Contact
Dr. Hans-Hinrich Kaatz
phone: +49-(0)345-5526395
fax: +49-(0)345-5527500
kaatz@zoologie.uni-halle.de
room 3.03
Hoher Weg 8
06099 Halle
Dr Hans-Hinrich Kaatz
Dr. Kaatz has left our group in 2019.
Research Interests
- Regulation of reproduction in bees
- Reasons for honey bee colony losses in fall and winter (German bee monitoring)
- Regulation of Ageing in honey bees
- Effects of genetically modified plants on honey bees
- Effects of pesticides on honey bees
- Population biology of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria
Curriculum vitae
Personal Informations
- Birth: 26.12.1952 in Hamburg, Germany
- Primary school: Grundschule Dockenhuden, Hamburg, 1959-1963
- High school: Gymnasium Blankenese, Hamburg, 1963-1971
Academic Education
- 1980: Diploma in Biology after studying biology, chemistry and physics at Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel and biology at Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Germany
- 1982: State Board Examination in biology, physics and physical education, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen
- 1985: PhD in Zoology at Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Germany. Supervision: Prof. Dr. Wolf Engels. Thesis: “Regulation of vitellogenin synthesis in honey bee queens”
- 1995: Habilitation in Zoology, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Academic Career
- 1981-1984: Research Associate, Dept. Dev. Physiology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen
- 1985-1987: Senior Research Associate, Dept. Dev. Physiology, University of Tübingen
- 1987-1991: Assistant Professor, Develop. Physiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen
- 1991-1992: Research Fellow, Center for Insect Science (CIS), Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, USA
- 1992-1996: Senior Research Fellow, Dept. Biology, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
- 1997-2003: Head of Apidology, University of Jena, Germany
- since 2002: Zoology, Molecular Ecology, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany
Fellowships
- 1980-1981: German Exchange Research Fellowship at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA;
- 1980-1981: University of California, Davis and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- 1991-1992: CIS Fellow, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- 1992-1995: Habilitation fellowship (German Science Foundation, DFG)