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Place of Birth: Forst, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany
About Wilhelm Barthlott
- Wilhelm Barthlott (born 1946 in Forst, Germany) is a German botanist and bionics/biomimetics expert.
- His official botanical author citation is “Barthlott”. Barthlott’s areas of specialization are research in biodiversity (Global distribution, assessment, and change in biodiversity) and Bionics/Biomimetics (biological surfaces and their biomimetic technical applications). He is one of the pioneers in the field of biological and technical interfaces.
- Based on his systematic research on plant surfaces, he developed self-cleaning (Lotus Effect®) technical surfaces and technical surfaces which permanently retain air under water (Salvinia® Effect).
- This led to a paradigm shift in particular areas of materials science and facilitated the development of superhydrophobic biomimetic surfaces.
- His map of the global biodiversity distribution is the foundation for numerous research topics.
- Barthlott has been honored with various awards and prizes, e.
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- the German Environment Award (Deutscher Umweltpreis).
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