Kärin Nickelsen (born 1972) is a German historian of science whose works have included books on eighteenth-century botanical illustration, photosynthesis, and life-support systems for human spaceflight. She is a professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Education and career
Nickelsen earned a diploma at the University of Göttingen in 1999, and completed her Ph.D. in 2002 at the University of Bern in Switzerland. She became an assistant professor at the University of Bern, was promoted to associate professor in 2006, and completed a habilitation there in 2010. In 2011 she took her present position as professor for the History of Science at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Books
Nickelsen is the author of:
- Draughtsmen, Botanists and Nature: The Construction of Eighteenth-Century Botanical Illustrations (Springer, 2006)
- The Maximum Quantum Yield Controversy: Otto Warburg and the "Midwest-Gang" (with Govindjee, Bern Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, 2011)
- Explaining Photosynthesis: Models of Biochemical Mechanisms, 1840–1960 (Springer, 2015)
- Far Beyond the Moon: A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age (with David P. D. Munns, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020)
Recognition
Nickelsen won the Dalberg Prize [de] in 2010, and became a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2011. She was elected to the Academia Europaea in 2020.
References
- Birth year from German National Library catalog entry, retrieved 2021-02-13
- ^ "Kärin Nickelsen", Members, Academia Europaea, retrieved 2021-02-13; see also attached curriculum vitae
- ^ Curriculum vitae (PDF), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, retrieved 2021-02-13
- Reviews of Draughtsmen, Botanists and Nature:
- Marien, Tania (June 2007), "The creation of 18th-century botanical illustrations", Artists' Botany
- Törnvall, Gunilla (October 2009), Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (in Swedish), 6: 156, doi:10.7557/4.2792
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- Reviews of The Maximum Quantum Yield Controversy:
- Deichmann, Ute (2013), History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 35 (2): 287–289, JSTOR 43862177
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Gest, Howard (November 2011), Photosynthesis Research, 110 (2): 139–141, doi:10.1007/s11120-011-9705-6, S2CID 44400440
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Lawlor, David (January 2013), Annals of Botany, 111 (1): viii–ix, JSTOR 42797769
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Maheshwari, Satish C. (June 2012), "Review" (PDF), Current Science, 102 (11): 1587–1589
- Papageorgiou, G. C. (March 2012), Photosynthetica, 50 (1): 139–140, doi:10.1007/s11099-012-0017-7, S2CID 32638897
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- Deichmann, Ute (2013), History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 35 (2): 287–289, JSTOR 43862177
- Reviews of Explaining Photosynthesis:
- Hahn, Andre M. (March 2016), "Can a history of photosynthesis be grand?", Philosophy and Theory in Biology, 8 (20170609), University of Michigan Library, doi:10.3998/ptb.6959004.0008.001
- Tirard, Stéphane (April 2019), "Kärin Nickelsen, Explaining Photosynthesis: Models of Biochemical Mechanisms, 1840{\textendash}1960, Springer, Dordrecht, 2015", History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 41 (2), Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}, doi:10.1007/s40656-019-0259-9, S2CID 129942457
External links
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- 21st-century German historians
- German women historians
- German historians of science
- University of Göttingen alumni
- University of Bern alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Bern
- Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Members of Academia Europaea