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Käthe Voderberg

Käthe Voderberg (1 August 1910 – 10 May 1978) née Nehls was a German botanist.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] She was a professor and the director of the institute for botany at the Humboldt University of Berlin.[2]

Voderberg studied natural sciences in Hamburg, Berlin, Innsbruck and Greifswald from 1930 to 1935.[4] She finished her doctorate in botany at the University of Greifswald in 1936.[4] In 1947, she habilitated at the University of Greifswald and became a lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin.[4]

In 1951, she was appointed professor and director of the institute for botany at the Humboldt University of Berlin.[4] In 1956, she became head of the Agricultural Department.[4] Starting in 1961, she was a professor with a chair in botany and dean of the faculty for Agriculture (1st female dean of the faculty).[8] In 1970, she became an emeritus professor.[4] She died in 1978.[9]

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