Erich Kukk (26 October 1928 – 17 November 2017[1]) was an Estonian phycologist and conservationist.
[2] Kukk was born in Misso Parish, and graduated from the University of Tartu in 1953.
[citation needed] He has published research papers of cyanobacteria and green algae, contributed the Algae section of the "Estonian Red Book" established in 1998.
[citation needed] Kukk travelled widely during his fieldwork including the Carpathians, polar Urals, Central Asia, Altai, Mongolia[5] Finland, Lapland, in the mountains, deserts as well as tundra.
[6] In 1982, he was awarded the National Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR.