Bogdan Dreher
Bogdan Dreher | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Polish, Australian |
| Education | University of Warsaw |
| Occupation | Neurophysiologist |
Bogdan Dreher (1941 – 22 May 2019) was a neurophysiologist.
Biography
[edit]He was born with a name Daniel.[1] His father Jakub Drajer was shot in 1943 by the Nazis.[1] His mother Regina fled with him to the Soviet Union, where they were sent to a kolkhoz near Yershov.[1] They returned to Poland in 1945.[1] Bogdan Dreher graduated in biology from the University of Warsaw.[1] In he 1962 joined the Department of Neurophysiology at the Nencki Institute, in the laboratory of Bogusław Żernicki. He obtained doctorate in 1968.[1]
In 1969 he declared the will to emigrate to Israel.[1] He was stripped of Polish citizenship and was handed a one‑way travel document.[1] His wife Zofia, also a biologist, and son Jakub joined him in Canberra two years later.[1]
Bogdan Dreher worked at the Department of Anatomy at the University of Sydney until his retirement in 2007.[1] He published 126 full papers, 4 book chapters, 5 biographical papers and over 140 abstracts.[1] His research interests included neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of the visual system of mammals.[1] He collaborated with Wioletta Waleszczyk.[1]
Accolades
[edit]- Nencki Award (2013)[1]