Prof. Kärin Nickelsen

Kärin Nickelsen is Professor in History of Science at Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich (LMU). After a biology diploma, she completed her PhD in a Philosophy Department (2002), and has been chair holder in the History Department at LMU since 2011. Her research focuses on the history and philosophy of the biological sciences since the 18th century, with a particular interest in historical epistemology and methodology, and the processes of collective knowledge generation. Kärin Nickelsen has received international awards for her work, including prestigious fellowships, and is a full member of several scholarly academies, including the German National Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Leopoldina), the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the European Academy of Sciences.