Norbert Becker (biologist)

Norbert Becker (born 1949 in Hüffelsheim, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach) is a biologist, university lecturer at the University of Heidelberg, scientific-technical director of KABS, and managing director and vice-president of the European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA).

[1][2][3][4] After finishing school Becker studied at Heidelberg University and obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in biology, physics and chemistry in 1974.

He then obtained a doctorate in Natural Science there, followed by professorship in biology with Venia Legendi in Zoologie at the Faculty of Bioscience in 1993.

He has been a lecturer at Heidelberg University since 1977, where he became a professor [5] in 2008, and gives tutorials in medical entomology und oncology at its Zoological Institute.

[7] In addition Becker is involved in numerous international organisations and is founding president of the World Mosquito Control Association.