what is known as the father of genetics
(2) F1 generation. (3) F2 generation. Gregor Mendel, who is known as the father of modern genetics, was inspired by both his professors at the University of Olomouc (Friedrich Franz and Johann Karl Nestler) and his colleagues at the monastery (such as Franz Diebl) to study variation in plants.regor Johann Mendel (20 July 1822 â 6 January 1884) was a German-speaking Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the modern science of genetics.