Elisabeth Peveling
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Elisabeth Peveling | |
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| Born | 31 March 1932 Blankenstein/Ruhr, Germany |
| Died | 31 July 1993 (aged 61) |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, lichenology |
| Institutions | University of Münster |
Elisabeth Peveling (31 March 1932 – 31 July 1993) was a German botanist. Her scientific research was largely specialized in the cytology and ultrastructure of lichens.
Peveling was born on 31 March 1932 in Blankenstein/Ruhr. She studied botany, zoology, mathematics and physics at the universities of Münster, Innsbruck and Göttingen, earning a master's degree in 1958 and a PhD in 1960. Both of her theses dealt with karyology in the plant family Cucurbitaceae. She was a research assistant at the Botanical Institute in the University of Münster.
In the mid-1960s, Peveling did research in the USA that dealt with the use of electron microscopy, including transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.[1] In 1969, she completed her habilitation in Münster; her thesis was titled Die Feinstruktur vegetativer Flechtenthalli nach Untersuchungen mit dem Durchstrahlungs- und Oberflächen-Rastermikroskop ("Fine structure of vegetative lichen thalli investigated with scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy"). She was appointed professor at the Botanical Institute, a position she held until her sudden illness and death in 1993.[2]
