Herbert Sukopp
Herbert Sukopp is a German ecologist. From 1974 to 1996 he was professor and head of the department of Ecosystem Research and Vegetation Science at the Institute of Ecology at the Technische Universität Berlin.
Life
Sukopp was born on 6 November 1930 in Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in 1958 from the Free University of Berlin under supervision of Erich Werdermann. In 1968 he obtained his habilitation in botany. In 1969 he became professor at the Technische Universität Berlin. In 1974 Sukopp became full professor and head of the department of Ecosystem Research and Vegetation Science at the Institute of Ecology at the same university. He held this position until 1996.Sukopp is noted as the founder of the Berlin School of urban ecology.
In 1983 Sukopp received the Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1995 Sukopp became an extraordinary member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.