Uwe Kils, born 10 July 1951 in Flensburg, deceased January 2016 in Flensburg,[1] was a German marine biologist specializing in Antarctic biology.

Uwe Kils

Career

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His work led to the development of instruments for in situ observation of underwater fauna, including the ecoSCOPE and the first software for full speed video processing.[2] Later work at Kiel included the study of predator-prey interactions of juvenile herring and plankton, for which a floating laboratory was built called ATOLL.[3]

Awards

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Year Award Organization Result
1979 Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) ("German Research Society") Won[4]

Photos by Kils

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Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ Uwe Kils home page Facebook.
  2. ^ Kils, U (1992) "The ecoSCOPE and dynIMAGE: Microscale Tools for in situ Studies of Predator Prey Interactions" Arch Hydrobiol Beih 36: 83–96.
  3. ^ Kils, U.: "The ATOLL Laboratory and other Instruments Developed at Kiel". Archived from the original on October 15, 2000.; U.S. GLOBEC NEWS Technology Forum Number 8: 6–9.
  4. ^ (in German) List of winners of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 1978 – 2003, from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) ("German Research Society").
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