What is Hubert Markl?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Hubert Markl |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name=Hubert Simon Markl |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|8|17}} |birth_place = [[Regensburg]], [[Germany]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|1|8|1938|8|17}} |death_place = [[Konstanz]], Germany |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = German |ethnicity = |fields = [[Biology]] ([[Zoology]]) |workplaces = [[Technical University of Darmstadt]]<br/>[[University of Konstanz]] |alma_mater = [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = Lorenz Oken Medal (1984)<br/>Karl Vossler Prize (1985)<br/>Arthur Burkhardt Prize (1989)<br/>Karl Winnacker Prize (1991)<br/>[[Bundesverdienstkreuz]] (1992)<br/>Ernst Robert Curtius Prize (1995) |religion = |signature = |footnotes = }} '''Hubert Simon Markl''' (17 August 1938 – 8 January 2015) was a [[Germany|German]] biologist. He also served as President of the [[Max Planck Society]] from 1996 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/history/history_of_the_dfg/presidents_of_the_dfg/hubert_markl.html |title=Professor Hubert Markl (Biology) |accessdate=August 11, 2008 |publisher=Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |archive-date=August 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813174626/http://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/history/history_of_the_dfg/presidents_of_the_dfg/hubert_markl.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Markl_Hubert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Markl_Hubert |title=Hubert Markl |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</