Short professional biography of Rainer Gunther

1941, September 11: born in the rural environment of Obernissa, Department Erfurt, Thuringen; parentsare farmers

1948 to 1956: primary school in Obernissa1957 to 1958: professional training as a cattle breeder at the governmental country estate Zothen at Cam-

burg/Saale1958 to 1959: professional training as a horse breeder at a states main stud-farm Neustadt/Dosse1959 to 1961: advanced education at the “Workers and Farmers Faculty” of the Humboldt-University for

academic qualification1961 to 1966: studies of Biology with focus on Zoology at the Humboldt-University, Berlin1966 to 1970: scholarship at the Museum of Natural History of the Humboldt-University1970, February: defending the PhD thesis1970 March to August: postgraduate studies at the Lomonossow-University Moscow1970, September 1 onwards: employment as research assistant at the Museum of Natural History of the

Humboldt-University, Berlin1973: advanced assistant and head of the research group “Lower Vertebrates and Model Systems of Evo-

lutionary Biology”1982: defending the so-called dissertation B, habilitation, the academic teaching qualification1982, September to 1983, September: working as an official cooperative scientist at the National Museum

of Natural History in Luanda, Angola1985, January onwards: curatorship of the Herpetological Collection of the Museum of Natural History,

Humboldt-University Berlin2006, October: retired from duties at the Museum of Natural History, Humboldt-University Berlin

Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd. Berl., Zool. Reihe 83 (2007) Supplement, 6 / DOI 10.1002/mmnz.200600038

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