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Curriculum Vitae
| Name | WEHNER |
| First Name | Rüdiger |
| Position | Full Professor, Ph.D. |
| Education | |
| 1960 - 1967 | Undergraduate and graduate studies in Zoology, Botany, Physics (BA level), Chemistry, and Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt/M, Germany |
| 1966 | Civil-service examination in Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, and Philosophy ("with distinction") |
| 1967 | Ph.D. thesis ("summa cum laude"), Institute of Zoology, University of Frankfurt/M, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Lindauer. "Zur Physiologie des Formensehens bei der Biene (Apis mellifera): Winkelunterscheidung an frontal gebotenen Streifenmustern bei variabler Lage der Musterebene im Schwerefeld" (Wehner, R.: Pattern recognition in bees. Nature 215, 1244-1248, 1967) |
| Research experience and positions held | |
| 1966 | Research Assistant with Professor M. Lindauer, University of Frankfurt/M |
| 1967 | Assistant with Professor E. Hadorn, Institute of Zoology, University of Zurich |
| 1970 | Assistant Professor for Animal Physiology, University of Zurich |
| 1972 | Associate Professor, University of Zurich |
| 1973-1974 | Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biology, Yale University, USA |
| 1974 - 2005 | Full Professor, University of Zurich |
| 1988 - 1994 | Andrew Dixon White Professor (at Large), Cornell University, USA |
| 1986 - 2005 | Director of the Institute of Zoology, University of Zurich |
