Uwe Kils

Uwe Kils is a German marine biologist specializing in Antarctic biology.

Career

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.[1] 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.[2]

Awards

Year Award Organization Result
1979 Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) ("German Research Society") Won[3]

Photos by Kils

Selected publications

References

  1. Kils, U (1992) "The ecoSCOPE and dynIMAGE: Microscale Tools for in situ Studies of Predator Prey Interactions" Arch Hydrobiol Beih 36: 83-96]
  2. Kils, U.: "The ATOLL Laboratory and other Instruments Developed at Kiel". Archived from the original on October 15, 2000. Retrieved 2000-10-15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); U.S. GLOBEC NEWS Technology Forum Number 8: 6-9.
  3. (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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