Hans Laufer
Maritime Studies Capstone Seminar Oral History Project
MAST 4994W/AMST 3265W Capstone students at the University of Connecticut produced podcasts from oral histories that they collected during the Spring semester 2020.
Hans Laufer, resident of Storrs, Connecticut, Research Professor at the University of Connecticut, Retired Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology focusing on Crustacean and Annelid Reproduction as well as aquaculture.
Subject/Topics: Life in Germany at the time of the Nazi takeover, life in New York City after leaving Germany, developing an interest in science, professional career in the research field, patented reproduction hormone discovery in Crustacea, the effect of pollution on Crustacea, dwindling lobster populations in the Long Island Sound, significant changes in the field of maritime research, and the future of the marine ecosystem
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