- Siegfried Scherer
Siegfried Scherer (
7 April 1955 ,Oberndorf am Neckar ) is a Germanbiologist , since 1991 Professor forMicrobiology at theTechnical University of Munich ,Weihenstephan , where he is Managing Director of the Nutrition and Food Research Center "ZIEL". Scherer is not a prominentCreationist as often purported. [http://www.siegfriedscherer.de/content/kritische_thesen.html#Kritik] He fully acknowledges that religion and science are two different ways of approaching reality.Career and Research
Scherer studied
biology ,chemistry andphysics at theUniversity of Konstanz . 1977 he passed state examination in chemistry and physics, 1980 diploma and state examination in biology. 1983 he earned his PhD inplant physiology . 1983-1988 research on plant physiology and biochemistry at University of Konstanz, 1984 he receives the Byk company's research award. 1986 research stay for field studies at China and Mongolia with the Chinese Academy of Science. 1988-1989 research scholarship fromGerman Academic Exchange Service at theVirginia Tech Department of Biochemistry. 1989-1991 postdoc studies at University of Konstanz. 1991habilitation at University of Konstanz in plant physiology and microbial ecology. Professor extraordinarius at the Technical University of Munich. Director of the Microbiology Department at the Research Center for Milk and Food, Weihenstephan. From 1997 Managing Director of the Research Center for Milk and Food. 2002 Invitation for a chair at theUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna , 2003 invitation to the chair for microbial ecology at the Nutrition and Food Research Center "ZIEL". 2003 ordained Managing Director of the "ZIEL".Scherer is doing research on
pathogens infood by use ofgenetic engineering . His team developed a method for early detection of microorganisms causing food deterioration and therefore received the 2005 Award of the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations "Otto von Guericke". Other research interests aretaxonomy andevolution . Scherer authored numerous publications onplant physiology andmicrobiology .Controversy: Criticism of Evolution Theory
Scherer is one of the most prominent German critics of
evolution theory . Until 2006 he presided at the "Studiengemeinschaft Wort und Wissen", an evangelical association of German creationists and critics of evolutionary theory. Together with Reinhard Junker he authored the textbook "Evolution – ein kritisches Lehrbuch", which presents evolution theory from a creationist perspective. Until 2003 Scherer was Fellow of theDiscovery Institute . He criticizes the institute's current activities towards implementingIntelligent design in school science curricula by legal means.References
External links
* [http://www.wzw.tum.de/micbio/ University homepage of Siegfried Scherer]
* [http://www.siegfriedscherer.de/ Private homepage of Siegfried Scherer]
* [http://www.wort-und-wissen.de/ Website of "Wort und Wissen"]
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