)
- 1992 Acharius Medal of the "International Association for Lichenology" for outstanding contributions to lichenology
- 2007 Award “Eminent Ecologist” by the Ecological Society of American
- 1972 Member, "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina" (German Academy for Scientists, Leopoldina)
- 1976 Corresponding member, "Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen" (Academy of Science, Goettingen)
- 1978 Member, "Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Muenchen" (Bavarian Academy of Science, Munich)
- 1989 Member, "Academia Europaea", London
- 1991 Member, "Academia Scientarum et Artium Europaea", Salzburg
- 1994 Foreign Honorary Member of the "American Academy of Arts and Sciences", Boston, Mass. USA
- 1972 Member, "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina" (German Academy for Scientists, Leopoldina)
- 1976 Corresponding member, "Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen" (Academy of Science, Goettingen)
- 1978 Member, "Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Muenchen" (Bavarian Academy of Science, Munich)
- 1988 Honorary Member "Regensburgische Botanische Gesellschaft" (Regensburg Botanical Society)
- 1991 Honorary Member "British Lichen Society", London
- 1992 Honorary Member "Gesellschaft für Mykologie and Lichenology" (Association for Mycology and Lichenology)
- 1993 Honorary Member "Gesellschaft für Ökologie" (Association for Ecology of the German-speaking countries)
- 2002 Honorary member “Deutsche Botanaische Gesellschaft", (DBG)(German Botanical Society)
- 2007 Eminent Ecologist Award der Ecological Society of America
