Hans-Joachim Merker
Professor Dr.med. Hans-Joachim Merker | |
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| Born | 7 October 1929 |
| Died | 18 August 2014 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
| Occupation(s) | Physician and anatomist |
| Employer | Free University of Berlin |
Hans-Joachim Merker (7 October 1929 – 18 August 2014)
Background and education
Merker was born in
archeology, as the Free University did not yet have a preclinical medical programme. He started his studies of medicine in 1950 and settled permanently in West Berlin before the construction of the Berlin Wall, after which he did not see his parents for many years. He stayed for his entire career with the Free University, which he would later describe as "an island of freedom."[4]
Career
Merker graduated as a physician at the Free University of Berlin in 1956. In 1957, he was employed at the Research Department of Electron Microscopy, which was headed by
chair in anatomy from 1972 to 1998, in succession to Ernst von Herrath.[5] He also served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1980 to 1981, and was director of the Institute of Anatomy until 1998. He was a visiting scholar for one year at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel in 1965, and was subsequently a visiting scholar at universities in England and Sweden. He wrote more than 250 scientific papers. He became Professor Emeritus in 1998, and died in Berlin in 2014.[6][7]
Selected publications
- Risk assessment of prenatally – induced adverse health effects. (with Neubert, Kavlock, and Klein, eds.), Springer – Verlag, Berlin et al., 1992.
- Anatomie für Anästhesisten, Blackwell – Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1990, ISBN 978-3894121013
- Elektronenmikroskopischer Atlas, Blackwell – Wissenschaft, Berlin, 1989, ISBN 978-3894120542
- Anatomie für medizinische Hilfsberufe, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1989.
- Teratology of the limbs (co-editor), Walter de Gruyter – Verlag, Berlin, 1981.
- Culture techniques (with Neubert, eds.), Walter de Gruyter– Verlag, Berlin, 1981.
- Methods in prenatal toxicology (with Neubert and Kwasigroch, eds.), G. Thieme, Stuttgart, 1977.
References
- ^ Die Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin trauert um Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Merker, Der Tagesspiegel, 14 September 2014
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- ^ Chahoud I, Paumgartten FJR. An appreciation of Diether Neubert and Hans-Joachim Merker's contributions to Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology on their 80th birthday. Reproductive Toxicology Volume 29, Issue 3, June 2010, pp. 257–261.
- ^ "Die FU war für mich die Insel der Freien": Die Lebensgeschichte von Professor Hans-Joachim Merker ist eng mit der Geschichte der medizinischen Fakultät verflochten, Die Welt, 16 January 2002
- ^ Lehrstuhlinhaber Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, Free University of Berlin
- Walter de Gruyter.
- ^ Zum Tode des Anatomen Hans-Joachim Merker, Berliner Ärzte, no. 1, 2015, p. 33
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