Hansjürgen Matthies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hansjürgen Matthies

German pharmacologist

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1925

Place of Birth: Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Date of Death: 22-Aug-2008

Profession: university teacher, pharmacologist, neuroscientist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Hansjürgen Matthies (6 March 1925 – 22 August 2008) was a German pharmacologist and neuroscientist.He served as a professor and the Institute Director at the Magdeburg Medical Academy, and was also the director of another academic institute outside the university.
Colleagues describe him as "the doyen of Neuroscience in Magdeburg" and more widely in the German Democratic Republic.
After the political changes of 1989/90 his work continued at the institution now remodelled as the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg and the closely associated Leibnitz Institute for Neurobiology.