Harrald Rosenthal

Professor Harald Rosenthal was born in Berlin (Germany) in 1937. He studied zoology, botany, geography and chemistry at the Free University of West Berlin until 1957 and continued his education at the Hamburg University in the disciplines Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science where he received his PhD in 1969 with a thesis on larval biology and ecology of the Atlantic herring.

Dr. Rosenthal was senior scientist at the Marine Biology Institute of Helgoland until 1989 and thereafter Professor in Fisheries Biology and Aquaculture at the University of Kiel until he retired in 2003. He holds several honorary degrees from Canada, Scotland, Poland and Greece.

Professor Rosenthal is the founder and acting President of the World Sturgeon Conservation Society.

He also is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm (Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of applied Ichthyology and also Associate Editor of the Acta Adriatica and Editorial Board member of the Acta Ichthyologia and Piscatoria (Poland). Previously he served on the editorial board of the journals “Aquaculture”, Marine Biology”, “Helgoland Marine Investigations” and “Aquaculture Engineering (on the latter as member of the founding board of this journal. During his 50 years of professional life he supervised many PhD and Diploma students and was teaching at several universities in over 10 countries. He also worked on projects in over 20 countries and authored or co-authored over 400 scientific publications while also organising and participating in many international conferences on aquaculture, marine environment and on sturgeon conservation issues.