death_place death_date nationality field work_institutions birth_date known_for article_title author_abbrev_bot name alma_mater
neckartailfingen 8 september 2014 german mycology university of tübingen 1950 mycology of uredinales & amp ; ustilaginomycetes robert bauer -lrb- mycologist -rrb-
 r.bauer robert bauer university of tübingen
robert bauer -lrb- mycologist -rrb-

robert bauer -lrb- 1950 -- 8 september 2014 -rrb- was a german mycologist , specialising in rust -lrb- uredinales -rrb- and smut -lrb- ustilaginomycetes -rrb- fungi .
bauer studied biology at the university of tübingen during the 1970s , and a particular interest in plants and fungi led to completing his phd there in 1983 with a doctoral dissertation entitled '' '' -lrb- `` experimental-ontogenetic and karyological studies on uredinales '' -rrb- .
he went on to become chair of `` systematic botany and mycology '' -lrb- now `` evolutionary ecology of plants '' -rrb- in the `` institute of evolution and ecology '' at tübingen .
he became adept in the use of electron microscopes and the prerequisite specialised cutting and preparation techniques at a time when ultrastructural study of fungi was still in its infancy .
he became known for detailed work on mycoparasitic fungi and the smut fungi in particular .
he was able to use ultrastructural evidence to postulate phylogenies in this group before molecular techniques were developed .
subsequent molecular studies aligned with his hypotheses .
bauer produced over 100 publications during his career , during which time he was also strongly involved in teaching , the university 's botanic garden and overseeing specialist internships in electronmicroscopy .
bauer died , aged 64 , on 8 september 2014 in neckartailfingen , stuttgart .
