Research Domains
Cytology, anatomy, developmental biology, and taxonomy of Hymenomycetes, with special interest in agarics, boletes and related groups. Elaboration of techniques for microtomy and microscopy of fungi, with special interest in methods for the investigation of fruit body development and rhizomorph structure.
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Curriculum vitae
Born June 5, 1935 in Biel BE, Switzerland.
Primary and Secondary schools in Biel.
1983-2000
Director of the Botany Department, University of Lausanne.
1988/1989
Six months sabbatical at Shiga University, Otsu, Shiga-ken, Japan. Study of Japanese agarics and boletes.
1977- 2000
Full professor (professeur ordinaire) of cryptogamic botany, University of Lausanne.
1968-1977
Associate professor (professeur extraordinaire) of cryptogamic botany, University of Lausanne.
1966-1968
Assistant Professor in phycology, University of Missouri, Columbia MO, USA.
Summer camps in mycology, University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston MI, USA.
1964-1966
Research associate in biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. Bioluminescence of photobacteria and dinoflagellates.
1955-1964
Training in zoology, botany, chemistry and medical bacteriology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. PhD 1964 in botany (algal physiology).
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