| 1 | Name: | Prof. Martin Lindauer | |
| Institution: | Wurzburg University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1976 | ||
| Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 210. Behavioral Biology, Psychology, Ethology, and Animal Behavior | ||
| Residency: | International | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1918 | ||
| Death Date: | November 13, 2008 | ||
Currently Professor Emeritus of Zoology, Dr. Martin Lindauer has been affiliated with Wurzburg University since 1972. An extraordinarily versatile and imaginative scholar of animal behavior, he has devoted particular effort to the study of bees. He is credited with discovering the gravity sense organ of bees and providing the first solid proof of magnetic orientation in animals. Dr. Lindauer has also served on the faculties of the Universities of Munich and Frankfurt and is a member of the Deutsche Akademie Leopoldina and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. | |||