Josef Berger (scientist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Josef Berger (scientist)

Czech biologist, informatician and university educator

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1949

Place of Birth: Varnsdorf, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Profession: writer, computer scientist, pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Josef Berger (born July 24, 1949 in Varnsdorf) is a Czech scientist.
He is a full professor at the University of South Bohemia, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic.
His areas are biomodel development and information gaining. Berger is a graduate of the Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science (MSc 1973, RNDr 1979, PhD 1984).
He worked as a scientist and professor at the Institute for Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University Hospital in Hradec Králové, University of Pardubice, Masaryk University in Brno.
He is a (co)author of 16 books, about 100 scientific papers (original articles and reviews), three hundred popular-science articles and the first Czech University ranking (2007).
He prepared the strategy for the University Pardubice foundation (1989-1992), initiated the first Czech bachelor programme in clinical biology (University of Pardubice, 1992), the first Czech master programme in clinical biology (University of South Bohemia, 1998.
He also was elected member of the main board of Czechoslovak Biological Society (1997-2000, 2000-2003, 2003–2006) and the Editor-in-Chief of the international Journal of Applied Biomedicine.
Berger is married (Ružena) and has two sons (Josef and Zdenek).
Hobby: floriculture.