Heinz Steinitz was a senior Israeli marine biologist and herpetologist, Professor and Chairman of the Department of zoology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He laid the foundation for research and teaching in marine biology and oceanography in Israel.
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Prof Heinz Steinitz, 1957
Three professors of the Department of Zoology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1955. From left to right: Herpetologist and paleontologist Georg Haas, geneticist Elisabeth Goldschmidt and Heinz Steinitz.
Three colleagues of Heinz Steinitz. From left to right: Dr. Otto H. Oren, Prof. Eugenie Clark, Prof. Adam Ben-Tuvia, 1962
Marine Biology Laboratory near Eilat, 1969. Courtesy of Dr. D. Darom
The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences (IUI) near Eilat, 2016. Courtesy of Prof. Amatzia GeninAcademics from Israel 6
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Heinz Steinitz was a senior Israeli marine biologist and herpetologist, Professor and Chairman of the Department of zoology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He laid the foundation for research and teaching in marine biology and oceanography in Israel. In 1968 he founded the Marine Biology Laboratory of the Hebrew University near Eilat, serving as its first director. He also served as a founding member of the Zoological Society of Israel and a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.
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